1st Battalion, 82d Aviation Regiment
Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 July 2009
1st Battalion, 82d Aviation Regiment Lineage
Constituted 15 November 1962 in the Regular Army as Company A, 82d Aviation Battalion, an element of the 82d Airborne Division
Activated 7 December 1962 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 15 January 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 82d Aviation, and remained assigned to the 82d Airborne Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 82d Aviation Regiment
1st Battalion, 82d Aviation Regiment Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Vietnam: *Defense; *Counteroffensive; *Counteroffensive, Phase II; *Counteroffensive, Phase V; *Counteroffensive, Phase VI; *Tet 69/Counteroffensive; *Summer-Fall 1969; *Winter-Spring 1970
Armed Forces Expeditions: Dominican Republic; *Grenada; *Panama
Southwest Asia: *Defense of Saudi Arabia; *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG XOAI
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAQUBAH, IRAQ
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007