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Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 February 2016

343d Public Affairs Detachment

  • Constituted 7 March 1956 in the Army Reserve as the 343d Public Information Field Service Detachment and activated at New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Reorganized and redesignated 19 September 1958 as the 343d Public Information Detachment
  • Inactivated 1 April 1959 at New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Activated 22 July 1959 at New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Location changed 15 April 1962 to Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Reorganized and redesignated 30 November 1976 to the 343d Public Affairs Detachment
  • Location changed 1 February 1979 to North Little Rock, Arkansas
  • Ordered into active military service 5 December 2008 at Little Rock, Arkansas; released from active military service 8 January 2010 and reverted to reserve status

Campaign Participation Credit

  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

None

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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