Lineages and Honors Information
Military Intelligence
Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 March 2018
524th Military Intelligence Battalion
- Constituted 24 September 1950 in the Regular Army as the 524th Technical Intelligence Coordinator Detachment
- Activated 10 October 1940 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Inactivated 1 December 1951 in Korea
- Redesignated 22 June 1965 as the 524th Military Intelligence Corps Detachment
- Activated 1 July 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Redesignated 15 October 1966 as the 524th Military Intelligence Detachment
- Inactivated 26 November 1970 in Vietnam
- Redesignated 16 June 1982 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 524th Military Intelligence Battalion, and activated in Korea
- (Organic elements constituted 16 October 1988; Company A concurrently activated in Korea)
Campaign Participation Credit
- Korean War
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- 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
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1986-1988
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2012-2013
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History