Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 August 2015
46th Engineer Battalion
(Steel Spike)
- Constituted 7 December 1917 in the National Army as the 46th Engineers
- Organized March-April 1918 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama
- Converted and redesignated 18 September 1918 as the 46th Regiment, Transportation Corps
- Regiment broken up 12 November 1918 and its elements reorganized and redesignated as follows:
- Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company disbanded
- Companies A, B, and C redesignated 12 December 1918 as the 29th, 30th, and 31st Companies, Transportation Corps, respectively
29th Company, Transportation Corps, demobilized 13 July 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts; 30th and 31st Companies, Transportation Corps, demobilized 2 July and 11 July 1919, respectively, at Camp Gordon, Georgia - Regiment reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 46th Engineers
- Activated 14 July 1941 at Camp Bowie, Texas
- Redesignated 18 March 1943 as the 46th Engineer General Service Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 22 April 1944 as the 46th Engineer Construction Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters and Service Company, 46th Engineer Construction Battalion (organic elements concurrently absorbed)
- Inactivated 15 March 1950 at Fukuoka, Japan
- Redesignated 22 September 1950 as the 46th Engineer Construction Battalion and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma (organic elements concurrently reconstituted and activated)
- Reorganized and redesignated 23 November 1953 as the 46th Engineer Battalion
- Battalion reorganized 16 October 1999 and allotted to the Regular Army and the Tennessee Army National Guard; Company C concurrently inactivated and the 890th Engineer Company (Tennessee Army National Guard) reorganized and redesignated as Company C, 46th Engineer Battalion
- Battalion reorganized 16 October 2004 and allotted to the Regular Army; Company C (Tennessee Army National Guard) concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 212th Engineer Company (hereafter separate lineage)
- (Lettered companies inactivated 16 February 2010 at Fort Polk, Louisiana; Support Company concurrently constituted and activated)
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Streamer without inscription
- World War II
- East Indies
- Papua
- New Guinea
- Leyte (with arrowhead)
- Luzon
- 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
- Consolidation I
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered LEYTE
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered ANBAR PROVINCE 2006-2007
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1970
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History