Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2013
145th SUPPORT BATTALION
- Constituted 19 June 1877 in the Idaho Volunteer Militia as the 1st Regiment
- Organized June-August 1877 from new and existing companies
- Elements in the northern Territory of Idaho withdrawn 17 September 1877 and consolidated with new and existing companies to form the 2d Regiment
- 1st and 2d Regiments disbanded 1 March 1879
- Reconstituted in the Idaho Militia as the 1st Infantry Regiment and reorganized 1889-1891 from new and existing companies
- (Organized Militia of Idaho redesignated 14 March 1891 as the Idaho National Guard)
- Mustered into Federal service 7-18 May 1898 at Boise as the 1st Idaho Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 25 September 1899 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California
- Reorganized 1899-1903 in the Idaho National Guard as the 2d Infantry Regiment
- Mustered into Federal service 3-6 July 1916 at Boise Barracks; mustered out of Federal service 26 January 1917
- Called into Federal service 25 March 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Regiment broken up 1 October 1917-12 November 1917 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as elements of the 41st Division as follows:
- 1st Battalion on 1 October 1917 as the 1st Battalion, 146th Field Artillery; demobilized 26 June 1919 at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming
- 2d Battalion on 12 November 1917 as the 2d Battalion, 116th Engineer Regiment; demobilized 1 March 1919 at Camp Dix, New Jersey
- 3d Battalion on 5 October 1917 as the 146th Machine Gun Battalion; demobilized 3 April 1919 at Camp Funston, Kansas
- Machine Gun Company on 4 October 1917 as Company A, 147th Machine Gun Battalion; demobilized 12 March 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
- Former 2d Infantry Regiment reorganized 1921-1926 in the Idaho National Guard as follows:
- Southern elements organized as the 3d Battalion, 186th Infantry; Headquarters Federally recognized 19 March 1922 at Boise
- (Northern elements organized as the 1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery; Headquarters Federally recognized 15 March 1926 at Coeur d'Alene- hereafter separate lineage)
- 3d Battalion, 186th Infantry, redesignated 6 August 1924 as the 1st Battalion, 200th Infantry
- Converted and redesignated 1 August 1926 as the 116th Engineer Regiment (less 1st Battalion allotted to the Oregon National Guard)
- (1st Battalion allotted 17 October 1928 to the Idaho National Guard; organized and Federally recognized 16 April 1936 with Headquarters at Boise)
- 116th Engineer Regiment assigned 3 January 1930 to the 41st Division
- Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at home stations
- Regiment broken up 17 February 1942 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
- Regiment (less 2d Battalion) as the 116th Engineer Battalion, an element of the 41st Infantry Division
- (2d Battalion as the 1st Battalion, 133d Engineer Regiment, and relieved from assignment to the 41st Division - hereafter separate lineage)
- 116th Engineer Battalion redesignated 18 March 1943 as the 116th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Inactivated 31 December 1945 in Japan
- Relieved 17 June 1946 from assignment to the 41st Infantry Division
- Converted, reorganized, and Federally recognized 13 March 1947 as the 3d Battalion, 183d Infantry, with Headquarters at Idaho Falls
- Converted and redesignated 12 September 1949 as the 116th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Ordered into active Federal service 25 August 1950 at home stations
- (116th Engineer Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 5 January 1953 with Headquarters at Idaho Falls)
- Released 20 January 1955 from active Federal service and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 116th Engineer Battalion (NGUS)
- Ordered into active Federal service 13 May 1968 at home stations; released 6 September 1969 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
- (Location of Headquarters changed 1 February 1977 to Lewiston)
- Ordered into active Federal service 28 June 2004 at home stations; released from active Federal service 9 January 2006 and reverted to state control
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 September 2006 in the Idaho, Montana, and Oregon Army National Guard as the 145th Support Battalion, an element of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team
- Ordered into active Federal service 17 September 2010 at home stations; released from active Federal service 21 October 2011 and reverted to state control
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War with Spain
- Manila
- Philippine Insurrection
- Manila
- Laguna de Bay
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- Papua
- New Guinea (with arrowhead)
- Luzon
- Southern Philippines
- (with arrowhead)
- Korean War
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
Headquarters Company (Lewiston), additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- East Indies
- Bismarck Archipelago (with arrowhead)
- Leyte
Company B (Post Falls), additionally entitled to:
- World War I
- Champagne-Marne
- Aisne-Marne
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Champagne 1918
- World War II
- East Indies
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Leyte
Company E (Helena, Montana), additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Company F (Baker City, Oregon), additionally entitled to:
- World War II
- Papua
- New Guinea (with arrowhead)
- Luzon (with arrowhead)
- Southern Philippines
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Governance
Company G (Idaho Falls), additionally entitled to:
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1954
- Headquarters Company (Lewiston), additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered IRAQ JAN 2005 – NOV 2006
- Company A (Post Falls), additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL HAYWEJAH, IRAQ
- Company B (Post Falls), additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ FEB-NOV 2011
- Company F (Baker City, Oregon), additionally entitled to:
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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