Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 October 2011
3d BATTALION, 1st AVIATION REGIMENT
Constituted 2 September 1981 in the Regular Army as Company C, 1st Aviation Battalion, an element of the 1st Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 1st Aviation, relieved from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Inactivated 15 February 1996 in Germany and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division
Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 3d Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment
Activated 17 August 2006 at Fort Riley, Kansas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Vietnam
Defense
Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase II
Counteroffensive, Phase III
Tet Counteroffensive
Counteroffensive, Phase IV
Counteroffensive, Phase V
Counteroffensive, Phase VI
Tet 69/Counteroffensive
Summer-Fall 1969
Winter-Spring 1970
Southwest Asia
*Defense of Saudi Arabia
*Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
*Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ-KUWAIT 1991
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DIYALA PROVINCE, IRAQ
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered
VIETNAM 1965-1966
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered
VIETNAM 1968-1969
*Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1984-1985
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Chief of Military History