Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 2014
185th Aviation Regiment
- Organized 2 October 1986 in the Mississippi Army National Guard from existing units as the 323d Aviation Battalion, with Headquarters at Tupelo
- Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 October 1987 as the 185th Aviation, a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System, to consist of the 1st Battalion, and Company E
- Reorganized 15 November 1992 in the Mississippi and Washington Army National Guard to consist of the 1st Battalion and Company G
- Reorganized 1 September 1996 in the Mississippi and Washington Army National Guard to consist of the 1st Battalion, and Companies G, H, and K
- Reorganized 16 October 1999 in the Mississippi and Washington Army National Guard to consist of the 1st Battalion, Company E, and Company K
- Reorganized 1 November 2002 in the Mississippi, Michigan, and Puerto Rico Army National Guard to consist of the 1st Battalion, Company G, and Company K
- Reorganized 1 May 2003 in the Mississippi, Michigan, Missouri, and Puerto Rico Army National Guard to consist of the 1st Battalion, Company G, Company I, and Company K
- (Company I ordered into active Federal service 10 June 2003 at Gulfport)
- (Company G ordered into active Federal service 3 January 2004 at Meridian)
- (Company I released from active Federal service 28 August 2004 and reverted to state control)
- (Company G released from active Federal service 30 January 2005 and reverted to state control)
- Reorganized 1 October 2005 – 1 October 2006 in the Mississippi, Arkansas, and Georgia Army National Guard as the 185th Aviation Regiment, to consist of the 1st Battalion, Company I
- (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 15 July 2007 at home stations)
- Reorganized 16 October 2007 in the Mississippi, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, and Georgia Army National Guard to consist of the 1st Battalion, the 2d Battalion, and Company I
- (1st Battalion released from active Federal service 17 August 2008 and reverted to state control)
- (1st Battalion ordered into active Federal service 29 November 2010 at home stations; released from active Federal service 2 January 2012 and reverted to state control)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Headquarters Company (Tupelo, Mississippi), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- New Guinea
- Southern Philippines
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Company I (Gulfport); and Company B (Little Rock, Arkansas), 1st Battalion, each additionally entitled to:
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010-2011
- Headquarters Company (Tupelo, Mississippi), 1st Battalion, additionally entitled to:
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History