Headquarters,
3d Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division
(Sledgehammer Brigade)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 June 2008
Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team,
3d Infantry Division Lineage
Constituted 12 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 6th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 3d Division
Organized 1 December 1917 at Camp Greene, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated in March 1921 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Infantry Brigade
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Brigade
Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 6th Infantry Brigade
Disbanded 12 October 1939 at Fort Douglas, Utah
Reconstituted 18 April 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division
Activated 20 June 1963 in Germany
Headquarters, 3d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 May 2004 as Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team,
3d Infantry Division (Headquarters Company, 3d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division - hereafter separate lineage)
Headquarters, 3d Brigade Combat Team,
3d Infantry Division Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Aisne; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991