• Constituted 24 May 1946 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 167th Transportation Battalion
• Organized and Federally recognized 9 December 1948 at Pine Grove
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1950 at Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Truck Battalion
• Ordered into active Federal service 19 August 1950 at Pine Grove
• Reorganized and redesignated 8 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Transportation Battalion
• Released 23 June 1955 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
• Federal recognition withdrawn 31 October 1955
• Reconstituted, reorganized, and Federally recognized 31 January 1956 in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard an Annville as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Transportation Battalion
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 167th Transportation Battalion
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 228th Supply and Transport Battalion, and assigned to the 28th Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently organized from existing units)
• Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1992 as the 228th Support Battalion
• Ordered into active Federal service 3 January 2005; released 1 October 2006 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
• Reorganized and redesignated 2 September 2016 as the 55th Support Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 28th Infantry Division

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