Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 December 2011
81st TRANSPORTATION DETACHMENT
Constituted 10 April 1959 in the Army Reserve as the Aircraft Maintenance Detachment, 81st Transportation Battalion, an element of the 81st Infantry Division
Activated 1 May 1959 at Atlanta, Georgia
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1960 as the 81st Transportation Detachment
Inactivated 1 April 1963 at Atlanta, Georgia, and relieved from assignment to the 81st Infantry Division
Activated 16 April 1983 at Troy, Alabama
Ordered into active military service 20 September 1990 at Troy, Alabama; released from active military service 3 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Location changed 1 June 1994 to Gainesville, Florida
Ordered into active military service 2 July 1996 at Gainesville, Florida; later released from active military service and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at Gainesville, Florida; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status
Inactivated 15 September 2006 at Gainesville, Florida
Activated 16 September 2011 at Orlando, Florida
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History