Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 September 2012
70th TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT
- Constituted 25 January 1921 in the Regular Army as the 71st Ordnance Company
- Activated 10 February 1921 at Camp Benning, Georgia
- Inactivated 30 September 1921 at Camp Benning, Georgia
- Activated 13 February 1942 on New Caledonia
- 1st Storehouse Section, 71st Ordnance Company, redesignated 14 June 1944 as the 71st Ordnance Depot Supply Platoon, Separate (remaining elements disbanded)
- Inactivated 30 November 1945 in the Philippines
- Redesignated 19 February 1947 as the 70th Ordnance Supply Detachment
- Activated 15 March 1947 in Germany
- Inactivated 20 October 1947 in Germany
- Redesignated 24 February 1948 as the 70th Ordnance Service Detachment
- Activated 15 March 1948 in the Philippines
- Inactivated 22 July 1949 in the Philippines
- Redesignated 16 December 1949 as the 70th Ordnance Automotive Maintenance Detachment
- Activated 4 January 1950 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Inactivated 20 August 1951 at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
- Redesignated 8 January 1952 as the 70th Ordnance Army Aircraft Repair Detachment
- Activated 7 February 1952 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 2 November 1954 as the 70th Transportation Detachment
- Inactivated 23 December 1955 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Activated 22 November 1957 in Italy
- Inactivated 24 June 1958 in Italy
- Activated 24 June 1960 in Korea
- Inactivated 25 March 1961 in Korea
- Activated 21 September 1961 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Inactivated 24 September 1962 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Activated 17 December 1962 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Inactivated 31 January 1964 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Activated 25 December 1968 in Vietnam
- Inactivated 1 May 1972 in Vietnam
- Activated 16 September 1979 in Germany
- Inactivated 1 June 1993 in Germany
- Activated 16 June 2000 at Fort Eustis, Virginia
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- Advisory
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation III
- Iraq:
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- 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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