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Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 91st Division (Training Support)

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Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 316th Ammunition Train and assigned to the 91st Division

Organized in September 1917 at Camp Lewis, Washington

Demobilized 15 May 1919 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California

Reconstituted 23 October 1936 in the Organized Reserves; concurrently consolidated with the 316th Ammunition Train (organized in November 1921 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at San Francisco, California) and consolidated unit designated as the 316th Ammunition Train, an element of the 91st Division

Converted and redesignated 6 April 1942 as the 916th Field Artillery Battalion, and remained assigned to the 91st Division (later redesignated as the 91st Infantry Division)

Ordered into active military service 15 August 1942 and reorganized at Camp White, Oregon

Inactivated 27 November 1945 at Camp Rucker, Alabama

Activated 15 June 1947 at Seattle, Washington

(Location of Headquarters changed 2 March 1948 to San Jose, California)

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

(Location of Headquarters changed 1 April 1948 to Oakland, California; on 1 October 1957 to San Leandro, California)

Disbanded 1 May 1959 at San Leandro, California

Headquarters, 916th Field Artillery Battalion, reconstituted 24 November 1967 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 91st Division (Training)

Activated 20 January 1968 at Hamilton Air Force Base, California

Location changed 15 December 1992 to Norco, California

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1993 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade, 91st Division (Exercise)

Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 1999 as Headquarters, 2d Brigade,
91st Division (Training Support) and allotted to the Regular Army at Fort Carson, Colorado

Headquarters
2d Brigade, 91st Division (Training Support) Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I: Streamer without inscription

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

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