Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 June 2013
10th Support Battalion
- Constituted 3 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 145th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile
- Activated 29 March 1944 at Camp Swift, Texas
- Reorganized and redesignated 6 November 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Mountain Quartermaster Battalion and assigned to the 10th Mountain Division (organic elements concurrently organized from existing units)
- 10th Mountain Quartermaster Battalion inactivated 30 November 1945 at Camp Carson, Colorado
- Battalion broken up 18 June 1948 and its elements redesignated as follows:
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company redesignated as the 10th Quartermaster Company
- (Companies A, B, and C concurrently converted and redesignated as the Heavy Mortar Companies, 85th, 86th, and 87th Infantry, respectively – hereafter separate lineages)
- 10th Quartermaster Company allotted 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army
- Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Inactivated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Converted and redesignated 1 April 1985 as Headquarters and Supply Company, 10th Supply and Transport Battalion, and activated at Fort Drum, New York (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1991 as the 10th Support Battalion
- Relieved 16 September 2004 from assignment to the 10th Mountain Division and assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- North Apennines
- Po Valley
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation III
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- Company D additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN APR 2010-MAR 2011
- Company E additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN JUN-DEC 2010
- Company F additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN MAR 2010-MAR 2011
- Company G additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) Streamer embroidered IRAQ AUG 2005-AUG 2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN APR 2010-MAR 2011
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
Return to Branch Index