49th Movement Control Battalion
(Corps Movements Control Center)
The 49th Movement Control Battalion (Corps) provides movement control support to III Corps; B/P to provide multi-echelon movement control in support of worldwide contingencies
The 49th Movement Control Battalion (Corps) was originally constituted on May 1936 as the 49th Quartermaster Regiment.
The unit was reorganized and redesignated numerous times. Redesignated 1 April 1942 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 49th Quartermaster Truck Regiment. Activated 1 May 1942 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Reorganized and redesignated 14 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 49th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile. Inactivated 8 April 1946 in France. Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 49th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion. Redesignated 11 June 1954 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 49th Transportation Battalion. Activated 3 August 1954 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Inactivated 1 September 1955 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Activated 5 December 1955 in Germany. Reorganized and redesignated 20 February 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 49th Transportation Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 25 July 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 49th Transportation Group. Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 49th Transportation Center. Inactivated 1 March 1968 in Germany. Redesignated 1 April 1982 as the 49th Transportation Center and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
It was redesignated as the 49th Transportation Center (MC) in August 1988, and as the 49th Movement Control Battalion (Corps) in October 1999.
