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Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division
(Artic Wolves)

Lineage and Honors Information as of 20 November 2008

Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Lineage

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 167th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 84th Division

Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky

Demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky

Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 84th Division

Organized in November 1921 in southern Indiana

Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Brigade

Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Brigade

Converted and redesignated 23 February 1942 as the 84th Reconnaissance Troop (less 3d Platoon), 84th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 168th Infantry Brigade, concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 84th Reconnaissance Troop, 84th Division)

Troop ordered into active military service 15 October 1942 and reorganized at Camp Howze, Texas as the 84th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 84th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 12 August 1943 as the 84th Reconnaissance Troop, Mechanized

Inactivated 24 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Redesignated 19 December 1946 as the 84th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Platoon, an element of the 84th Airborne Division

Activated 11 June 1947 at Madison, Wisconsin

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 6 April 1948 as the Reconnaissance Platoon, 84th Airborne Division

Reorganized and redesignated 29 March 1951 as the 84th Airborne Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 84th Airborne Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1952 as the 84th Reconnaissance Company, an element of the 84th Infantry Division; location concurrently changed to Appleton, Wisconsin

Location changed 18 May 1953 to Wausau, Wisconsin

Disbanded 18 May 1959 at Wausau, Wisconsin; concurrently reconstituted (less 3d Platoon) in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Infantry Brigade (3d Platoon, 84th Reconnaissance Company - hereafter separate lineage)

Redesignated 21 June 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division

Activated 26 August 1963 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Reorganized and redesignated 27 July 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division

Inactivated 1 June 2006 at Fort Lewis, Washington

Activated 16 December 2006 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska

Headquarters and Headquarters Company,
1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I: Streamer without inscription

Vietnam: Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe

Vietnam: Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase II; Counteroffensive, Phase III; Tet Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase IV; Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII

War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered TAY NINH PROVINCE

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered NINEVEH PROVINCE 2005

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1970


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