Lineages and Honors Information
Support / Sustainment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 May 2019
Headquarters and Service Company
589th Support Battalion
- Constituted 29 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 589th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile, and activated in England
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 589th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 February 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 589th Quartermaster Battalion
- Inactivated 20 June 1948 in France
- Redesignated 5 October 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 425th Quartermaster Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 19 October 1948 at Tampa, Florida
- Inactivated 1 December 1950 at Tampa, Florida
- Redesignated 15 January 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 589th Quartermaster Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserve Corps and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 31 January 1952 at Fort Lee, Virginia
- Inactivated 10 December 1957 at Fort Lee, Virginia
- Converted and redesignated 10 May 1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 589th Supply and Service Battalion
- Activated 15 August 1967 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Inactivated 20 December 1968 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company redesignated 6 July 2004 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 589th Support Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- 589th Support Battalion activated 16 December 2004 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Headquarters and Headquarters Company reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2014 as Headquarters and Service Company, 589th Support Battalion (organic elements concurrently inactivated)
- Headquarters and Service Company, 589th Support Battalion inactivated 15 August 2015 at Fort Hood, Texas
- Headquarters and Service Company, 589th Support Battalion activated 16 September 2018 in Germany
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- (Campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History