Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 December 2013
354th PUBLIC AFFAIRS DETACHMENT
- Constituted 7 September 1956 in the Army Reserve as the 354th Public Affairs Information Field Service Detachment
- Activated 3 October 1956 at York, Pennsylvania
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1958 as the 354th Public Information Detachment
- Inactivated 1 August 1959 at York, Pennsylvania
- Activated 1 February 1972 at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Location changed 15 August 1975 to Oakdale, Pennsylvania
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1976 as the 354th Public Affairs Detachment
- Location changed 15 October 2001 to Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
- Elements ordered into active military service 18 July 2002 at Coraopolis, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 20 May 2003 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 25 February 2008 at Coraopolis, Pennsylvania; released from active military service 29 March 2009 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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