Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 302d Signal Battalion

Organized in January 1922 at New York, New York

Redesignated 8 December 1942 as the 302d Signal Operation Battalion

Ordered into active military service 23 February 1943 at Camp Swift, Texas

Inactivated 1 June 1946 in Germany

        Redesignated 8 January 1947 as the 302d Signal Heavy Construction Battalion

Activated 17 January 1947 at Louisville, Kentucky

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

(Location changed 31 December 1948 to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Inactivated 5 September 1950 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

        Redesignated 16 April 1951 as the 302d Signal Aviation Construction Battalion

Activated 18 April 1951 at Frederick, Maryland

Reorganized and redesignated 10 April 1952 as the 302d Signal Construction Battalion

Reorganized and redesignated 28 October 1953 as the 302d Signal Battalion

        Battalion broken up 25 May 1959 and its elements reorganized, redesignated, or disbanded as follows:

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment reorganized

(Companies A and B reorganized and redesignated as the 558th and 559th Signal Companies, respectively--hereafter separate lineages; Companies C and D disbanded)

        Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 302d Signal Battalion, inactivated
20 February 1963 at Frederick, Maryland

Withdrawn 15 June 1969 from allotment to the Army Reserve and allotted to the Regular Army

Activated 14 July 1969 in Thailand

Inactivated 30 June 1971 in Thailand

Activated 23 August 1991 in Germany

Inactivated 15 September 1994 in Germany

Activated 16 October 2003 at Fort Detrick, Maryland (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)

        Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 2010 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 302d Signal Battalion (organic elements concurrently inactivated)

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

 

                                                        World War II
                                                        Normandy
                                                        Northern France
                                                        Rhineland
                                                        Central Europe

 

DECORATIONS

 

        Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2003-2004

        Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2009

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: