163d Military Intelligence Battalion
(The Blue Watch)
Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 May 2006
163d Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage
Constituted 5 April 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 163d Language Detachment
Activated 23 April 1945 in the Philippine Islands
Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1949 as the 163d Military Intelligence Service Detachment
Allotted 19 December 1950 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1952 as the 163d Military Intelligence Service Platoon
Reorganized and redesignated 28 March 1954 as the 163d Military Intelligence Platoon
Inactivated 15 November 1954 in Korea
Activated 26 December 1955 in Italy
Reorganized and redesignated 20 September 1957 as the 163d Military Intelligence Battalion
Inactivated 25 April 1964 in Italy
Redesignated 1 October 1969 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 163d Military Intelligence Battalion, and activated at Fort Hood, Texas (Company A concurrently constituted and activated)
(Company A reorganized and redesignated 21 April 1978 as Company B; 529th Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Company A)
Battalion inactivated 15 September 1997 at Fort Hood, Texas
Activated 16 January 2006 at Fort Hood, Texas
ANNEX
Constituted 14 July 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 255th Interrogation Prisoner of War Team and activated in Germany
Inactivated 30 November 1946 in Germany
Redesignated 1 October 1948 as the 529th Interrogation Team and allotted to the Regular Army
Activated 15 October 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 10 February 1949 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Redesignated 17 March 1965 as the 529th Military Intelligence Company
Activated 19 March 1965 at Fort Hood, Texas
163d Military Intelligence Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
World War II: Luzon
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
Decorations
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for INCHON
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for HWACHON RESERVOIR
Navy Unit Commendation for PANMUNJOM
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1953