The 292d Quartermaster Company (Supply) received federal recognition on 15 December 1947. The Company was constituted 2 October 1986 in the Hawaii National Guard as the 193rd Aviation Battalion. The battalion was organized and federally recognized in 18 October 1986 at Wheeler Air Force Base, Hawaii. On 1 October 1987, the 193rd Aviation Battalion was reorganized and redesigned as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battalion. It was then converted and re-designated into Company B, 193rd Aviation, (AVIM) on 2 September 1995.
The Company B mission is to provide Aviation Field Maintenance (AVIM) and limited backup Aviation Field Maintenance (AVUM) level support to the Theater Aviation Brigade. Company B provides maintenance support for Hawaii Army National Guard CH-47, LUH-72, and UH-60 helicopters.
Company B remains fully manned and equipped to render Corps-level aircraft maintenance support to America’s Army. In the past 12 years, Company B, 193rd AVIM provided personnel to support exercises to include Cobra Gold, Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) and Balikatan in the Philippines in support of the 25th Infantry Division (Light).
Company B’s combat tours include Operation Enduring Freedom IV in support of the 10th Mountain Division from 7 July 2003 to 21 May 2004 and Operation Enduring Freedom V in support of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) from 15 March 2004 to 8 May 2005.
The integration of new concepts, organizations, and technology brought about by the transformation process caused new changes for the unit. In September 2006, it was reorganized and re-designated into Co B, 445th Aviation Support Battalion (GS). A year later, it was again changed to Co B, 777th Aviation Support Battalion (GS). The unit’s name may have changed, but the unit’s ability and preparedness to answer the call of duty and to operate across the full spectrum of conflict has remained the same.
The unit’s most recent mobilization was in support of Operation Joint Guardian (KFOR16) a multinational peacekeeping mission led by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and participated by 39 different countries. Over the course of the deployment from August 2012 to May 2013, Task Force Aviation, to which B Co 777th ASB was joined by three other distinct units from the states of California, Arkansas, and South Carolina, collectively supported the Multi-National Battle Group – East and meritoriously contributed to the overall mission accomplishment of providing a safe and secure environment and freedom of movement for the people of Kosovo.
Last updated 2015