Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 Sept 2021
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
2d Brigade Combat Team
1st Cavalry Division
- Constituted 29 August 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2d Cavalry Brigade
- Organized 27 December 1917 at Fort Bliss, Texas, as an element of the 15th Cavalry Division
- Relieved 12 May 1918 from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division
- Demobilized 9 July 1919 at Fort Bliss, Texas
- Reconstituted 20 August 1921 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2d Cavalry Brigade, and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division (later redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division, Special)
- Organized 14 September 1921 at Fort Bliss, Texas
- Inactivated 25 March 1949 in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division, Special
- Converted and redesignated 20 May 1949 as Headquarters, 2d Constabulary Brigade, and activated in Germany
- Inactivated 15 December 1951 in Germany
- Converted and redesignated 15 July 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division
- Activated 1 September 1963 in Korea
- Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, reorganized and redesignated 17 October 2005 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division - hereafter separate lineage)
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 2014 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Bismarck Archipelago
- (with arrowhead)
- Leyte (with arrowhead)
- Luzon
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Transition I
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered FISH HOOK
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2013-2014
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History