Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2016
1st Battalion, 3d Aviation Regiment
- Constituted 18 April 1963 in the Regular Army as Company A, 3d Aviation Battalion, an element of the 3d Infantry Division
- Activated 15 July 1963 in Germany
- Inactivated 15 January 1967 in Germany
- Activated 21 August 1978 in Germany
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 3d Aviation; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Relieved 14 August 1991 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division
- Inactivated 15 August 1991 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Assigned 16 February 1996 to the 3d Infantry Division and activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia
- Relieved 16 May 2004 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 3d Infantry Division
- Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 3d Aviation Regiment
- Inactivated 15 September 2015 at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
- Activated 15 October 2015 in Germany
Campaign Participation Credit
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation II
- Consolidation III
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD MAY 2007-AUG 2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013, (duplicate inscription through passage of honors)
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered
AFGHANISTAN NOV 2009 – NOV 2010
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered
AFGHANISTAN DEC 2009 – NOV 2010
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered
AFGHANISTAN DEC 2009 – NOV 2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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