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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


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