Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2012
1st BATTALION,
222d AVIATION REGIMENT
- Constituted 20 September 1986 in the Regular Army as Company A, 222d Aviation Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
- Redesignated 17 October 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 222d Aviation, and relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division; Headquarters concurrently transferred to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and reorganized at Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Battalion redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 222d Aviation Regiment
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- 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
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History
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