Lineages and Honors Information
Military Intelligence
Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 August 2019
389th Military Intelligence Battalion
- Constituted 14 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 389th Translator Team
- Activated 27 February 1945 in the Philippines
- Inactivated 25 March 1947 in Korea
- Allotted 13 May 1948 to the Organized Reserves Corps
- Activated 21 May 1948 at Fort Worth, Texas
- Inactivated 9 January 1945 at Fort Worth, Texas
- Redesignated 6 September 1950 as the 389th Translator Detachment
- Activated 2 October 1950 at Cincinnati, Ohio
- Location changed 5 February 1951 to Fort Thomas, Kentucky
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 20 July 1952 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky
- Redesignated 5 November 1962 as the 389th Military Intelligence Detachment
- Activated 7 January 1963 at Louisville, Kentucky
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1985 as the 389th Military Intelligence Company
- Inactivated 15 September 1990 at Louisville, Kentucky
- Redesignated 12 June 2018 as the 389th Military Intelligence Battalion
- Activated 16 July 2019 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Leyte
- Ryukyus
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered OKINAWA
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History