Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2011
1st MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION
(THE FLYING EYE BATTALION)
Constituted 14 December 1956 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Air Reconnaissance Support Battalion
Activated 1 February 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana
(205th Signal Company [see ANNEX 1] reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Company A; 196th Aerial Photo Interpretation Detachment [see ANNEX 2] redesignated 15 April 1959 as Company B and allotted to the Regular Army; activated 1 May 1959 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina)
Converted and redesignated 20 March 1962 as the 1st Military Intelligence Battalion
Inactivated 15 July 1982 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 16 January 1984 in Germany
ANNEX 1
Constituted 24 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 205th Signal Repair Company
Activated 1 February 1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Allotted 16 May 1949 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1954 as the 205th Signal Company
Inactivated 28 May 1955 in Korea
Activated 1 February 1956 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
ANNEX 2
Constituted 16 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 196th Photo Interpreter Team
Activated 10 July 1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 18 May 1950 as the 196th Aerial Photo Interpretation Detachment
Inactivated 15 November 1953 at Governors Island, New York
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Vietnam
Defense
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Sanctuary Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Consolidation I
Consolidation II
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Iraqi Governance
National Resolution
Company A additionally entitled to:
Korean War
UN Defensive
UN Offensive
CCF Intervention
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
Company B additionally entitled to:
Southwest Asia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
DECORATIONS
Presidential Unit Citation (Air Force), Streamer embroidered SOUTHEAST ASIA 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1972
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1999-2003
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1971
Company A additionally entitled to:
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950- 1952
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History