Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 October 2020
5th Public Affairs Detachment
- Constituted 23 March 1966 in the Regular Army as the 5th Public Information Detachment
- Activated 1 June 1966 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California
- Inactivated 1 November 1971 in Vietnam
- Redesignated 1 September 1988 as the 5th Public Affairs Detachment and activated at Fort Ord, California
- Inactivated 15 September 1993 at Fort Ord, California
- Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- 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
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Panama
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1971
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History