Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 March 2014
318th PUBLIC AFFAIRS DETACHMENT
- Constituted 4 October 1955 in the Army Reserve as the 318th Public Information Field Service Detachment
- Activated 11 October 1955 at Greenwood, South Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 September 1958 as the 318th Public Information Detachment
- Inactivated 15 October 1958 at Greenwood, South Carolina
- Activated 15 July 1959 at Greenwood, South Carolina
- Inactivated 30 April 1964 at Greenwood, South Carolina
- Redesignated 16 November 1983 as the 318th Public Affairs Detachment and activated at Forest Park, Illinois
- Ordered into active military service 5 October 2000 at Forest Park, Illinois; released from active military service in 2001 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 27 December 2002 at Forest Park, Illinois; released from active military service 2 September 2003 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 14 September 2009 at Forest Park, Illinois; released from active military service 18 October 2010 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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