Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 September 2012
305th PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS COMPANY
- Constituted 30 December 1954 in the Army Reserve as the 305th Reproduction Company
- Activated 17 January 1955 at Chicago, Illinois
- Location changed 1 June 1957 to Evanston, Illinois
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1960 as the 305th Psychological Warfare Detachment
- Location changed 1 March 1963 to Chicago, Illinois
- Inactivated 1 December 1965 at Chicago, Illinois
- Redesignated 16 September 1990 as the 305th Psychological Operations Company and activated at Upper Marlboro, Maryland
- Location changed 16 December 2006 to Fort Story, Virginia
- (Elements ordered into active military service for the War on Terrorism)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Sovereignty
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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