450th Civil Affairs Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 13 November 2009
450th Civil Affairs Battalion Lineage
Constituted 20 March 1951 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 450th Military Government Company
Activated 13 April 1951 at Fort Myer, Virginia
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 20 August 1956 as the 450th Civil Affairs and Military Government Company
Redesignated 1 December 1959 as the 450th Civil Affairs Company
Location changed 20 May 1964 to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; changed 31 January 1968 to Riverdale, Maryland
Detachment ordered into active military service 11 December 1990 at Riverdale, Maryland; remainder of company ordered
into active military service 27 December 1990 at Riverdale, Maryland
Company released from active military service 23 April 1991 and reverted to reserve status
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 450th Civil Affairs
Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Ordered into active military service 26 September 2002 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 25
September 2003 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 6 August 2004 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 5 August 2005 and reverted to reserve status
(Additional elements ordered into active military service for the Global War on Terrorism)
450th Civil Affairs Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Southwest Asia: Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism: Global War on Terrorism (additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
None