Lineages and Honors Information
Support / Sustainment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 March 2019

248th Support Battalion

  • Constituted 1 September 2006 in the Iowa Army National Guard as the 248th Support Battalion
  • Organized 31 March 2015 from new and existing units in the Iowa, Louisiana, and Wisconsin Army National Guard, with Headquarters at Davenport
  • Reorganized 1 September 2016 in the Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Tennessee, and Wisconsin Army National Guard, with Headquarters at Davenport
  • Ordered into active Federal service 28 September 2017 at home stations; released from active Federal service 1 November 2018 and reverted to state control

Campaign Participation Credit

  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Headquarters Company (Davenport), entitled to:

  • World War I
  • Streamer without inscription
  • World War II
  • Tunisia
  • Naples-Foggia
  • Anzio
  • Rome-Arno
  • North Apennines
  • Po Valley

Company A (Waterloo), entitled to:

  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Company B (Boone), entitled to:

  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Surge

Company C (Lexington Park, Maryland), additionally entitled to:

  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Headquarters Company (Davenport), entitled to:
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NORTHERN ITALY
  • French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered BELVEDERE
  • Company B (Boone), entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ AUG 2008-FEB 2009

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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