History of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team

Posted on Jan 15, 2025 in 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's, 2000's, 2010's, 2020's, HING History

Lineage And Honors Information

  • Constituted 15 September 1953 and allotted to the Hawaii Army National Guard as the 120th Signal Support Company
  • Organized and Federally recognized 4 January 1954 at Honolulu
  • Converted and redesignated 15 January 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Brigade
  • Ordered into active Federal service 13 May 1968 at Honolulu; released 12 December 1969 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
  • Consolidated 1 October 1995 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 297th Supply and Service Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 29th Infantry Brigade
  • Location changed 1 January 2003 to Kapolei
  • Ordered into active Federal service 16 August 2004 at Kapolei; released 13 March 2006 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2007 as Headquarters, 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team
  • Ordered into active Federal service 19 August 2008 at Kapolei; released from active Federal service 22 September 2009 and reverted to state control
  • Ordered into active Federal service 29 July 2012 at Kapolei; released from active Federal service 1 September 201 3 and reverted to state control

ANNEX

  • Organized and Federally recognized 17 November 1947 in the Hawaii National Guard at Wahiawa as Company E, 298th Infantry
  • Converted and redesignated 3 December 1956 as Battery C, 297th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1959 as Battery C, 297th Missile Battalion; location concurrently changed to Waialua
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Battery C, 2d Missile Battalion, 298th Artillery
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1 965 as Battery A, 1st Battalion, 298th Artillery
  • Converted and redesignated 1 April 1970 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 297th Supply and Service Battalion; location concurrently changed to Ewa
  • Location changed 1 September 197 4 to Wahiawa
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 297th Supply and Service Battalion
  • Location changed 1 February 1994 to Honolulu

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

War on Terrorism

Iraq:

  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution

DECORATIONS

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006

Last updated Jun 2014