Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division
The Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division was first constituted on 30 July 1943 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, Special Troops, 4th Infantry Division and activated on 4 August 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey. It served in 5 campaigns with the 4th Infantry Division during the Second World War: Normandy (streamer with arrowhead indicating participation in the initial assault), Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. After the end of the Second World War the unit was inactivated on 12 March 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina.
The unit was converted and redesignated on 25 June 1948 as the 4th Replacement Company, an element of the 4th Infantry Division and activated on 6 July 1948 at Fort Ord, California. It was reorganized and redesignated on 1 April 1957 as the 4th Administration Company.
The Company served with the 4th Infantry Division during the the conflict in Vietnam, participating in 11 campaigns: Counteroffensive Phase II, Counteroffensive Phase III, Tet Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive Phase IV, Counteroffensive Phase V, Counteroffensive Phase VI, Tet 69/Counteroffensive, Summer-Fall 1969, Winter-Spring 1970, Sanctuary Counteroffensive, and Counteroffensive, Phase VII. After returning with the Division from Vietnam, the Company was reorganized and redesignated on 21 November 1972 as the 4th Adjutant General Company.
The Company was inactivated on 15 September 1985 at Fort Carson, Colorado. It was redesignated on 16 December 2004 as Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas. This activation was part of the transformation of the 4th Infantry Division to the US Army's modular force structure.
The Unit deployed on 27 November 2005 in support Operation Iraqi Freedom. The unit operated out of Camp Liberty, located to the Northeast of Baghdad International Airport.
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