Lineage and Honors Information as of 10 February 2016
343d Public Affairs Detachment
- Constituted 7 March 1956 in the Army Reserve as the 343d Public Information Field Service Detachment and activated at New Orleans, Louisiana
- Reorganized and redesignated 19 September 1958 as the 343d Public Information Detachment
- Inactivated 1 April 1959 at New Orleans, Louisiana
- Activated 22 July 1959 at New Orleans, Louisiana
- Location changed 15 April 1962 to Little Rock, Arkansas
- Reorganized and redesignated 30 November 1976 to the 343d Public Affairs Detachment
- Location changed 1 February 1979 to North Little Rock, Arkansas
- Ordered into active military service 5 December 2008 at Little Rock, Arkansas; released from active military service 8 January 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:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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