Constituted 16 September 1987 with Headquarters in the Army Reserve as the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation

Activated 16 September 1988 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Ordered into active military service 27 December 1990 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; released from active military service 17 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status

Inactivated 1 September 1995 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Activated 16 October 1999 at Fort Hood, Texas

Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 7th Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment

Elements ordered into active military service from 15 January 2005 to 11 October 2006 at home stations; released from active military service from 12 February 2006 to
7 April 2008 and reverted to reserve status

Company A ordered into active military service 10 November 2008 at Victorville, California; released from active military service 14 December 2009 and reverted to reserve status

Company C and other elements ordered into active Federal service 29 January 2009 at Salem, Oregon; released from active Federal service 4 March 2010 and reverted to state control

Elements ordered into active military service 24 January 2010 at home stations; released from active military service 11 March 2010 and reverted to reserve status

Elements ordered into active military service 17 March 2011 at New Century, Kansas

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                          Vietnam
                          Counteroffensive, Phase VI
                          Tet 69/Counteroffensive
                          Summer-Fall 1969
                          Winter-Spring 1970
                          Sanctuary Counteroffensive
                          Counteroffensive, Phase VII
                          Consolidation I
                          Consolidation II

                          Southwest Asia
                                *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
                                *Cease-Fire

                                  War on Terrorism
                                  Campaigns to be determined

Company B additionally entitled to:

                          War on Terrorism
                            Afghanistan:
                          Consolidation I
                          Consolidation II

 

DECORATIONS

  Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG AP BIA MOUNTAIN

  Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HO CHI MINH TRAIL

  Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered THUA THIEN PROVINCE 1970

*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005

 

Company B additionally entitled to:

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL ASIA 2005-2006

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: