HQs and HQs Battalion
1st Cavalry Division
Lineage/DateLine
"First Team"



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 HQs and HQs Battalion, 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 and Headquarters Battalion
Lineage

20 August 1921; Constituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division.

13 September 1921; Activated at Fort Bliss, Texas.

04 December 1943; Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division, Special.

25 March 1949; Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division (Infantry).

01 July 1960; Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Cavalry Division.

16 October 2005; Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Tactical Command Posts, 1st Cavalry Division

16 April 2010; Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division.




The history of the HQs and HQs Battalion recorded the following significant events occurring on the dates listed.



Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion
DateLine

1921
Constituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division. (20 August)

1921
Activated at Fort Bliss, Texas. (13 September)

1943
Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division, Special. (04 December)

1949
Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division (Infantry). (25 March)

1960
Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Cavalry Division. (01 July)

2005
Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Tactical Command Posts, 1st Cavalry Division, (16 October)

2010;
Reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division. (16 April)





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