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Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 November 2011

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HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS BATTERY
212th FIRES BRIGADE

 

            Constituted 3 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 212th Field Artillery Group

            Activated 20 April 1944 at Fort Riley, Kansas
           
            Inactivated 30 April 1946 in Germany
           
            Redesignated 17 September 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 212th Artillery Group, and allotted to the Regular Army
           
            Activated 15 October 1958 in Germany
           
            Redesignated 15 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 212th Field Artillery Group

            Redesignated 16 July 1980 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 212th Field Artillery Brigade

Inactivated 15 January 2007 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Redesignated 16 January 2010 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 212th Fires Brigade

 Activated 16 August 2011 at Fort Bliss, Texas


 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Central Europe

Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS
           
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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