Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 April 2014
HEADQUARTERS
5th ARMORED BRIGADE
- Constituted 25 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 5th Tank Destroyer Group
- Activated 1 September 1942 at Camp Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 4 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Converted and redesignated 8 February 1951 as Headquarters, 5th Armored Cavalry Group, and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 2 March 1951 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Reorganized and redesignated 13 September 1954 as Headquarters, 5th Armor Group
- Inactivated 16 March 1956 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
- Withdrawn 1 January 1975 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 5th Brigade (Training), and activated at Lincoln, Nebraska
- Inactivated 15 September 1995 at Lincoln, Nebraska
- Withdrawn 24 October 1997 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 5th Armored Brigade, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Inactivated 16 October 1999 at Fort Carson, Colorado
- Activated 1 December 2006 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
Decorations
None
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History