Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2016
450th Civil Affairs Battalion
- Constituted 20 March 1951 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 450th Military Government Company
- Activated 13 April 1951 at Fort Myer, Virginia
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 August 1956 as the 450th Civil Affairs and Military Government Company
- Redesignated 1 December 1959 as the 450th Civil Affairs Company
- Location changed 20 May 1964 to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
- Location changed 31 January 1968 to Riverdale, Maryland
- Ordered into active military service 11-27 December 1990 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 23 April 1991
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Battalion ordered into active military service 26 September 2002 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 25 September 2003 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 6 August 2004 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 5 August 2005 and reverted to reserve status
- (Elements ordered into active military service 30 May 2007 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 2 July 2008 and reverted to reserve status)
- (Elements ordered into active military service 28 December 2008-22 January 2009 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 31 January-25 February 2010 and reverted to reserve status)
- (Elements ordered into active military service 25 July 2012 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 28 August 2013 and reverted to reserve status)
Campaign Participation Credit
- Southwest Asia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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