Organized and Federally recognized 15 March 1937 in the Texas National Guard at San Antonio as the 111th Ordnance Company, an element of the 36th Division

Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at San Antonio

Relieved 9 February 1942 from assignment to the 36th Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 111th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company

Inactivated 29 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey

Reorganized and Federally recognized 3 March 1947 in the Texas National Guard at Bastrop as the 111th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company

Location changed in 1949 to Gatesville; on 12 August 1951 to Austin

Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1952 as Company B, 736th Ordnance Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Division

Redesignated 16 March 1959 as Company A, 736th Ordnance Battalion

Consolidated 1 March 1963 with Headquarters Company, 736th Ordnance Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 19 November 1952 at San Antonio), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated at Austin as Headquarters and Company A, 736th Maintenance Battalion, an element of the 36th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 15 December 1967 as the 736th Heavy Equipment Maintenance Company and relieved from assignment to the 36th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1973 as Company F, 949th Maintenance Battalion, an element of the 49th Armored Division

Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1985 as Company F, 949th Support Battalion, an element of the 49th Armored Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1987 as Company D, 249th Support Battalion, an element of the 49th Armored Division

(49th Armored Division redesignated 1 May 2004 as the 36th Infantry Division)

Consolidated 1 September 2008 with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Infantry Division Support Command (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Sustainment Brigade; concurrently, location changed to Temple

Ordered into active Federal service 3 July 2009 at Temple

ANNEX 1

Constituted 7 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 2d Platoon, 444th Military Police Prisoner of War Processing Company

Activated 13 July 1943 in North Africa

Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1945 as the 228th Military Police Prisoner of War Processing Platoon

Inactivated 2 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Redesignated 2 July 1946 as the Military Police Platoon, 49th Armored Division, and allotted to the Texas National Guard

Organized and Federally recognized 16 February 1948 at Austin

Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1948 as the 149th Military Police Company, an element of the 49th Armored Division

Ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at Austin; released from active Federal service 9 August 1962 and reverted to state control

Relieved 15 January 1968 from assignment to the 49th Armored Division

Consolidated 1 September 1972 with the 249th Military Police Company (see
ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit designated as the 149th Military Police Company

Converted and redesignated 1 November 1973 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 49th Armored Division Support Command

Consolidated 1 July 1985 with the 49th Materiel Management Center (organized
1 January 1977 at Austin), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 49th Armored Division Support Command

Redesignated 1 May 2004 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Infantry Division Support Command

ANNEX 2

Constituted 9 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 294th Quartermaster Salvage Repair Company

Activated 30 December 1942 at Camp Sutton, North Carolina

Inactivated 27 June 1946 in Germany

Redesignated 2 July 1946 as the 4305th Quartermaster Salvage Repair Company and allotted to the Texas National Guard

Organized and Federally recognized 13 November 1947 at Austin

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1949 as the Field Service Company, 249th Quartermaster Battalion, an element of the 49th Armored Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1953 as Company B, 249th Armored Quartermaster Battalion, an element of the 49th Armored Division

Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1959 as Company B, 249th Quartermaster Battalion

Ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at Austin; released from active Federal service 9 August 1962 and reverted to state control

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Company B, 249th Supply and Transport Battalion, an element of the 49th Armored Division

Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1964 as Company B, 49th Supply and Transport Battalion, an element of the 49th Armored Division

Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 15 January 1968 as the 249th Military Police Company, and relieved from assignment to the 49th Armored Division

HOME STATION: Temple

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                World War II
                                                Naples-Foggia
                                                Rome-Arno
                                                Normandy
                                                Northern France
                                                Southern France
                                                Rhineland
                                                Ardennes-Alsace
                                                Central Europe

                                                War on Terrorism
                                                Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

None

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: