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Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 244th Aviation Brigade

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Constituted 16 September 1988 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 244th Aviation Group, and activated at Glenview, Illinois

Location changed 31 March 1995 to Fort Sheridan, Illinois

Reorganized and redesignated 17 October 1995 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 244th Aviation Brigade

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