180th Transportation Battalion
The 180th Transportation Battalion was originally constituted on 23 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 3d Battalion, 519th Quartermaster Truck Regiment. It activated on 26 April 1943 at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, AR.
It was reorganized and redesignated on 20 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 180th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile, before inactivating on 12 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, NJ.
Converted, it was redesignated on 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 180th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion.
The unit was redesignated on 7 December 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 180th Transportation Battalion and allotted to the Regular Army. It was reactivated on 23 January 1967 at Fort Hood, TX.
The mission of the 180th Transportation Battalion is to, on order, deploy rapidly to a contingency area by air, sea, and land to conduct motor transportation operations as directed in support of US forces.
