Lineage and Honors Information as of 22 March 2021
407th Civil Affairs Battalion
- Constituted 10 January 1949 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 407th Military Government Company
- 1 February 1949 at St. Paul, Minnesota
- Location changed 5 November 1951 to Fort Snelling, Minnesota
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 3 August 1956 as the 407th Civil Affairs and Military Government Company
- Redesignated 23 November 1959 as the 407th Civil Affairs Company
- Detachment ordered into active military service 11 December 1990 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; remainder of company ordered into active military service 27 December 1990 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota
- Company released from active military service 22 April 1991 and reverted to reserve status
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 407th Civil Affairs Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Location of Headquarters changed 5 May 1997 to Arden Hills, Minnesota
- Ordered into active military service 1 June 2003 at Arden Hills, Minnesota; released from active military service 30 May 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Companies A and B ordered into active military service 1 November 2004 at Arden Hills, Minnesota; released from active military service 31 October 2006 and reverted to reserve status
- Companies A and B ordered into active military service 26 November 2007 at Arden Hills, Minnesota; released from active military service 29 December 2008 and reverted to reserve status
- Company C ordered into active military service 2 January 2011 at Arden Hills, Minnesota; released from active military service 5 February 2012 and reverted to reserve status
- Company B ordered into active military service 18 October 2013 at Arden Hills, Minnesota; released from active military service 21 November 2014 and reverted to reserve status
- Company C ordered into active military service 1 June 2014 at Arden Hills, Minnesota; released from active military service 5 July 2015 and reverted to reserve status
- Company A ordered into active military service 3 November 2017 at Arden Hills, Minnesota; released from active military service 7 December 2018 and reverted to reserve status
- Company B ordered into active military service 7 February 2019 at Arden Hills, Minnesota; released from active military service 6 February 2020 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- Southwest Asia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008
- Company B additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History