Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 October 2014
14th ENGINEER BATTALION
(RUGGED!)
- Parent unit constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 36th Engineers
- Activated 1 June 1941 at Plattsburg Barracks, New York
- Redesignated 1 August 1942 as the 36th Engineer Combat Regiment
- Regiment broken up 15 February 1945 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
- 2d Battalion as the 2827th Engineer Combat Battalion (Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 36th Engineer Combat Group; 1st Battalion as the 2826th Engineer Combat Battalion; 3d Battalion as the 2828th Engineer Combat Battalion--hereafter separate lineages)
- 2827th Engineer Combat Battalion inactivated 25 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 14th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Activated 15 March 1950 in Japan
- Redesignated 15 March 1954 as the 14th Engineer Battalion
- Inactivated 25 June 1958 in Korea
- Activated 17 June 1962 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- (Organic elements inactivated 17 May 2007 at Fort Lewis, Washington; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
- Assigned 16 October 2014 to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 2d Infantry Division (Support Company concurrently inactivated and lettered companies activated)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Algeria-French Morocco (with arrowhead)
- Tunisia
- Sicily (with arrowhead)
- Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead)
- Anzio (with arrowhead)
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Vietnam
- 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
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered LINE GOLDEN
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History
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