Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 January 2010
HEADQUARTERS
2d BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM,
82D AIRBORNE DIVISION
Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as Headquarters, 155th Infantry Brigade,
an element of the 78th Division
Organized 25 August 1917 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
Demobilized 3 June 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as Headquarters and Headquarters
Company, 155th Infantry Brigade, an element of the 78th Division
Organized in November 1921 at Elizabeth, New Jersey
Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 155th Brigade
Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 155th Infantry
Brigade
Converted and redesignated 20 February 1942 as the 78th Reconnaissance Troop (less 3d
Platoon), 78th Division (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 156th Infantry Brigade,
concurrently converted and redesignated as the 3d Platoon, 78th Reconnaissance Troop, 78th
Division)
Troop ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp Butner,
North Carolina, as the 78th Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, an element of the 78th Infantry
Division
Reorganized and redesignated 9 August 1943 as the 78th Reconnaissance Troop,
Mechanized
Reorganized and redesignated 7 August 1945 as the 78th Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop
Inactivated 22 May 1946 in Germany
Activated 21 February 1947 at Plainfield, New Jersey
Location changed 20 June 1947 to Newark, New Jersey
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps;
redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 21 February 1949 as the 78th Reconnaissance Company
Location changed 5 June 1951 to Irvington, New Jersey
Inactivated 29 April 1953 at Irvington, New Jersey
Disbanded 1 May 1959
Reconstituted (less 3d Platoon) 22 October 1963 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and
Headquarters Company, 155th Infantry Brigade (3d Platoon, 78th Reconnaissance Company --
hereafter separate lineage)
Redesignated 6 March 1964 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 82d
Airborne Division
Activated 25 May 1964 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 82d Airborne Division, reorganized and redesignated
16 June 2006 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division (Headquarters
Company, 2d Brigade Combat Team, 82d Airborne Division � hereafter separate lineage)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
St. Mihiel
Meuse-Argonne
Lorraine 1918
World War II
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Armed Forces Expeditions
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2003-2004
Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD 2003-2004
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History