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Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 November 2011

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201st PUBLIC AFFAIRS DETACHMENT

 

           Constituted 6 April 1953 in the Army Reserve as the 201st Field Press Censorship Organization

            Redesignated 2 August 1955 as the 201st Field Press Censorship Detachment

            Activated 1 September 1955 at Paramus, New Jersey

            Location changed 19 February 1957 to Lodi, New Jersey

            Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1972 as the 201st Public Information Detachment

            Inactivated 30 April 1977 at Lodi, New Jersey

            Redesignated 9 March 1994 as the 201st Public Affairs Detachment

            Activated 16 September 1995 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia

            Ordered into active military service in May 1996 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; released from active military service 11 March 1997 and reverted to reserve status

            Inactivated 15 April 2001 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia

            Activated 16 September 2011 at Bell, California

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

None

 

DECORATIONS

None

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: 

 

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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