The 7th Transportation Battalion is a

transportation Transport (in British English), or transportation (in American English), is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, land (rail and road), water, cable, pipeline, ...

battalion A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of 300 to 1,200 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and subdivided into a number of companies (usually each commanded by a major or a captain). In some countries, battalions are ...

in the

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first constituted in 1943. The 7th Transportation Battalion participated in World War II, Vietnam and Desert Storm/Desert Shield.

Lineage

Constituted 17 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Quartermaster Troop Transport Battalion Activated 25 August 1943 at Camp Livingston, Louisiana Redesignated 30 November 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Quartermaster Battalion, Mobile Inactivated 14 November 1945 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri Converted and redesignated 1 August 1946 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Transportation Corps Truck Battalion Redesignated 16 October 1952 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 7th Transportation Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army Activated 17 November 1952 at Camp Atterbury, Indiana Redesignated 25 June 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 7th Transportation Battalion Inactivated 30 March 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington Activated 21 July 1974 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina Inactivated 19 August 2011 at Fort Bragg, North Carolin

Campaign participation credit

World War II: Rhineland; Central Europe Vietnam: 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; Consolidation I; Consolidation II Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease-Fire

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation The Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC; pronounced ''muck'') is a mid-level unit award of the United States Armed Forces. The U.S. Army awards units the Army MUC for exceptionally meritorious conduct in performance of outstanding achievement or s ...

(Army) for VIETNAM 1968–1969 *

(Army) for VIETNAM 1969 *

(Army) for SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990–1991 *

(Army) for OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM 2010-2011

References

External links

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