Lineages and Honors Information
Psychological Operations

Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 October 2018

9th Psychological Operations Battalion

  • Constituted 14 April 1952 in the Regular Army as the 9th Loudspeaker and Leaflet Company, Army
  • Activated 26 April 1952 at Fort Riley, Kansas
  • Reorganized and redesignated 27 May 1953 as the 9th Loudspeaker and Leaflet Company
  • Inactivated 25 September 1953 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Redesignated 22 March 1963 as the 9th Psychological Warfare Company
  • Activated 1 April 1963 in the Panama Canal Zone
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1967 as the 9th Psychological Operations Battalion
  • Inactivated 31 December 1974 in the Panama Canal Zone
  • Activated 15 April 1985 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1990 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 1995 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 9th Psychological Operations Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated with personnel from provisional units)

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Liberation of Iraq
  • Transition of Iraq
  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution

Company A additionally entitled to:

  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Liberation of Afghanistan
  • Consolidation I

Company B additionally entitled to:

  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation I

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Company A additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Company B additionally entitled to:
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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