Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 September 2017

302d Public Affairs Detachment

  • Constituted 7 April 1955 in the Army Reserve as the 302d Public Information Field Service Detachment
  • Activated 21 April 1955 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Reorganized and redesignated 30 September 1958 as the 302d Public Information Detachment
  • Inactivated 1 May 1959 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • Activated 1 February 1972 at Los Angeles, California
  • Redesignated 16 February 1979 as the 302d Public Affairs Detachment
  • Location changed 30 November 1982 to Los Alamitos, California; 16 September 1997 to Bell, California
  • Ordered into active military service 18 April 2002 at Bell, California; released from active military service 12 January 2003 and reverted to reserve status
  • Ordered into active military service 23 February 2007 at Bell, California; released from active military service 9 June 2008 and reverted to reserve status
  • Location changed 1 September 2013 to Vallejo, California

Campaign Participation Credit

  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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