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Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 85th Division (Training Support)

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Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 310th Ammunition Train and assigned to the 85th Division

Organized in September 1917 at Camp Custer, Michigan

Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan

Reconstituted 28 October 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 310th Ammunition Train (organized in January 1922 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Sault St. Marie, Michigan) and consolidated unit designated as the 310th Ammunition Train, an element of the 85th Division

Converted and redesignated 31 March 1942 as the 910th Field Artillery Battalion, and remained assigned to the 85th Division (later redesignated as the 85th Infantry Division)

Ordered into active military service 15 May 1942 and reorganized at Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Disbanded 25 August 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia

Reconstituted 6 November 1946 in the Organized Reserves as the 910th Field Artillery Battalion and assigned to the 85th Infantry Division

Activated 15 June 1947 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Relieved 1 March 1952 from assignment to the 85th Infantry Division and assigned to the 84th Infantry Division

Disbanded 15 May 1959 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Headquarters, 910th Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 85th Division (Training)

Activated 31 January 1968 at St. Louis, Missouri

Location changed 1 February 1993 to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1993 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 85th Division (Exercise)

Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 1999 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 85th Division (Training Support) and allotted to the Regular Army at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin

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2d Brigade, 85th Division (Training Support) Honors

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World War I: Streamer without inscription

World War II: Rome-Arno; North Apennines; Po Valley

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French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II for CENTRAL ITALY

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