17th Corp Support Battalion
The 17th Corps Support Battalion was originally constituted 25 July 1941 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Ordnance Battalion and was later activated on 1 August 1941 at Birmingham, Alabama. In March 1946 the battalion was inactivated in India.
The unit was reactivated on 20 September 1950 at Fort Benning, Georgia and inactivated 1 December 1954 in Germany.
The unit was reactivated 15 September 1960 at Fort Benning, Georgia and inactivated 25 March 1964 at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.
It was redesignated 1 May 1965 as Headquarters, 7th Maintenance Battalion and activated 15 July 1965 in Thailand. It was later reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1966 as Headquarters and Main Support Company, 7th Maintenance Battalion but was inactivated 25 June 1971 in Thailand.
The unit was redesignated 16 October 1986 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Maintenance Battalion, and activated at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Later, it was reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1989 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Maintenance Battalion.
Finally, the unit was reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1993 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 17th Support Battalion
