Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 October 2020

Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion
10th Mountain Division

  • Constituted 10 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters, 10th Light Division
  • Activated 15 July 1943 at Camp Hale, Colorado
  • Redesignated 6 November 1944 as Headquarters, 10th Mountain Division
  • Inactivated 30 November 1945 at Camp Carson, Colorado
  • Redesignated 18 June 1948 as Headquarters, 10th Infantry Division
  • Allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
  • Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas
  • Inactivated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia
  • Redesignated 22 January 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Mountain Division
  • Activated 13 February 1985 at Fort Drum, New York
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2004 as Headquarters and Tactical Command Posts, 10th Mountain Division
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2009 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 10th Mountain Division (organic elements of Headquarters Battalion concurrently constituted and activated)

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • North Apennines
  • Po Valley
  • Armed Forces Expeditions
  • Somalia
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation I
  • Consolidation II
  • Consolidation III
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Surge
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL ASIA 2001-2002
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2003-2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2014

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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