704th Support Battalion
Main Support Battalion
As of January 14th, 2006, 4th Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, which included the 704th Support Battalion, took control of Forward Operating Base Prosperity, located in Baghdad, from 4th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. Their mission included training Iraqi Security Forces and maintaining security within the central and southern regions of the Iraqi capital.
The 704th Support Battalion was originally constituted 30 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 704th Ordnance Light Maintenance Company and assigned to the 4th Infantry Division. It activated on 1 August 1943 at Fort Dix, NJ. It was reorganized and redesignated on 1 December 1945 as the 704th Ordnance Maintenance Company. It inactivated on 2 March 1946 at Camp Butner, NC.
Allotted on 25 June 1948 to the Regular Army, it reactivated on 6 July 1948 at Ford Ord, CA. It was reorganized and redesignated on 1 April 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 704th Ordnance Battalion (with its organic elements concurrently constituted and activated). It was reorganized and redesignated on 1 October 1963 as the 704th Maintenance Battalion. It inactivated on 15 April 1985 at Fort Carson, CO.
The unit was redesignated on 1 May 1987 as the 704th Support Battalion and activated at Fort Carson, CO, as an element of the 4th Infantry Division.
The 704th Support Battalion (Main) was transferred to Fort Hood, Texas in December 1995. Tthe 704th was reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1997 as the 704th Division Support Battalion, under the Division Support Command. The 704th Division Support Battalion was reorganized and redesignated 16 December 2004 as the 704th Support Battalion assigned to the 4th Brigade UA, 4th Infantry Division.
