Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 September 2014
312th Psychological Operations Company
- Constituted 2 May 1953 in the Regular Army as the 12th Consolidation Company
- Activated 27 May 1953 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Inactivated 21 January 1956 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Redesignated 4 October 1961 as the 12th Psychological Warfare Company
- Activated 15 November 1961 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 November 1965 as the 12th Psychological Operations Company
- Inactivated 25 July 1968 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Withdrawn 30 October 1975 from the Regular Army and allotted to the Army Reserve; concurrently activated at Upper Marlboro, Maryland
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1996 as the 312th Psychological Operations Company
- Ordered into active military service 18 February 2003 at Upper Marlboro, Maryland; released from active military service 13 February 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 29 November 2007 at Upper Marlboro, Maryland; released from active military service 1 January 2009 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 23 January 2011 at Upper Marlboro, Maryland; released from active military service 26 February 2012 and reverted to reserve status
- (Additional elements ordered into active military service for the War on Terrorism)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Liberation of Iraq
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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