610 Support Regiment
"Pheonix"
On January 16, 2006 the 610th Support Battalion was reactivated along with the rest of the 4th Brigade, as part of the Army's transformation towards a modular force.
The 610 th Support Battalion was originally constituted on July 18, 1942 in the Army of the United States Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Battalion, 304th Ordnance Regiment. It was later activated 12 October 1942 at Camp Sutton, North Carolina The unit was reorganized and redesignated on June 10, 1943 as Headquarters and Service Company, 610th Ordnance Base Armament Maintenance Battalion. It served Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns of WWII.
The unit was later inactivated on December 6th, 1948 at Red River Arsenal, Texas but was activated again on March 15, 1950 in Japan. After this reactivation, the unit was allocated to the Regular Army on October 25, 1951 and was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 610th Ordnance Battalion on March 20, 1953. The unit was inactivated on March 28, 1954 in Japan.
The unit was redesignated on April, 7 1966 as Headquarters and Main Support Company, 610th Maintenance Battalion and was activated on May 24, 1966 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Prior to its inactivation on June 30, 1971 in Vietnam the unit served in the Tet Counteroffensive, Summer-Fall 1969 and Winter-Spring 1970 campaigns.
The unit was redesignated on July 29, 1988 as the 610th Ordnance Battalion; Headquarters concurrently transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. The location of Headquarters changed 16 September 1993 to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
The unit was inactivated 2 October 1993 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
