524th Military Intelligence Battalion
Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 December 2004
524th Military Intelligence Battalion Lineage
Constituted 25 September 1950 in the Regular Army as the 524th Technical Intelligence Coordinator Detachment
Activated 10 October 1950 at Fort Riley, Kansas
Inactivated 1 December 1951 in Korea
Redesignated 22 June 1965 as the 524th Intelligence Corps Detachment
Activated 1 July 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Redesignated 15 October 1966 as the 524th Military Intelligence Detachment
Inactivated 26 November 1970 in Vietnam
Redesignated 16 June 1982 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 524th Military Intelligence Battalion, and activated in Korea
(Organic elements constituted 16 October 1988; Company A concurrently activated in Korea)
524th Military Intelligence Battalion Honors
Campaign Participation Credit
Korean War: CCF Intervention, First UN Counteroffensive, CCF Spring Offensive, UN Summer-Fall Offensive, Second Korean Winter
Vietnam: Defense, Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive, Phase II, 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
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1968
Army Superior Unit Award for 1986-1988