Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 Sept 2021
492d Civil Affairs Battalion
- Constituted 25 August 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 92d Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, Military Government Group, and activated at the Presidio of Monterey, California
- Redesignated 4 January 1946 as the 92d Military Government, Headquarters and Headquarters Company
- Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Japan
- Redesignated 28 March 1955 as the 492d Military Government Company and allotted to the Army Reserve
- Activated 31 March 1955 at Jackson, Mississippi
- Reorganized and redesignated 31 May 1957 as the 492d Civil Affairs and Military Government Company
- Redesignated 1 January 1960 as the 492d Civil Affairs Company
- Inactivated 23 December 1974 at Jackson, Mississippi
- Redesignated 16 March 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 492d Civil Affairs Battalion, and activated at Phoenix, Arizona (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Ordered into active military service 18 April 2005 at Phoenix, Arizona; released from active military service 3 and 28 April 2008 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 16 December 2009 to Buckeye, Arizona
- Element ordered into active military service 12 January 2011 at Buckeye, Arizona; released from active military service 15 February 2012 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
Decorations
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2006-2007
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD MAR-MAY 2007
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History