Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2012
994th MEDICAL DETACHMENT
- Constituted 5 January 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 548th Platoon Ship Hospital
- Activated 25 February 1943 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
- Redesignated 3 March 1943 as the 548th Medical Hospital Ship Platoon, Separate
- Inactivated 20 November 1945 at Camp Anza, California
- Redesignated 19 April 1948 as the 994th Medical Hospital Ship Platoon, Separate, and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 28 April 1948 at Mansfield, Ohio
- Inactivated 31 January 1950 at Mansfield, Ohio
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 16 September 1987 as the 994th Medical Detachment and activated at Austin, Texas
- (Elements ordered into active military service 13 November 2001-28 July 2003 at Austin, Texas; released from active military service 2002 -29 July 2004 and reverted to reserve status)
- Location changed 16 February 2004 to Round Rock, Texas
- (Element ordered into active military service 11 January 2007 at Round Rock, Texas; released from active military service 9 May 2008 and reverted to reserve status)
- Ordered into active military service 31 March-19 April 2011 at Round Rock, Texas; released from active military service 17 April -3 May 2012 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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