Lineages and Honors Information
Military Intelligence

Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 October 2020

Headquarters and Headquarters Company
504th Military Intelligence Brigade

  • Constituted 7 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 137th Signal Radio Intelligence Company, Aviation
  • Activated 20 February 1942 at Mitchel Field, New York
  • Reorganized and redesignated 25 February 1944 as the 137th Signal Radio Intelligence Company
  • Inactivated 12 December 1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
  • Redesignated 15 November 1948 as the 406th Mobile Radio Broadcasting Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
  • Activated 23 November 1948 at New York, New York
  • Inactivated 24 October 1950 at New York, New York
  • Redesignated 17 July 1951 as the 504th Communication Reconnaissance Group
  • (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Redesignated 21 April 1955 as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 504th Communication Reconnaissance Group; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Activated 16 May 1955 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts
  • Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1956 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 504th Army Security Agency Group
  • Inactivated 18 December 1957 at Camp Wolters, Texas
  • Activated 1 July 1974 at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
  • Reorganized and redesignated 21 April 1978 as Headquarters and Operations Company, 504th Military Intelligence Group
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1982 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 504th Military Intelligence Group
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 504th Military Intelligence Brigade
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 2007 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2015 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 504th Military Intelligence Brigade

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Norther France
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Transition of Iraq
  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution
  • Iraqi Surge
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL NAJAF PROVINCE 2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2006-2007
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2017-2018

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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