Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2016
443d Civil Affairs Battalion
- Constituted 28 August 1950 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 443d Military Government Company
- Activated 15 September 1950 at Providence, Rhode Island
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 26 July 1956 as the 443d Civil Affairs and Military Government Company
- Location changed 1 March 1959 to East Greenwich, Rhode Island
- Redesignated 20 November 1959 as the 443d Civil Affairs Company
- Location Changed 1 April 1960 to Warwick, Rhode Island
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 443d Civil Affairs Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment reorganized and redesignated 16 September 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company)
- (Elements in active military service 2003-2005 for the War on Terrorism)
- Battalion ordered into active military service 2-27 November 2007 at Warwick, Rhode Island; released from active military service 5-29 December 2008 and reverted to reserve status
- (Company C ordered into active military service 29 November 2010 at Warwick, Rhode Island; released from active military service 2 January 2012 and reverted to reserve status)
- (Company B ordered into active military service 12 April 2011 at Warwick, Rhode Island; released from active military service 15 May 2012 and reverted to reserve status)
- Location changed 16 June 2011 to Newport, Rhode Island
- (Detachment and Company A ordered into active military service 6-23 July 2013 at Newport, Rhode Island; released from active military service 9-26 August 2014 and reverted to reserve status)
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN JUL 2011-MAY 2012
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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