Constituted 5 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3322d Signal Information and Monitoring Company

Activated 15 August 1944 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina

Inactivated 30 October 1945 on Okinawa

Redesignated 23 July 1947 as the 981st Signal Information and Monitoring Company and allotted to the Organized Reserves

Activated 1 August 1947 at Red Bank, New Jersey

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Inactivated 27 December 1950 at Red Bank, New Jersey

Redesignated 17 July 1951 as the 359th Communication Reconnaissance Company

Withdrawn 1 June 1954 from the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 14 June 1954 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts

Reorganized and redesignated 16 May 1955 as Company B, 311th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion

Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Company B, 311th Army Security Agency Battalion

Inactivated 18 December 1957 at Camp Wolters, Texas

Disbanded 15 February 1966

Reconstituted 21 September 1978 in the Regular Army as the 359th Army Security Agency Company and activated in Germany

Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1983 as the 502d Military Intelligence Company

Inactivated 15 June 1992 in Germany

Activated 15 January 1994 at Fort Polk, Louisiana

Inactivated 15 April 2005 at Fort Polk, Louisiana

Assigned 16 March 2007 to the 2d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, and activated in Germany

Relieved 16 October 2009 from assignment to the 2d Brigade, 1st Armored Division, and assigned to the 170th Infantry Brigade

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

Southwest Asia Defense of Saudi Arabia Liberation and Defense of Kuwait  Cease-Fire

War on Terrorism Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1991

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009

 

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: