Special Troops Basttalion
3rd Brigade Combat Team
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 Special Troop Battalion, 3rd Bragade, an overall look at the major reorganizational elements of the Battalion Lineage presents a picture of an organization that was accustomed to fighting and brought strength from change.



Special Troop Battalion, 3rd Brigade
Lineage

29 August, 1917; Constituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3rd Cavalry Brigade.

December, 1917; Organized in at Camp Harry J. Jones, AZ, as an element of the 15th Cavalry Division.

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

15 July, 1919; Demobilized at Camp Harry J. Jones, AZ.

20 August, 1921; Reconstituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3rd Cavalry Brigade, and assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Division.

21 February 1941; Activated at Ft. Riley, KS.

15 July, 1942; Relieved from assignment to the 2nd Cavalry Division; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 9th Armored Division Trains.

13 October, 1945; Inactivated at Camp Patrick Henry, VA.

15 July, 1963; Relieved from assignment to the 9th Armored Division; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division.

01 September, 1963; Headquarters, 3rd Brigade 1st Cavalry Division activated in Korea.

15 September, 1980; Headquarters, 3rd Brigade 1sat Cavalry Division inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX.

21 May, 1991; Headquarters, 3rd Brigade 1st Cavalry Division activated at Ft. Hood, TX.

17 October, 2005; Reorganized and redesignated as as Special Troops Battalion, 3d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division




The history of the Special Troop Battalion, 3rd Brigade recorded the following significant events occurring on the dates listed.



Special Troop Battalion, 3rd Brigade
DateLine

1917
Constituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3rd Cavalry Brigade. (29 August)

1917
Organized in at Camp Harry J. Jones, AZ, as an element of the 15th Cavalry Division. (December)

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

1919
Demobilized at Camp Harry J. Jones, AZ. (15 July)

1921
Reconstituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 3rd Cavalry Brigade, and assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Division. (20 August)

1941
Activated at Ft. Riley, KS. (21 February)

1942
Relieved from assignment to the 2nd Cavalry Division; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 9th Armored Division Trains. (15 July)

1945
Inactivated at Camp Patrick Henry, VA. (13 October)

1963
Relieved from assignment to the 9th Armored Division; concurrently converted and redesignated as Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division. (15 July)

1963
Headquarters, 3rd Brigade 1st Cavalry Division activated in Korea. (01 September)

1980
Headquarters, 3rd Brigade 1sat Cavalry Division inactivated at Ft. Hood, TX. (15 September)

1991
Headquarters, 3rd Brigade 1st Cavalry Division activated at Ft. Hood, TX. (21 May)

2005
Reorganized and redesignated as as Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division. (17 October)





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