2nd Brigade Combat Team
1st Cavalry Division
Lineage/DateLine
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The Army did not begin a formal program for determining lineage and honors until the 1920s. Before that time, considerable confusion existed within the Army about the accepted procedures and methods for determining the prior history of units and their entitlement to battle honors. With the demobilization of the Army following World War I, many distinguished units were lost from the rolls. To avert such problems in the future, the Historical Section of the Army War College assumed responsibility for maintaining historical information about Army units: thus lineage work began.

Today the Force Structure and Unit History Branch continues the work begun by the Historical Section of the Army War College. The branch maintains historical information on active and inactive units in all components - Regular Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard, and prepares official Lineage and Honors Certificates. On the basis of research in primary and secondary material, the certificates outline the major organizational changes undergone by the unit and provide a list of the official battle honors (campaign credit and decorations) that the unit has earned. The information contained on the certificates is reformatted for publication in the Army Lineage Series

While it would take a book to recount the rich history brought about by the changes of each unit in the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, an overall look at the major reorganizational elements of the Brigades Lineage presents a picture of an organization that was accustomed to fighting and brought strength from change.



Headquarters, 2nd Brigade Combat Team
Lineage

29 August, 1917; Constituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2nd Cavalry Brigade.

27 December, 1917; Organized at Ft. Bliss, TX, as an element of the 15th Cavalry Division.

12 May, 1918; Relieved from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division.

09 July, 1919; Demobilized at Ft. Bliss, TX.

20 August, 1921; Reconstituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2nd Cavalry Brigade, and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division (later redesignated as the 1st Cavalry Division, Special).

14 September, 1921; Organized at Ft. Bliss, TX.

25 March, 1949; Inactivated in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division, Special.

20 May, 1949; Converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 2nd Constabulary Brigade, and activated in Germany.

15 December, 1951; Inactivated in Germany.

15 July, 1963; Converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.

01 September, 1963; Activated in Korea.

17 October, 2005; Headquarters, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division - hereafter separate lineage).




The history of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team recorded the following significant events occurring on the dates listed.



Headquarters, 2nd Brigade Combat Team
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1917
Constituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2nd Cavalry Brigade. (29 August)

1918
Organized in at Fort Bliss, Texas, as an element of the 15th Cavalry Division.(27 December)

1918
Relieved from assignment to the 15th Cavalry Division. (12 May)

1919
Demobilized at Fort Bliss, Texas. (09 July)

1921
Reconstituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Cavalry Brigade, an element of the 1st Cavalry Division. (20 August)

1921
Organized at Fort Bliss, Texas. (14 September)

1944
Los Negros Island Landing (29 February)

1945
"First in Manila" (03 February)
"First in Tokyo" (08 September)

1949
Inactivated in Japan and relieved from assignment to the 1st Cavalry Division (Special). (25 March)

1949
Converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 2nd Constabulary Brigade, assigned to the United States Constabulary, and activated in Germany. (20 May)

1950
Relieved from assignment to the United States Constabulary. (24 November)

1951
Inactivated in Germany. (15 December)

1963
Converted and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. (15 July)

1963
Activated in Korea. (01 September)

1970
"First in Cambodia" (01 May)

2005
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division (Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division - hereafter separate lineage. (17 October)





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