303d Military Intelligence Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 March 2001
303d Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage
Constituted 22 September 1950 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Communication Reconnaissance Battalion
Activated 25 September 1950 at Arlington Hall, Virginia
Consolidated 17 July 1951 with the 540th Signal Service Company (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Communication Reconnaissance Battalion
Inactivated 25 June 1955 in Korea
Redesignated 11 May 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 303d Army Security Agency Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battalion activated 15 June 1962 at Camp Wolters, Texas
(Companies A, B, and C reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1966 as the 372d, 373d, and 374th Army Security Agency Companies - hereafter separate lineages)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 303d Army Security Agency Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 21 April 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Military Intelligence Battalion (376th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 2] and 370th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 3] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B)
ANNEX 1
Constituted 12 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3253d Signal Service Company
Activated 25 April 1944 in England
Inactivated 25 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 6 May 1948 as the 540th Signal Service Company
Activated 20 June 1948 in Austria
Inactivated 1 April 1949 in Austria
ANNEX 2
Constituted 20 February 1968 in the Regular Army as the 376th Army Security Agency Company
Activated 1 April 1968 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Inactivated 30 June 1974 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Activated 1 July 1974 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
ANNEX 3
Constituted 10 January 1967 in the Regular Army as the 370th Army Security Agency Company
Activated 1 March 1967 at Vint Hill Farms Station, Virginia
303d Military Intelligence Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe
Korean War: 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
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
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1951-1953
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1971
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951-1952
Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970-1971
Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969-1971