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Featuring Company H, 134th Support Battalion, Stow, Ohio PARENT UNIT Troop I, 1st Cavalry Regiment

DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH 18 November 1921, Akron, Ohio

MISSION To provide direct and habitual sustainment support to itself and the Combined Arms Battalion, Armor.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT World War II Northern Solomons1 Luzon (with arrowhead)2

DECORATIONS Philippine Presidential Unit Citation

streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 19453

1 War Department General Order 12, 1 February 1946. Company B, 145th Infantry cited unit.

2 Ibid; War Department General Order 109, 1946.

3 Department of the Army General Order 47, 28 December 1950. Company B, 145th Infantry cited unit.

1921 Organized and Federally recognized 18 November 1921 in the Ohio National Guard at Akron as Troop I, 1st Cavalry4

1922 Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1922 as Troop E,

107th Cavalry, an element of the 22d Cavalry Division5 1927 Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1927 as Headquarters Troop,

54th Cavalry Brigade6 1940 Disbanded 1 November 19407 1948 Reorganized and Federally recognized 16 March 1948 in the Ohio Army National

Guard at Akron as Troop E, 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron8 1949 Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1949 as Assault Gun Company,

1st Battalion, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment9 1959 Redesignated 1 April 1951 as Howitzer Company, 1st Battalion,

107th Armored Cavalry Regiment10 Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Troop F, 2d Squadron,

107th Armored Cavalry Regiment11 1961 Location changed 1 December 1961 to Greensburg12 1963 Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Troop H, 2d Squadron,

107th Armored Cavalry Regiment13

4 TAGOH General Order 15, 1921.

5 TAGOH Special Order 13, 25 January 1922.

6 TAGOH Special Order 151, 10 August 1927.

7 TAGOH Special Order 286, 12 October 1940.

8 Ohio State Study; NGB Recognition Reports.

9 CSNGB-AROTO-325.4, 23 December 1949.

10 Organizational Changes, Army National Guard, period 1 March 1951 to 31 March 1951, Date of Report, 2 April 1951. 11 NGB Reorganization Authority 96-59, 30 June 1959.

12 NGB Reorganization Authority 281-61, 14 December 1961.

13 NGB Reorganization Authority 50-63, 18 March 1963.

1965 Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1965 as Company H, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment14

1969 Consolidated 1 December 1969 with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop,

2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment (see ANNEX 1); consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment15

1974 Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1974 as Troop G, 2d Squadron,

107th Armored Cavalry Regiment16 1976 Location changed 1 August 1976 to Alliance17 1977 Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1977 as Howitzer Battery, 2d Squadron,

107th Armored Cavalry Regiment18 1993 Consolidated 2 September 1993 with Howitzer Battery, 3d Squadron,

107th Armored Cavalry Regiment (see ANNEX 2); consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery, an element of the 28th Infantry Division19

1994 (134th Field Artillery assigned 1 September 1994 to the 38th Infantry Division)20 2004 Ordered into active Federal service 10 February 2004 at Alliance;

released from active Federal service 8 February 2005 and reverted to state control21 2007 Converted and redesignated 1 September 2007 as Company F, 128th Support

Battalion, an element of the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division22

14 NGB Reorganization Authority 95-65, 27 October 1965.

15 NGB Reorganization Authority 172-69, 3 November 1969.

16 NGB Reorganization Authority 61-74, 22 May 1974.

17 NGB Reorganization Authority 170-76, 4 August 1976.

18 NGB Organizational Authority 72-77, 29 April 1977. 19 NGB Organizational Authority 29-93, 4 March 1993.

20 NGB Organizational Authority 139-94, 31 August 1994.

21 DA Mobilization Order 528-04; DA Demobilization Order 143-05. Operation Noble Eagle.

22 NGB Organizational Order 22-07 (Corrected Copy #2), 14 April 2008.

2008 Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 2008 as the 737th Support Company and relieved from assignment to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division; location changed to Stow23

2016 (Assigned 1 September 2016 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division) 2018 Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 2018 as Company H, 134th Support

Battalion, an element of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division24 2019 Ordered into active Federal service 25 August 2019 at Stow25

ANNEX 1 1947 Organized and Federally recognized 18 September 1947 in the Ohio Army National

Guard at Akron as Troop C, 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron26 1949 Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1949 as Company C,

107th Armored Cavalry Regiment27 1959 Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Troop E, 2d Squadron,

107th Armored Cavalry Regiment28 1961 Location changed 1 December 1961 to Greensburg29 1963 Consolidated 1 April 1963 with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron,

107th Armored Cavalry Regiment (see ANNEX 3); consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment30

23 NGB Organizational TBP. 24 NGB Organizational Authority 415-18, 21 November 2018. 25 DA Mobilization Order 2429-19. 26 Ohio State Study; NGB Recognition Reports.

27 CSNGB-AROTO-325.4, 23 December 1949.

28 NGB Reorganization Authority 96-59, 30 June 1959.

29 NGB Reorganization Authority 281-61, 14 December 1961. 30 NGB Reorganization Authority 50-63, 18 March 1963.

ANNEX 2 1924 Organized and Federally recognized 8 December 1924 in the Ohio National Guard at

Cleveland as Company I, 145th Infantry, an element of the 37th Division31 1925 Redesignated 1 April 1925 as Company B, 145th Infantry32 1940 Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Cleveland33 1942 (37th Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 37th Infantry Division)34 1945 Inactivated 13 December 1945 at Camp Anza, California35 1946 Reorganized and Federally recognized 21 November 1946 in the Ohio National Guard

at Cleveland as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 135th Field Artillery Battalion36

1952 Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Cleveland37 1954 (Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 135th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS]

organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954)38 Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control;

Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 135th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)39

1959 Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters

Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 135th Artillery; location changed to Lakewood40 31 TAGOH Bulletin 2, 30 June 1922. 32 TAGOH Special Order 74, 23 March 1925.

33 Executive Order #8551.

34 37th Infantry Division General Order 2, 31 January 1942.

35 Unit Data Card, 145th Infantry.

36 Ohio State Study; NGB Recognition Reports.

37 DA Message 21286 & Active Army Service Order No. 21 AIABC-O 325.452, Second Army, 14 December 1951

38 NG AROTO 325.4 – Ohio, 9 February 1954.

39 HQ, Fifth Army General Order 44, 14 May 1954; NG-AROTO – Ohio, 27 May 1954.


1963 Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Headquarters, Headquarters and

Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery41 1968 Consolidated 1 May 1968 with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 135th Field Artillery (see

ANNEX 4); consolidated unit designated as Howitzer Battery, 1st Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment and relived from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division42

1977 Consolidated 1 May 1977 with Howitzer Battery, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry

Regiment (see ANNEX 4); consolidated unit designated as Howitzer Battery, 3d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment43

1982 Location changed 1 November 1982 to Cleveland44 1989 Location changed 1 January 1989 to Stow45

ANNEX 3 1952 Organized and Federally recognized 24 January 1952 in the Ohio Army National

Guard at Akron as Battery D, 179th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion46 1953 Redesignated 1 January 1953 as Battery D, 182d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion47 1959 Converted and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters

Troop, 2d Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment48 1961 Location changed 1 December 1961 to Greensburg49


42 NGB Reorganization Authority 12-68, 26 January 1968.

43 NGB Organizational Authority 72-77, 29 April 1977.

44 NGB Organizational Authority 161-82, 26 October 1982.

45 NGB Organizational Authority 279-88, 28 November 1988. 46 NG-AROTO 325.4-Ohio, 5 February 1952. 47 NG-AROTO 325.4-Ohio, 9 December 1952; Amended by NG-AROTO 325.4 Ohio (23 Dec 52), 9 January 1953.


49 NGB Reorganization Authority 281-61, 14 December 1961.

ANNEX 4 1923 Organized and Federally recognized 14 June 1923 in the Ohio National Guard at

Lakewood as Battery B, 135th Field Artillery an element of the 37th Division 1940 Inducted into Federal service 15 October 1940 at Lakewood50 1942 Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1942 as Battery B, 135th Field Artillery

Battalion51 (37th Division redesignated 1 February 1942 as the 37th Infantry Division)52 1945 Inactivated in December 1945 at Camp Anza, California53 1947 Expanded as Battery B (organized and Federally recognized 8 April 1947) and Battery

A (organized and Federally recognized 29 October 1947), 135th Field Artillery Battalion in the Ohio National Guard at Lakewood54

1952 Ordered into active Federal service 15 January 1952 at Lakewood55 After 15 January 1952 the above units underwent changes as follows:

(Battery B, 135th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 15 January 1954)56

1954 Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control;

Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Battery B, 135th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)57

1959 Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Battery A,

1st Howitzer Battalion, 135th Artillery58

50 Executive Order # 8551.

51 37th Infantry Division General Order 2, 31 January 1942. 52 Ibid

53 Unit Data Card, 135th Field Artillery Battalion. 54 Ohio State Study; NGB Recognition Reports.

55 DA Message 21286 & Active Army Service Order No. 21 AIABC-O 325.452, Second Army, 14 December 1951

56 NG AROTO 325.4 – Ohio, 9 February 1954.


1963 Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Battery A, 1st Battalion,

135th Artillery59 1954 (Service Battery, 135th Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS] organized and

Federally recognized 15 January 1954)60 Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control;

Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Service Battery, 135th Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS)61

1959 Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1959 as Battery B,

1st Howitzer Battalion, 135th Artillery62 1963 Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Battery B, 1st Battalion,

135th Artillery63 1968 Batteries A and B, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery consolidated 15 February 1968 with

Battery C, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery (see ANNEX 5); consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery and relieved from assignment to the 37th Infantry Division64

Converted and redesignated 1 May 1968 as Howitzer Battery, 2d Squadron,

107th Armored Cavalry Regiment65


59 NGB Reorganization Authority 50-63, 18 March 1963. 60 NG AROTO 325.4 – Ohio, 9 February 1954.




64 NGB Reorganization Authority 12-68, 26 January 1968.

65 Ibid

ANNEX 5 1955 Organized and Federally recognized 13 April 1955 in the Ohio National Guard at

Elyria as the 357th Ordnance Company66 1961 Ordered into active Federal service 1 October 1961 at Elyria; released from active

Federal service 12 August 1962 and reverted to state control67 1963 Converted, and redesignated 1 April 1963 as Battery C, 1st Battalion, 135th Artillery,

an element of the 37th Infantry Division68

66 NG-AROTO 325.4 – Ohio, 26 April 1955.

67 Unit Data Card, 357th Ordnance Company.


1943 ~ Gun No. 3, Battery B, 135th Field Artillery Battalion practices camouflaged gun firing June 22, 1943, while stationed on the island of Guadalcanal.

1957 ~ Howitzer Company, 1st Battalion, 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Knox, Ky., 1957.

1982 ~ Howitzer Battery, 2nd Squadron, 107th Armored Cavalry, Alliance, Ohio, 1982.

2005 ~ Battery B, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery, Camp Grayling, Mich., 2005.

2008 ~ Pfc. Brody Toot, a light vehicle mechanic from Minerva, Ohio, fuels a 2 1/2-ton truck at a refueling point during annual training June 10, 2008, at Camp Grayling, Mich. Toot was being retrained to help meet the need for petroleum supply specialists with the Ohio Army National Guard’s 737th Support Company,

2019 ~ Sgt. 1st Class Justin Whale, maintenance platoon sergeant with Company H, 134th Support Battalion, Task Force Spartan, grinds a fresh weld on a pullup bar during joint exercise Iron Union Dec. 7, 2019, near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Iron union is a recurring, bilateral exercise between TF Spartan and the United Arab Emirates Land Forces.

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