Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 June 2016
40th Engineer Battalion
(BATTERING RAMS)
- Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 1st Battalion, 348th Engineers
- Organized in September 1922 at Telluride, Colorado
- Location changed 21 May 1925 to Denver, Colorado
- Inactivated 1 January 1938 at Denver, Colorado; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 15 July 1942 at Camp Crowder, Missouri, as the 1st Battalion, 348th Engineer Regiment
- Redesignated 24 October 1942 as the 1st Battalion, 348th Engineer General Service Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1943 as the 348th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Inactivated 27 February 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 17 February 1947 as the 40th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Redesignated 16 October 1991 as the 40th Engineer Battalion; concurrently activated at Baumholder, Germany, and assigned to the 1st Armored Division
- Relieved 16 October 2009 from assignment to the 1st Armored Division and assigned to the 170th Infantry Brigade
- Inactivated 15 October 2012 at Baumholder, Germany, and relieved from assignment to the 170th Infantry Brigade
- Assigned 19 June 2015 to the 2d Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, and activated at Fort Bliss, Texas
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy (with arrowhead)
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation III
- Transition I
- Iraq:
- Liberation of Iraq
- Transition of Iraq
- Iraqi Governance
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered AL KUT AND AN NAJAF
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
- Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered ANBAR PROVINCE 2006
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY BEACHES
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD MAY 2008
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ MAY 2008-MAY 2009
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN FEB 2011-FEB 2012
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered HELMAND AND KANDAHAR PROVINCES JUN 2010-JAN 2011
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History