Lineage and Honors Information as of 5 October 2015
297th Military Intelligence Battalion
- Constituted 21 November 1962 in the Army Reserve as the 297th Army Security Agency Company
- Activated 1 March 1963 at Atlanta, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 297th Army Security Agency Battalion
- Inactivated 31 January 1968 at Atlanta, Georgia
- Redesignated 1 February 1990 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 297th Military Intelligence Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army
- Redesignated 17 October 1991 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 297th Military Intelligence Battalion, and activated at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2004-2005
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2009
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History
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