1181 Forward Support Company The 1181st Forward Support Company is the forward support company ( FSC ) for the 1st Battalion , 181st Infantry Regiment . It provides transportation , maintenance and logistical support to the battalion operations . In the National Guard , companies sometimes have two histories . They share the history of the regiment to which they are assigned , but also have a unique company history and lineage . The 1181st FSC , for example , shares the long history of the 181st Infantry Regiment . This site concentrates on the unique history of the 1181st FSC as a militia / National Guard company in Leominster , MA . The company traces its history to the end of the Revolutionary War when it was first mustered as the 5th company of the 8th Regiment of Massachusetts Militia . It saw action in the Civil War as part of the 15th Massachusetts Infantry . It later served during War with Spain , Mexican Border Campaign , World War I and World War II . History . Formation and Civil War . The company was first formed during the late Revolutionary War as the 5th Company , 8th Regiment of Mass . Militia . The company served in the Civil War with the 15th Mass . Infantry . On July 12 , the regiment was mustered into the United States service with under Major Charles Devens , Jr . It was mustered out on 21 July 1864 in Worcester , MA . National Guard and overseas service . Mobilized for service in the War with Spain on 13 May 1898 . The company served with in the United States and was mustered out of service on 21 January 1899 . The land forces of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia were redesignated as the Massachusetts National Guard on 15 November 1907 . In June 1916 the company was sent to the Mexican Border as part of the 5th Mass . Infantry . The 5th Mass . served on the Mexican Border at El Paso , Texas . World War I . On 22 August 1917 the company was mobilized as an element of the 101st Supply Train , a part of the 26th Division , at Camp Bartlett , Massachusetts . In France the Company served in all of campaigns of the Yankee Division The unit was demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp Devens , Massachusetts . It was reorganized 15 March 1920 at Fitchburg , Massachusetts and reorganized 1 September 1920 as the 1st Supply Train . The unit was reorganized and redesignated 30 September 1921 as the 26th Division Train . The unit was reorganized and redesignated 26 May 1936 as Company C , 101st Quartermaster Regiment , an element of the 26th Division . World War II . The company was mobilized in January 1941 for one year of training with the Yankee Division . The year of training ended in December 1941 but the company ’ s service continued after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into the Second World War . The 101st Quartermaster Regiment reorganized 12 February 1942 as follows : • The majority of Company C 2nd Battalion , was reorganized and redesignated as C Company of the 114th Quartermaster Battalion and remained assigned to the 26th Infantry Division . • The remainder of Company C was relieved from assignment to 26th Infantry Division along with the 101st Quartermaster BN and transferred to the Pacific Theater of Operations . Company C , 101st Quartermaster Battalion was reorganized and redesignated 10 April 1943 as the 125th Quartermaster Company and assigned to the Americal Division , inactivated 10 December 1945 at Seattle , Washington . The 114th Quartermaster Battalion was reorganized and redesignated as the 26th Quartermaster Company , an element of the 26th Infantry Division ; inactivated 3 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry , Virginia . The 26th and 125th Quartermaster Companies were consolidated , reorganized and redesignated 21 January 1947 as the 26th Quartermaster Company Framingham , Massachusetts , an element of the 26th Infantry Division . The Company served through the Cold War . Later service . The unit was reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1988 as Company B , 726th Support Battalion . It was reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1992 as Company B , 114th Support Battalion . The unit was reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment , 101st Quartermaster Battalion and consolidated with Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 26th Infantry Division Support Command , redesignated as the 126th Support Battalion on 23 February 2007 . In 2008 redesignated at the 1181st Forward Support Company and assigned in direct support to the 1st Battalion 181st Infantry Regiment . Battles . American Civil War , 15th Massachusetts Infantry Spanish American War , 5th Massachusetts Infantry Mexican Border campaign , 5th Massachusetts Infantry World War I , Company C , 101st Supply Train World War II , 26th Quartermaster Company World War II , 125th Quartermaster Company