Lineage
- Constituted 24 May 1917 in the Regular Army as Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Brigade, and assigned to the 1st Expeditionary Division (later redesignated as the 1st Division)
- Organized 8 June 1917 at New York, New York
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1921 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Brigade
- Redesignated 23 March 1925 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade
- Redesignated 24 August 1936 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Brigade
- Relieved 11 October 1939 from assignment to the 1st Division
- Inactivated 1 June 1940 at Fort Ontario, New York
- Redesignated 30 June 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Airborne Infantry Brigade, and activated at Camp Mackall, North Carolina
- Disbanded 15 January 1945 in Europe
- Reconstituted 12 February 1958 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Brigade
- Activated 15 February 1958 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Inactivated 19 February 1962 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
- Redesignated 23 October 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division
- Activated 2 January 1964 at Fort Riley, Kansas
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