450th Civil Affairs Battalion

Constituted 20 March 1951 in the Organized Reserve Corps as the 450th Military Government Company
Activated 13 April 1951 at Fort Myer, Virginia
(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
Reorganized and redesignated 20 August 1956 as the 450th Civil Affairs and Military Government Company
Redesignated 1 December 1959 as the 450th Civil Affairs Company
Location changed 20 May 1964 to Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
Location changed 31 January 1968 to Riverdale, Maryland
Ordered into active military service 11-27 December 1990 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 23 April 1991
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1992 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 450th Civil Affairs Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Battalion ordered into active military service 26 September 2002 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 25 September 2003 and reverted to reserve status
Ordered into active military service 6 August 2004 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 5 August 2005 and reverted to reserve status
(Elements ordered into active military service 30 May 2007 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 2 July 2008 and reverted to reserve status)
(Elements ordered into active military service 28 December 2008-22 January 2009 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 31 January-25 February 2010 and reverted to reserve status)
(Elements ordered into active military service 25 July 2012 at Riverdale, Maryland; released from active military service 28 August 2013 and reverted to reserve status)

Campaign Participation Credit

Southwest Asia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Global War on Terrorism
(Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

None

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History