Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 October 2011
SPECIAL TROOPS BATTALION
4th BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM,
4th INFANTRY DIVISION
Constituted 1 December 1975 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 15 September 1984 in Germany
Activated 16 January 1996 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 15 March 1996 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Headquarters Company, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 December 2004 as Special Troops Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division and concurrently activated at Fort Hood, Texas (Headquarters, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division-hereafter separate lineage)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History