318th Regiment

Constituted 5 August 1917 in the National Army as the 318th Infantry and assigned to the 80th Division
Organized 22-27 August 1917 at Camp Lee, Virginia
Demobilized 1-5 June at Camp Lee, Virginia
Reconstituted 24 June 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 318th Infantry and assigned to the 80th Division (later redesignated as the 80th Infantry Division)
Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Richmond, Virginia
Ordered into active military service 16 July 1942 and reorganized at Camp Forrest, Tennessee
Inactivated 18 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Redesignated 15 July 1946 as the 318th Parachute Infantry, an element of the 80th Airborne Division
Activated 12 March 1947 in the Organized Reserves with Headquarters at Richmond, Virginia
(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 18 October 1950 as the 318th Airborne Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1952 as the 318th Infantry, an element of the 80th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated 6 March 1959 as the 318th Regiment, an element of the 80th Division (Training), with Headquarters at Richmond, Virginia
Reorganized 31 January 1968 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Training)
Reorganized 1 April 1971 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Training)
(3d Battalion ordered into active military service 25 January 1991 at Fort Story, Virginia; released from active military service 20 March 1991 and reverted to reserve status)
Reorganized 1 October 1994 to consist of the 1st, 2d, and 3d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training)
Reorganized 13 January 1995 to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training)
Reorganized 16 October - 16 November 1996 to consist of the 1st, 2d, 3d, and 4th Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training)
Reorganized 15 April 2006 to consist of the 1st, 3d, and 4th Battalions, elements of the 80th Division (Institutional Training)
Regiment reorganized 1 October 2007 as a parent regiment under the United States Army Regimental System; concurrently 1st, 3d, and 4th Battalions relieved from assignment to the 80th Division (Institutional Training)
Reorganized 15 April 2008 to consist of the 3d and 4th Battalions
Reorganized 15 January 2009 to consist of the 3d Battalion

Campaign Participation Credit

World War I
Somme Offensive
Meuse-Argonne
Picardy 1918
World War II
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe

Decorations

1st and 2d Battalions each entitled to:
Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History