Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 October 2014
718th ENGINEER COMPANY
- Constituted 26 November 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 718th Engineer Depot Company
- Activated 15 December 1943 at Camp White, Oregon
- Inactivated 9 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 14 April 1948 as the 718th Engineer Dump Truck Company and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps
- Activated 27 April 1948 at Knoxville, Tennessee
- Location changed 1 November 1950 to Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- Inactivated 1 August 1951 at Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Redesignated 18 May 1954 as the 718th Engineer Company Activated 31 August 1954 at Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- Location changed 15 September 1957 to Albany, Georgia
- Ordered into active military service 1 October 1961 at Albany, Georgia; released from active military service 10 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
- Location changed 31 December 1965 to Atlanta, Georgia; on 10 February 1971 to Forest Park, Georgia; on 15 December 1977 to Chamblee, Georgia; on 15 November 1997 to Fort Benning, Georgia
- Ordered into active military service 14 July 2006 at Fort Benning, Georgia; released from active military service 9 January 2008 and reverted to reserve status
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
DECORATIONS
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered AL ANBAR PROVINCE, IRAQ
- Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered ANBAR PROVINCE 2006-2007
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History