Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
41st Fires Brigade
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 41st Fires Brigade, 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.



"HHB", 41st Fires Brigade
Lineage

26 August 1918; Constituted in the Regular Army as the 41st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps).

01 October 1918; Organized at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

22 December 1918; Demobilized at Fort Monroe, Virginia.

15 January 1921; Reconstituted in the Regular Army as the Hawaiian Railway Battalion.

22 December 1921; Organized at Fort Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii.

01 June 1922; Redesignated as the 41st Artillery Battalion (Railway) (Coast Artillery Corps).

01 July 1924; Reorganized and redesignated as the 41st Coast Artillery.

30 June 1931; Inactivated at Fort Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii.

21 April 1942; Activated at Fort Hase, Territory of Hawaii.

25 May 1944; Disbanded at Fort Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii.

28 June 1950; Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Coast Artillery, reconstituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Group.

18 January 1952; Activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

25 June 1958; Redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Artillery Group.

15 November 1969; Inactivated in Vietnam

15 March 1972; Redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Group, and activated in Germany.

16 June 1982; Redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Brigade.

15 July 2005; Inactivated in Germany.

28 March 2006; Redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Fires Brigade.

16 April 2007; Activated at Fort Hood, Texas.




The history of the 41st Fires Brigade recorded the following significant events occurring on the dates listed.



"HHB", 41st Fires Brigade
DateLine

1918
Constituted in the Regular Army as the 41st Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps).( 26 August)

1918
Organized at Fort Monroe, Virginia. (01 October)

1918
Demobilized at Fort Monroe, Virginia. (22 December)

1921
Reconstituted in the Regular Army as the Hawaiian Railway Battalion. (15 January)

1921
Organized at Fort Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii. (22 December)

1922
Redesignated as the 41st Artillery Battalion (Railway) (Coast Artillery Corps). (01 June)

1924
Reorganized and redesignated as the 41st Coast Artillery. 01 July)

1931
Inactivated at Fort Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii. (30 June)

1942
Activated at Fort Hase, Territory of Hawaii. (21 April)

1944
Disbanded at Fort Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii. (25 May)

1950
Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Coast Artillery, reconstituted in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Group. (28 June)

1952
Activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. (18 January)

1958
Redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Artillery Group. (25 June)

1969
Inactivated in Vietnam (15 November)

1972
Redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Group, and activated in Germany. (15 March)

1982
Redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Field Artillery Brigade. (16 June)

2005
Inactivated in Germany. (15 July)

2006
Redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 41st Fires Brigade. (28 March)

2007
Activated at Fort Hood, Texas. (16 April)





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