180th Trans. Bn. to deactivate Friday

FORT HOOD, Texas – The 4^th Sustainment Brigade will host a deactivation ceremony 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 12 at Sadowski Field for the deactivation of the 180^th Transportation Battalion.

Media interested in attending the event must RSVP no later than 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11, with Staff Sgt. Jason Thompson, public affairs chief, 4^th Sustainment Brigade, at [email protected] or via cell (801)549-7760.

Gate time for the ceremony will be 1:15 p.m. Friday.

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE 180TH TRANSPORTATION BATTALION

The mission of the 180th Transportation Battalion is to, on order, deploy rapidly to a contingency area by air, sea, and land to conduct motor transportation operations as directed in support of US forces.

The 180th Transportation Battalion was first constituted on 23 February 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 3rd Battalion, 519th Quartermaster Truck Regiment and activated on 26 April 1943 at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas. The Battalion was reorganized and redesignated on 20 December 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 180th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile. The Battalion received participation credit for 5 campaigns during the Second World War: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe. After the end of the Second World War, the Battalion was inactivated 12 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey.

The Battalion was converted and redesignated on 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 180th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion. It was redesignated on 7 December 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 180th Transportation Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army and was activated on 23 January 1967 at Fort Hood, Texas.

The Battalion received participation credit for 3 campaigns in Southwest Asia as part of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1990-1991: Defense of Saudi Arabia, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, and Cease-Fire.

Following the events of 11 September 2001, the Battalion deployed elements in support of the Global War on Terror, and subsequently Overseas Contingency Operations.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire

War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003-2004