Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 April 2013
319th PUBLIC AFFAIRS DETACHMENT
- Constituted 4 October 1955 in the Army Reserve as the 319th Public Information Field Service Detachment
- Activated 11 October 1955 at Greenwood, South Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 September 1958 as the 319th Public Information Detachment
- Inactivated 15 October 1958 at Greenwood, South Carolina
- Activated 1 February 1972 at Clemson, South Carolina
- Location changed 15 May 1972 to Raleigh, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1976 as the 316th Public Affairs Detachment
- Location changed 8 February 1977 to Garner, North Carolina
- Ordered into active military service 7 December 1990 at Garner, North Carolina; released from active military service 10 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 16 October 1993 to Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- Ordered into active military service 13 August 1998 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina; later released from active military service and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 7 February 2003 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina; released from active military service 17 May 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 13 June 2011 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina; released from active military service 16 July 2012 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- 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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