389th Military Intelligence Battalion Flash

389th Military
Intelligence Battalion

Lineage & Honors

Information derived from the U.S. Army Center of Military History, current as of 16 August 2019

Distinctive Unit Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

Constituted 14 December 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 389th Translator Team

Activated 27 February 1945 in the Philippines

Inactivated 25 March 1947 in Korea

Allotted 13 May 1948 to the Organized Reserves Corps

Activated 21 May 1948 at Fort Worth, Texas

Inactivated 9 January 1950 at Fort Worth, Texas

Redesignated 6 September 1950 as the 389th Translator Detachment

Activated 2 October 1950 at Cincinnati, Ohio

Location changed 5 February 1951 to Fort Thomas, Kentucky

(Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Inactivated 20 July 1952 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky

Redesignated 5 November 1962 as the 389th Military Intelligence Detachment

Activated 7 January 1963 at Louisville, Kentucky

Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1985 as the 389th Military Intelligence Company

Inactivated 15 September 1990 at Louisville, Kentucky

Redesignated 12 June 2018 as the 389th Military Intelligence Battalion

Activated 16 July 2019 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina


Campaign Participation Credit

World War II

  • Leyte
  • Ryukyus

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered OKINAWA