Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 September 2014
457th Civil Affairs Battalion
- Constituted 28 August 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 27th Military Government, Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- Activated 2 September 1945 in the Philippines
- Inactivated 25 January 1949 in Korea
- Redesignated 1 April 1955 as the 457th Military Government Company and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 31 March 1955 in Starkville, Mississippi
- Reorganized and redesignated 31 May 1957 as the 457th Civil Affairs and Military Government Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1960 as the 457th Civil Affairs Company
- Inactivated 31 January 1968 in Starkville, Mississippi
- Redesignated 12 January 2009 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 457th Civil Affairs Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted)
- Battalion activated 16 October 2010 in Germany
- (Company D ordered into active military service 26 September 2012 in Germany; released from active military service 30 October 2013 and reverted to reserve status)
- (Company B ordered into active military service 23 May 2013 in Germany)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History