Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 November 2011
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