Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 February 2015
2d Battalion, 3d Aviation Regiment
- Constituted 18 April 1963 in the Regular Army as Company B, 3d Aviation Battalion, an element of the 3d Infantry Division
- Activated 15 July 1963 in Germany
- Inactivated 5 June 1967 in Germany
- Activated 21 August 1978 in Germany
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 3d Aviation, and remained assigned to the 3d Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Relieved 15 January 1991 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division
- Inactivated 15 July 1993 in Germany
- 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 2d Battalion, 3d Aviation Regiment
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- *Consolidation III
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- *Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- *Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- *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
- Company F additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN NOV 2009-NOV 2010
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN DEC 2012 – JUL 2013
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History