BATTALION HISTORY
The 303d Military Intelligence Battalion was constituted 22 September 1950 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Communication Reconnaissance Battalion, and activated 25 September 1950 at Arlington Hall, Virginia. The battalion was then consolidated 17 July 1951 with the 540th Signal Service Company (see ANNEX 1) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Communication Reconnaissance Battalion. This battalion was inactivated 25 June 1955 in Korea. The unit was then redesignated 11 May 1962 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 303d Army Security Agency Battalion (organic elements concurrently constituted), and activated 15 June 1962 at Camp Wolters, Texas (Companies A, B, and C reorganized and redesignated 15 October 1966 as the 372d, 373d, and 374th Army Security Agency Companies - hereafter separate lineages). Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 303d Army Security Agency Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 21 April 1978 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 303d Military Intelligence Battalion (376th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 2] and 370th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 3] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B).
ANNEX 1: The 540th Signal Service Company was constituted 12 April 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 3253d Signal Service Company, and activated 25 April 1944 in England. This unit was inactivated 25 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. The unit was then redesignated 6 May 1948 as the 540th Signal Service Company, activated 20 June 1948 in Austria, and then inactivated 1 April 1949 in Austria.
Annex 2: The 376th Army Security Agency Company was constituted 20 February 1968 in the Regular Army as the 376th Army Security Agency Company, and activated 1 April 1968 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. This unit was inactivated 30 June 1974 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and then activated 1 July 1974 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
Annex 3: The 370th Army Security Agency Company was constituted 10 January 1967 in the Regular Army as the 370th Army Security Agency Company and subsequently activated 1 March 1967 at Vint Hill Farms Station, Virginia.
The 303d MI Battalion has campaign participation in World War II (Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Ardennes-Alsace; Central Europe), Korean War (CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953), and Vietnam (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; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII). Unit decorations include: Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1951-1953; Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1966-1967; Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1967-1968; Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1968-1969; Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1969-1970; Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for VIETNAM 1971; Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1951-1952; Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm for VIETNAM 1970-1971; Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class for VIETNAM 1969-1971.
BATTALION COMMAND
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| LTC JENNIFER M. TUREK | CSM MARY M. BRESLIN |
| BATTALION COMMANDER | BATTALION COMMAND SERGEANT MAJOR |