Lineages and Honors Information
Psychological Operations
Lineage and Honors Information as of 4 October 2018
8th Psychological Operations Battalion
- Constituted 7 November 1967 in the Regular Army as the 8th Psychological Operations Battalion
- Activated 1 December 1967 in Vietnam
- Inactivated 27 June 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Activated 13 September 1972 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1990 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 8th Psychological Operations Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 November 1995 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 8th Psychological Operations Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated with personnel from provisional units)
Campaign Participation Credit
- Vietnam
- 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
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 2002-2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered WAR ON TERRORISM 2005-2006
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1971
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History