Lineages and Honors Information
Military Intelligence

Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 September 2020

224th Military Intelligence Battalion

  • Constituted 1 June 1966 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 224th Aviation Battalion, and activated in Vietnam
  • Redesignated 1 December 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 224th Aviation Battalion
  • Converted and redesignated 19 May 1971 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 224th Army Security Agency Battalion
  • Inactivated 6 March 1973 at Oakland, California
  • Redesignated 1 June 1981 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 224th Military Intelligence Battalion, and activated at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia (172d Military Intelligence Detachment [see ANNEX 1] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Company A; 144th Aviation Company [see ANNEX 2] converted and redesignated as Company B and activated)
  • ANNEX 1
  • Constituted 5 April 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 172d Language Detachment
  • Activated 23 April 1945 in the Philippine Islands
  • Inactivated 15 April 1946 in Japan
  • Redesignated 14 January 1955 as the 172d Military Intelligence Platoon and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 7 March 1955 in Germany
  • Inactivated 25 June 1958 in Germany
  • Activated 15 July 1959 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
  • Reorganized and redesignated 25 August 1961 as the 172d Military Intelligence Detachment
  • Inactivated 1 September 1963 in Germany
  • Activated 3 May 1965 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  • Inactivated 21 August 1972 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  • Activated 21 November 1977 at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
  • ANNEX 2
  • Constituted 1 June 1966 in the Regular Army as the 144th Aviation Company and activated in Vietnam
  • Inactivated 30 September 1971 in Vietnam

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Vietnam
  • 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

Company A additionally entitled to:

  • World War II
  • Luzon
  • Vietnam
  • Defense

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1969
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971-1972
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2014-2015
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1987-1988
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1988-1990
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1992-1993
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
  • Company A additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1967
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN JUN 2011-MAY 2012
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN APR 2015-APR 2016
  • Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970
  • Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1971

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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