Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 October 2014
70th Engineer Battalion
(KODIAKS)
- Constituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 2d Battalion, 35th Engineers
- Activated 15 July 1941 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 September 1943 as the 145th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Inactivated 8 January 1946 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
- Redesignated 30 January 1947 as the 550th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Redesignated 15 March 1949 as the 70th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Activated 1 April 1949 in Austria
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1953 as the 70th Engineer Battalion
- Inactivated 30 November 1969 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Assigned 17 October 1993 to the 1st Infantry Division and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Relieved 15 February 1996 from assignment to the 1st Infantry Division and assigned to the 1st Armored Division
- Inactivated 15 October 2008 at Fort Riley, Kansas, and relieved from assignment to the 1st Armored Division
- Assigned 16 October 2014 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, and activated at Fort Wainwright, Alaska
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- American Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- 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
- War on Terrorism
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation II
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered ALCAN HIGHWAY
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1967
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2007-2008
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History