Constituted 14 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 854th Engineer Aviation Battalion

        Activated 1 January 1943 at March Field, California

        Inactivated 15 March 1946 on Okinawa

        Allotted 15 February 1949 to the Organized Reserve Corps

        Activated 4 March 1949 with Headquarters at New York, New York

        (Location of Headquarters changed 7 March 1951 to Poughkeepsie, New York)

        (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

        Redesignated 1 January 1957 as the 854th Engineer Battalion

        (Location of Headquarters changed 10 September 1959 to Kingston, New York; on
31 May 1984 to Newburgh, New York; on 16 September 1991 to New Windsor, New York; in 1996 to Kingston, New York)

        Ordered into active military service 7 December 2003 at home stations; released from active military service 3 June 2005 and reverted to reserve status

        (Lettered companies inactivated 16 September 2008 at home stations; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Eastern Mandates
                                                        Western Pacific
                                                        Ryukyus

                                                        War on Terrorism
                                                        Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

        Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: