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Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2016

1st Battalion, 3d Aviation Regiment

  • Constituted 18 April 1963 in the Regular Army as Company A, 3d Aviation Battalion, an element of the 3d Infantry Division
  • Activated 15 July 1963 in Germany
  • Inactivated 15 January 1967 in Germany
  • Activated 21 August 1978 in Germany
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 3d Aviation; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and assigned to the 2d Armored Division (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
  • Relieved 14 August 1991 from assignment to the 2d Armored Division
  • Inactivated 15 August 1991 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
  • Assigned 16 February 1996 to the 3d Infantry Division and activated at Fort Stewart, Georgia
  • Relieved 16 May 2004 from assignment to the 3d Infantry Division and assigned to the Combat Aviation Brigade, 3d Infantry Division
  • Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 1st Battalion, 3d Aviation Regiment
  • Inactivated 15 September 2015 at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia
  • Activated 15 October 2015 in Germany

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation II
  • Consolidation III
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered BAGHDAD MAY 2007-AUG 2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012-2013, (duplicate inscription through passage of honors)
  • Company A additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN NOV 2009 – NOV 2010
  • Company B additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN DEC 2009 – NOV 2010
  • Company C additionally entitled to:
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN DEC 2009 – NOV 2010

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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