10th SUPPORT BATTALION

Constituted 3 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 145th Quartermaster Battalion and activated 29 March 1944 at Camp Swift, Texas.

Reorganized and redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 10th Mountain Quartermaster Battalion and assigned to the 10th Mountain Division, 6 November 1944.

Inactivated 30 November 1945 at Camp Carson, Colorado.

Reorganized and redesignated 18 June 1948 as 10th Quartermaster Company and assigned to 10th Infantry Division.

Allotted to the Regular Army, 25 June 1948. Activated 1 July 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas.

Inactivated 14 June 1958 at Fort Benning, Georgia.

Redesignated Headquarters and Supply Company, 10th Supply and Transport Battalion, assigned to the 10th Mountain Division and activated at Fort Drum, New York, 1 March 1985; concurrently, remainder of battalion constituted in the Regular Army and activated at Fort Drum.

Reorganized and redesignated October 1990 as the 10th Support Battalion (Forward).

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
North Apennines
Po Valley

DECORATIONS

None

COAT OF ARMS

SHIELD:  Per fess dancetty of two points enhanced azure and gules (brick red), a saltire buff and in chief a garb of wheat or.

CREST: On a wreath of the colors (or and gules [brick red]) a winged demi lion of the last, holding in his paws a wagon wheel of ten spokes of the first.

MOTTO: Proud to Support

The colors buff and brick red are associated with the Quartermaster Corps and the Transportation Corps respectively. The garb of wheat is symbolic of supply. The saltire is representative of a crossroads and also forms the Roman numeral X, the unit’s numerical designation. The pointed brick red areas with the blue above are suggestive of the peaks of the Apennine Mountains and the Po Valley where the unit’s predecessor, the 10th Mountain Quartermaster Battalion served during World War II. The winged lion is emblematic of courage and the swift performance of duties. The wheel, the type once used on wagons for the transport of supplies, with ten spokes, also alludes to the unit's designation.

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA

The insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.