Lineage and Honors Information as of 02 July 2013
402d CIVIL AFFAIRS BATTALION
- Constituted 22 November 1948 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 402d Military Government Company
- Activated 1 December 1948 at Buffalo, New York
- Ordered into active military service 16 March 1951 at Buffalo, New York
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Released from active military service 18 March 1955 and reverted to reserve status
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 August 1956 as the 402d Civil Affairs and Military Government Company
- Redesignated 16 February 1960 as the 402d Civil Affairs Company
- Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Buffalo, New York; released from active military service 10 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed in 1968 to Tonawanda, New York
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 402d Civil Affairs Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Battalion ordered into active military service 13 December 2002 at Tonawanda, New York; released from active military service 30 May 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 28 February 2006 at Tonawanda, New York; released from active military service 20-23 June 2007 and reverted to reserve status
- (Element ordered into active military service 15 August 2007 at Tonawanda, New York; released from active military service 17 September 2008 and reverted to reserve status)
- Location changed 17 September 2008 to Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico
- (Elements ordered into active military service 30 July 2010-19 January 2011 at Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; released from active military service 2 September 2011-22 February 2012 and reverted to reserve status)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered DIYALA PROVINCE DEC 2006-MAR 2007
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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