The 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division is a Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the United States Army, stationed at Fort Bliss, TX. First organized in 1942, as Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division, the unit has fought in North Africa and Italy in World War 2, as well as 4 tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom. As the 3rd Constabulary Regiment, the brigade conducted stability operations in Germany after World War 2. After service at Fort Hood and in Germany during the Cold War, the brigade conducted three peacekeeping rotations in the Balkans (Bosnia, Macedonia and Kosovo).
1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division is currently organized as a Stryker Brigade Combat Team, composed of the following units:
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
4th Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment
1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment
3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment
6th Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment
2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment
16th Brigade Engineer Battalion
501st Brigade Support Battalion
The brigade's motto is "Ready First"
Organized 1 January 1942 in the Regular Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky, as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 20 July 1944 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division
Converted and redesignated 1 May 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3d Constabulary Regiment, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division
Inactivated 20 September 1947 in Germany
Converted and redesignated 27 February 1951 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Command A, 1st Armored Division
Activated 7 March 1951 at Fort Hood, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 3 February 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division
Headquarters, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2008 as Headquarters, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division (Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division)
Headquarters, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, consolidated 16 January 2011 with Special Troops Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and consolidated unit concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
World War II: Tunisia; Naples-Foggia; Anzio; Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley
War On Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered ANBAR PROVINCE 2006-2007
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
Headquarters Company additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ NOV 2009-NOV 2010
