501st Military Intelligence Battalion (United States)

Lineage and Honors

• Constituted 13 October 1950 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion
• Activated 20 October 1950 at Camp Pickett, Virginia
• Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion
• Redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 301st Army Security Agency Battalion
• Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Korea
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 15 December 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
• Inactivated 18 June 1971 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

• Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 301st Army Security Agency Battalion, redesignated 16 September 1980 Headquarters, Headquarters and Operations Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 1st Armored Division, and activated in Germany
• Bravo Company tasked to border operations at Camp Pittman in Weiden, FRG.

• Constituted 15 July 1967 in the Regular Army as the 202d Army Security Agency Company and activated at Fort Hood, Texas
• Inactivated 19 April 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas
• Activated 1 July 1974 in Germany

• Organized 26 August 1943 in Algeria as the 2678th Headquarters Company, Counter Intelligence Corps
• Disbanded 26 April 1944 and personnel transferred to the 6779th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
• Disbanded 18 August 1944 and personnel transferred to the 501st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
• Disbanded 26 June 1945 in Italy
• Reconstituted 6 April 1951 in the Regular Army as the 501st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment
• Activated 11 May 1951 at Fort Holabird, Maryland
• Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 501st Military Intelligence Detachment
• Inactivated 31 March 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas
• Inactivated in 2007. B Co relocates to Baumholder and becomes 502d MI Co with the 2nd Brigade 1 AD. HHC and C Co deactivate. A Co joins 1st Brigade, 1 AD.

  Campaign participation credit

• Korean War:

1. Second Korean Winter Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
2. Third Korean Winter Korea, Summer 1953

• Southwest Asia

1. Defense of Saudi Arabia
2. Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
3. Cease-fire

• Operation Iraqi Freedom - April 2003 - July 2004

• Additionally, both A and B companies deployed with their respective brigades in 1st Armored Division, with Alpha Company deploying January 2006-February 2007, and Bravo Company deploying November 2005-November 2006.

  Decorations

1. Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered KOREA
2. Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA
3. Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA