Special Troops Battalion,
2d Brigade Combat Team, 3d Infantry Division
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 January 2009
Special Troops Battalion, 2d Brigade Combat Team,
3d Infantry Division Lineage
Constituted 12 November 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 5th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to
the 3d Division
Organized in November 1917 at Camp Greene, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated in March 1921 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Infantry Brigade
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Brigade
Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 5th Infantry Brigade
Disbanded 16 October 1939 at Vancouver Barracks, Washington
Reconstituted 18 April 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division
Activated 17 June 1963 in Germany
Inactivated 15 January 1994 in Germany
Activated 16 February 1996 at Fort Stewart, Georgia
Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 March 2004 as Special Troops Battalion, 2d Brigade Combat
Team, 3d Infantry Division (Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 3d Infantry Division � hereafter separate lineage)
Special Troops Battalion, 2d Brigade Combat Team,
3d Infantry Division Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War I: Aisne; Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne; Champagne 1918
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008