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HHC, 41st Engineer Battalion

A part of the US Army's modular force structure transformation included the creation of Brigade Special Troops Battalions. These units were designed to provide organic signals, engineering, military intelligence, military police, and other support which had historically been achieved by the habitual attachment of companies and platoons from units assigned to parent divisions. As a result of this transformation in the 10th Mountain Division, the 41st Engineer Battalion was inactivated, its Companies and other subordinate units reflagged and/or reassigned either Brigade Special Troops Battalions within the Division or to the 10th Sustainment Brigade.

The mission of HHC, 41st Engineer Battalion, was to deploy by air, sea and land to command and control combat operations for the battalion and be prepared to conduct force protection and sustainment operations.

On order, the unit was tasked with increasing the combat effectiveness of the 41st Engineer Battalion and 10th Mountain Division (LI) by accomplishing limited mobility, countermobility, and survivability tasks.

In June 1999, HHC conducted Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) training and began the rail loading for the Bosnia Deployment. Deployment to Bosnia began in August 1999 eventually took Bravo Company, 642nd CSE, and a good portion of the battalion staff. In October 1999, HHC's A&O Platoon conducted an Archeological Dig in support of the Division Environmental Conservation Office. They were looking for Artifacts of Pre-Glacial inhabitants. They uncovered what could be described as an ancient burial ground.

In December 1999, elements of HHC provided support to the 82nd Airborne Division Warfighter Computer Simulation at Fort Bragg, North Carolina while HHC's A&O Platoon conducted cold weather dig training.

Between 2001 and 2006 elements of the 41st Engineer Battalion deployed with their associated units in support of both Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. In 2006 the 41st Engineering Battalion was inactivated as part of the transformation of the entire 10th Mountain Division to the US Army's new modular force structure. Its units were inactivated and reactivated as part of newly formed Brigade Support Battalions and the reorganized 10th Sustainment Brigade.