296th Forward Support Battalion
The 296th Forward Support Battalion was originally constituted on 23 November 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 296th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile. It activated on 15 December 1944 at Camp Bowie, TX.
The unit was converted and redesignated on 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 296th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion. It reorganized and was redesignated on 31 July 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 296th Transportation Truck Battalion, and on 17 October 1949 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 296th Transportation Truck Battalion.
The unit was allotted on 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army. It was reorganized and redesignated on 8 April 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 296th Transportation Battalion. It inactivated on 5 November 1955 in Korea.
Redesignated on 16 October 1989 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 296th Support Battalion, the unit was assigned to the 2d Infantry Division, and activated in Korea (its organic elements concurrently were constituted and activated). It inactivated on 16 September 1992 in Korea.
The unit activated on 16 October 1995 at Fort Lewis, WA.
