64th Support Battalion
64th Forward Support Battalion
As of January 2006 the 64th Support Battalion of 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, was participating in Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of the larger Task Force Band of Brothers which was led by 101st Airborne Division commanding general, Maj. Gen. Thomas Turner. The 3rd Brigade's mission included training the Iraqi Security Forces, assisting in the rebuilding of the Diyala Province infrastructure as well as continuing to root out the anti-Iraqi forces that inhabit the region.
The 64th Forward Support Battalion was originally constituted in 1942 as the 64th Quartermaster Battalion. In August 1942, it was activated as the 64th Quartermaster Laundry Battalion, and was then separated in 1943 into Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 64th Quartermaster Battalion, and four separate companies. In 1948, the Headquarters Detachment was allotted to the Regular Army. It was inactivated in 1949 at Camp Lee, VA along with the separate companies. From 1950 to 1953, the unit activated for services in Europe during the cold war. In 1963, the 64th Quartermaster Battalion was activated for services in Vietnam, where it was inactivated in 1970. Redesigned 1 December, 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 64th Support Battalion. Together with its companies, the unit was reactivated and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) and served in Germany until its deactivation in 1984. On 15 May 1987, the 64th Support Battalion was reactivated at Fort Carson, Colorado.
