Lineage and Honors Information as of 17 Mar 2020
425th Civil Affairs Battalion
- Constituted 8 April 1949 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 425th Military Government Company
- Activated 16 May 1949 at Santa Barbara, California
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Reorganized and redesignated 13 August 1956 as the 425th Civil Affairs and Military Government Company
- Redesignated 10 December 1959 as the 425th Civil Affairs Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 425th Civil Affairs Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
- Battalion ordered into active military service 29 November and 1 December 2003 at Santa Barbara, California; released from active military service 29 November 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Element ordered into active military service 18 April 2005 at Santa Barbara, California; released from active military service 17 April 2007 and reverted to reserve status
- Elements ordered into active military service 7 October and 1 November 2006 at Santa Barbara, California; released from active military service 3 and 28 April 2008 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 7 September 2008 at Santa Barbara, California
- Location changed 16 September 2008 to Encino, California
- Released from active military service 11 October 2009 and reverted to reserve status
- Company D ordered into active military service 2 June 2011 at Encino, California; released from active military service 5 July 2012 and reverted to reserve status
- Elements ordered into active military service 26 November 2011 at Encino, California; released from active military service 29 December 2012 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2017-2018
- Company A additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ OCT 2008-JUN 2009
- Company D additionally entitled to:
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN JUL 2011-MAY 2012
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History