Lineages and Honors Information
Military Intelligence
Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 July 2019
519th Military Intelligence Battalion
- Constituted 1 October 1948 in the Regular Army as the 519th Headquarters Intelligence Detachment
- Activated 15 October 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1949 as Headquarters, 519th Military Intelligence Platoon
- Reorganized and redesignated 11 August 1949 as the 519th Military Intelligence Service Platoon
- Reorganized and redesignated 21 November 1951 as the 519th Military Intelligence Service Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1953 as the 519th Military Intelligence Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion
- (523d Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX] reorganized and redesignated 15 July 1959 as Company A, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion; additional organic elements concurrently constituted)
- ANNEX
- Constituted 25 September 1950 in the Regular Army as the 523d Military Intelligence Service Platoon
- Activated 10 October 1950 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1952 as the 523d Military Intelligence Service Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 28 March 1954 as the 523d Military Intelligence Company
- Inactivated 15 November 1954 in Korea
- Activated 25 January 1958 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- Defense
- Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- World War I
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation III
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Company A additionally entitled to:
- Korean War
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971-1972
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010-2011
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2017
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1997
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- Company C additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History