17th PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS BATTALION

Constituted 30 December 1954 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 306th Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Battalion
Activated 1 February 1955 at San Pedro, California
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 306th Psychological Warfare Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1965 as the 306th Psychological Operations Battalion
Location changed 30 November 1982 to Los Alamitos, California
Inactivated 17 September 1990 at Los Alamitos, California
Redesignated 16 June 1996 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, 17th Psychological Operations Battalion, and activated at Joliet, Illinois (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
(Element ordered into active military service 4 August 2005 at Joliet, Illinois; released from active military service 10 November 2006 and reverted to reserve status)
Location changed 15 June 2008 to Austin, Texas
(Element ordered into active military service 9 March 2010 at Austin, Texas; released from active military service 12 April 2011 and reverted to reserve status)
(Additional elements ordered into active military service for the War on Terrorism)

Campaign Participation Credit

Decorations

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History