Following this important strategic victory over the British, the Continental Congress awarded what was then our nation's highest honor, the congressional gold medal.

The use of the Horatio Gates bronze and gold medals, which recognize superior achievement and service to the Regiment, dates from this important event.

The other, Brigadier General Zebulon Pike, the famous explorer, died in battle while leading the attack on York, Canada.

In 1861, two assistant Adjutants General, Major McDowell and Captain Franklin, drew up the plans to organize the more than 500,000 men who volunteered to fight for the Union.

[citation needed] On 14 December 1872, the Adjutant General's Department adopted the old topographic engineer shield as its own branch insignia.

Several functions, formally part of the Adjutant General's Office, now evolved into independent staff agencies after World War I.

In what has been described as one of the most successful administrative tasks ever carried out, the AG Corps processed nearly one-half million discharges a month in accomplishing this difficult mission.

AG soldiers mobilized 139,207 reserve component soldiers (equating to 1,045 Reserve and National Guard units of all types), recalled 1,386 retirees to active duty, deployed 1,600 Army civilians to Southwest Asia, processed over 10,000 individual and unit replacements, and delivered more than 27,000 tons of mail to deployed Army forces.

The onset of the Global War on Terror shifted the paradigm to smaller scale engagements using asymmetric means and methods to attrite our forces, and our will, over longer duration conflicts.

These new threats and perceived changes in the character of war drove the shift to “modularity” and to brigade combat teams (BCTs) vice Divisions as the combined arms building blocks.

Execution of the modular force concept divested the division structure of its organic or assigned functional battalions and the corps of its separate brigades.

These units plans, integrated, and executed HR services primarily needed only when deployed: casualty liaison, personnel accountability, and postal support.

However, the economies of scale, promised consolidated efficiencies, and technical expert support from higher echelons have not kept pace to meet the sustained demand.

Many of these systems relied on outdated technology and were stove-piped (could not share data) with many specific to only one of the Army's 3 components (Active Duty, National Guard, Reserve).

It will "improve access, timeliness and will provide auditability of personnel and pay information for the Total Army – integrating more than 30 current systems; eliminating more than 300 interfaces; ensuring secure, consistent processes and data; and meeting required standards.

A silver color metal and enamel device 1 1/8 inches in height consisting of a shield blazoned: Azure (dark blue) within a border Gules, an inescutcheon paly of thirteen Argent and Gules, on a chief Azure a mullet Argent between a pattern of twelve of the like (as on The Adjutant General's insignia of branch), and enclosed in base by two laurel branches Or.

The inner red, white and blue shield is the insignia of The Adjutant General's Corps and the gold laurel wreath around its base stands for excellence in accomplishing the mission.

HRC is a direct reporting unit supervised by the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (DCS), G-1, focused on improving the career management potential of Army Soldiers by having a single agency manage Soldier schooling, promotions, awards, records, transfers, appointments, benefits, and retirement.

Internal human resources functions at the Battalion/Brigade/Division/Corps levels are handled by the S/G/J1 staff section whose purpose is to plan, provide, and coordinate the delivery of HR support, services, or information to all assigned and attached personnel.

The Human Resources Operations Center is assigned to an Army Service Component Command, Corps, or Division and provides critical HR strength management capacity, technical expertise, analysis, assessment, training and assistance, as well as casualty, replacement, and postal planning capabilities.

The Human Resources Company (HR CO) provides mission command and operational planning, logistics, communications, and technical guidance to assigned platoons and teams.

Non-divisional HR CO's are modular task organized as needed to perform personnel accountability, casualty liaison, and/or postal operations to an assigned area or supported unit.

Division Sustainment Brigade HR Companies Echelon-Above-Division (EAD) (Modular) HR Companies Prior to Personnel Services Delivery Redesign the Adjutant General Corps force structure included: The Adjutant General Corps is the proponent for the following Army publications: FM 1-0 Human Resources Support ATP 1-0.1 G1/AG and S1 Operations ATP 1-0.2 Theater Human Resources Support