28th Transportation Battalion
In the first five days of Kosovo humanitarian relief operations in April 1999, the 37th Transportation Command, (made up of the 6966th Transportation Truck Terminal and the 28th Transportation Battalion), accumulated more than 13,000 miles to support the refugees
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment 28th Transportation Battalion was constituted 10 February 1936 in the Regular Army as the 1st Battalion, 28th Quartermaster Regiment. Activated 10 February 1941 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. Redesignated 1 April 1942 as the 1st Battalion, 28th Quartermaster Truck Regiment. Battalion broken up 5 December 1943 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile. (Companies A, B, C, and D as the 3421st, 3422d, 3423d, and 3424th Quartermaster Truck Companies, respectively--hereafter separate lineages). Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile, inactivated 12 November 1945 in France. Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion. Redesignated 23 December 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Transportation Truck Battalion.
Activated 20 January 1949 in Germany. Reorganized and redesignated 2 December 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Transportation Truck Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 28th Transportation Battalion. Redesignated 19 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 28th Transportation Battalion.
