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Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Medical Brigade

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Constituted 1 March 1976 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Hospital Center

Activated 15 April 1976 at Hamilton Air Force Base, California

Reorganized and redesignated 17 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Medical Brigade

Location changed 1 December 1993 to San Pablo, California

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