Lineages and
Honors of the California National Guard
185th
Infantry Regiment
Constituted 22 July 1885 in the California
National Guard as the 7th Infantry Battalion and organized from
existing companies at Los Angeles and San Diego
Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 5 May 1888 as the 7th
Infantry Regiment
Consolidated 7 November 1895 with the 9th Infantry Regiment (organized
8 February 1890 in the California National Guard) and consolidated
unit designated as the 7th Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 9 May 1898 at the Presidio of San
Francisco, California, as the 7th Infantry Regiment, California
United States Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service
2 December 1898 at Los Angeles
Mustered into Federal service 29 June 1916 at Sacramento; mustered
out of Federal service 11 November 1916 at Los Angeles
Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Consolidated 25 September-1 November 1917 with the 2d Battalion,
Companies L and M, and Sanitary Detachment, 2d Infantry Regiment;
consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as the 160th Infantry
and assigned to the 40th Division
Demobilized 7 May 1919 at Camp Kearny, California Former southern
California elements reconstituted and reorganized 23 August-
6 October 1921 in the California National Guard as the 160th
Infantry and assigned to the 40th Division; Headquarters Federally
recognized 31 January 1922 at Los Angeles
2nd Battalion, 160th Infantry, withdrawn, reorganized, and redesignated
1 April 1929 as the 2d Battalion, 185th Infantry, an element
of the 40th Division (later redesignated as the 40th Infantry
Division); 160th Infantry concurrently reorganized with a new
2nd Battalion
After 1 April 1929 the above units underwent changes as follows:
2nd Battalion, 185th Infantry, expanded
and reorganized March-April 1930 as the 2rd and 3rd Battalions,
185th Infantry
Inducted into Federal service 3 March 1941 at home stations
Inactivated 7 April 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California
Expanded and reorganized 5 August 1946 as the 223rd and 224th
Infantry and assigned to the 40th Infantry Division (185th Infantry
later reorganized with new 2d and 3d Battalions - hereafter separate
lineage)
After 5 August 1946 the 223rd and 224th Infantry underwent changes
as follows:
223rd Infantry organized and Federally recognized 15 October
1946 with Headquarters at Pasadena
Ordered Into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at home
stations
(223rd Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 2 September
1952 with Headquarters at Pasadena)
Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted
to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn
from the 223rd Infantry (NGUS)
2rd Battalion withdrawn 1 July 1954 and consolidated with the
3rd Battalion, 111th Armored Cavalry Regiment(organized and Federally
recognized 26 January 1951 with Headquarters at Van Nuys); consolidated
unit reorganized and redesignated as the 139th Tank Battalion,
an element of the 40th Armored Division, with Headquarters at
Burbank
(Remainder of 223rd Infantry - hereafter separate lineage)
224th Infantry organized and Federally recognized 15 October
1946 with Headquarters at Ontario
Ordered Into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at home
stations
(223rd Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally
recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters at Ontario)
Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted
to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn
from the 223rd Infantry (NGUS)
2d. Battalion withdrawn 1 July 1954, reorganized, and redesignated
as the 133d Tank Battalion, an element of the 40th Armored Division,
with Headquarters at Riverside (Remainder of 224th Infantry -
hereafter separate lineage)
160th Infantry Inducted into Federal service
3 March 1941 at Los Angeles
Relieved 1 September 1942 from assignment to the 40th Infantry
Division and assigned to the 27th Infantry Division
Relieved 30 October 1942 from assignment to the 27th Infantry
Division and assigned to the 40th Infantry Division
Inactivated 7 April 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California
Reorganized and Federally recognized 14 October 1946 with Headquarters
at Los Angeles
Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at home
stations
(160th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 2 September
1952 with Headquarters at Los Angeles)
Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted
to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn
from the 160th Infantry (NGUS)
3d Battalion withdrawn, reorganized, and redesignated as the
111th Reconnaissance Battalion, an element of the 40th Armored
Division, with Headquarters at Inglewood (remainder of 160th
Infantry - hereafter separate lineage)
133rd and 139th Tank Battalions, 111th Reconnaissance Battalion,
and 140th and 134th Tank Battalions (see ANNEXES 1 and 2) consolidated,
reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1959 as the 185th Armor,
a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System, to
consist of the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Medium Tank Battalions
and the 3d Reconnaissance Squadron, elements of the 40th Armored
Division
Reorganized 1 May 1962 to consist of the 1st, 2d, 4th, and 5th
Medium Tank Battalions and the 3d Reconnaissance Squadron, elements
of the 40th Armored Division, and the 6th and 7th Medium Tank
Battalions
Reorganized 1 March 1963 to consist of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,
and 5th Battalions, elements of the 40th Armored Division, and
the 6th Medium Tank battalion
Reorganized 1 5 March 1964 to consist of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th,
and 5th Battalions, elements of the 40th Armored Division, and
the 6th Battalion
Reorganized 29 January 1968 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions,
elements of the 40th Armored Brigade, and the 3rd Battalion
Reorganized 1 3 January 1974 to consist of the 1st, 2nd, and
3d Battalions, elements of the 40th Infantry Division
Withdrawn 19 January 1988 from the Combat Arms Regimental System
and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System
with Headquarters at San Diego
(1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions ordered into active Federal service
1 May 1992 at home stations; released 9 May 1992 from active
Federal service and reverted to state control)
Reorganized 1 September 1998 to consist of the 1st and 2nd Battalions,
elements of the 40th Infantry Division
(2d Battalion ordered into active Federal service 14 May 2003
at home stations)
(1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 15 November
2003 at home stations)
(2nd Battalion released from active Federal service 12 May 2004
and reverted to state control)
(1st Battalion released from active Federal service 12 May 2005
and reverted to state control)
Reorganized 1 September 2005 to consist of the 1st Battalion,
an element of the 81st Armored Brigade Combat Team, and the 2nd
Battalion, an element of the 40th Infantry Division
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 185th Armored Regiment
Reorganized 1 September 2007 to consist of the 1st Battalion,
an element of the 81st Armored Brigade Combat Team (former 2nd
Battalion - hereafter a separate lineage)
Ordered into active Federal service 16 August 2008 at home stations;
released from active Federal service 19 September 2009 and reverted
to state control
Converted and redesignated 2 February 2016 as the 185th Infantry
Regiment, to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the
81st Armored Brigade Combat Team
Annex 1
Constituted 3 December 1941 in the Army of the United States
as Company A, 640th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Activated 19 December 1941 at Camp San Luis Obispo, California,
with personnel from the 143d Field Artillery, California National
Guard
Inactivated 1 3 January 1946 at Camp Anza, California
Reorganized and Federally recognized 15 March 1949 In the California
Army National Guard as the 140th Heavy Tank Battalion with Headquarters
at Barstow and assigned to the 40th Infantry Division (later
redesignated as the 40th Armored Division)
Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 1950 at home
stations (140th Tank Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally
recognized 2 September 1952 with Headquarters at Barstow; location
of Headquarters changed 14 April 1953 to Pasadena)
.
Released 30 June 1954 from active Federal service and reverted
to state control;Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from
the 140th Tank Battalion (NGUS)
Annex 2
Constituted 13 July 1946 in the California National Guard as
the 109th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron, Mechanized
Organized and Federally recognized 18 September 1947 as the 109th
Mechanized Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron with Headquarters
at Imperial
Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1949 as the 1st Battalion,
111th Armored Cavalry Regiment
(Location of Headquarters changed 15 December 1950 to El Centro)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1954 as the 134th Tank Battalion
and assigned to the 40th Armored Division
Campaign
Participation Credit
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
Bismarck Archipelago
Luzon (with arrowhead)
Southern Philippines (with arrowhead)
Headquarters Company (San Bernardino),
1st Battalion, additionally entitled
to:
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Korean War
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered NOJONP-YONG
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ
2008 – 2009
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation,
Streamer embroidered 1 7 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered
KOREA 1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered
KOREA 1952-1953
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered
KOREA 1952-1954
Headquarters Company (San Bernardino), 1st Battalion,
additionally entitled to:
Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action
along the Meuse River
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