311th MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Azure, a cross quarter-pierced argent and overall two lightning bolts in saltire or between in each quarter as many fleurs-de-lis of the second; overall a dragon passant gules.

Crest: None approved.

Motto: EYES OF THE EAGLE.

Symbolism: The checkered field in the colors used for military intelligence units, silver gray (white) and oriental blue, suggests the gathering of data to aid in the formulation of military strategy; the lightning bolts refer to the use of electronics in the gathering operation. The dragon is a reference to service in Vietnam and its scarlet color alludes to awards of the Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army). The fleur-de-lis denote service in Europe during World War II.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.

LINEAGE RA (active)

• Constituted 1 June 1954 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 311th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion .
• Activated 14 June 1954 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
• Reorganized and redesignated 16 May 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 311th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion (336th Communication Reconnaissance Company [activated 6 August 19521 and 359th Communication Reconnaissance Company [activated 15 August 19441 concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B).
• Redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 311th Army Security Agency Battalion .
• Inactivated 18 December 1957 at Camp Wolters, Texas.
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 15 February 1966 at Fort Wolters, Texas (Companies A and B concurrently disbanded).
• Inactivated 30 June 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas. (Companies A and B reconstituted 21 September 1978 in the Regular Army as the 336th and 359th Army Security Agency Companies -hereafter separate lineages.)
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 311th Army Security Agency Battalion, redesignated 1 June 1982 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Operations Company, 311th Military Intelligence Battalion , assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky (265th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] and 101st Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B).

ANNEX 1

• Constituted 2 March 1967 in the Regular Army as the 265th Army Security Agency Company.
• Activated 21 April 1967 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
• Inactivated 1 April 1972 in Vietnam.
• Activated 21 June 1976 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky

ANNEX 2

• Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 101st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment.
• Activated 20 August 1944 in England with personnel from provisional Counter Intelligence Corps detachment attached to the 101st Airborne Division.
• Inactivated 30 November 1945 in France.
• Allotted 7 February 1956 to the Regular Army.
• Activated 25 March 1956 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
• Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 101st Military Intelligence Detachment.
• Reorganized and redesignated 26 December 1969 as the 101st Military intelligence Company.
• Assigned 21 September 1978 to the 101st Airborne Division.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

• Defense of Saudi Arabia
• Liberation and Defense of Kuwait

• 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 Cease-Fire

• Normandy (with arrowhead)
• Rhineland (with arrowhead)
• Ardennes-Alsace
• Central Europe

• 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

DECORATIONS

• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA (Headquarters, Headquarters and Operations Company and Company A, 311th Military Intelligence Battalion, cited; DA GO 1, 1996)

• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968 (265th Radio Research Company cited; DA GO 28, 1969)
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970 (265th Radio Research Company cited; DA GO 43, 1972)
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971-1972 (265th Radio Research Company cited; DA GO 32, 1973)
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968 (265th Radio Research Company cited; DA GO 21, 1969)
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969 (265th Radio Research Company cited; DA GO 43, 1970)
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971 (265th Radio Research Company cited; DA GO 6, 1974)
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971 (265th Radio Research Company cited; DA GO 6, 1974)
• Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970 (265th Radio Research Company cited; DA GO 48, 1971)

• Presidential Unit Citation (Army),
• Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE (Counterintelligence Detachment, 101st Airborne Division, cited; WD GO 17, 1945)
• French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY (101st Airborne Division cited; DA GO 43,1950)
• Netherlands Orange Lanyard (101st Airborne Division cited; DA GO 43, 1950)
• Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with Palm, Streamer embroidered BASTOGNE; cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Bastogne (101st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment cited; DA GO 43, 1950, as amended by DA GO 27, 1959)
• Belgian Fourragere 1940 (101st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment cited; DA GO 43, 1950, as amended by DA GO 27, 1959) Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium (101st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment cited; DA GO 43, 1950, as amended by DA GO 2 7, 1959)
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969 (101st Military intelligence Detachment cited; DA GO 43, 1970)
• Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971 (101st Military Intelligence Detachment cited; DA GO 6, 1974)
• Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970 (101st Military Intelligence Detachment cited; DA GO 48, 1971)