319th MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION
COAT OF ARMS
Shield: Per pale azure and or, a Korean temple counterchanged, a point quartered argent and sable.
Crest: None approved.
Motto: HOSTEM COGERE (CONFINE THE ENEMY).
Symbolism: Oriental blue is one of the colors used for military intelligence units; gold is symbolic of knowledge and insight. The Korean temple represents the unit's decorations and service in the Pacific area. The black and white quartered base is taken from the arms of the city of Bad Schwalbach in Germany, where the organization was activated.
DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA
The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms.
LINEAGE RA (active)
- Constituted 14 July 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 319th Headquarters Intelligence Detachment.
- Activated 1 August 1945 in Germany
- Inactivated 31 October 1946 in Germany
- Redesignated 20 December 1946 as the 319th Military Intelligence Company.
- Activated 30 December 1946 in Japan.
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1952 as the 319th Military Intelligence Service Company and allotted to the Regular Army
- Inactivated 28 March 1954 in Japan.
- Redesignated 14 January 1955 as the 319th Military Intelligence Battalion.
- Activated 7 March 1955 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 319th Military Intelligence Battalion. (162d Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 1] reorganized and redesignated 13 July 1959 as Company A.)
- Battalion inactivated 15 February 1968 at Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
- Activated 1 April 1982 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina (336th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 2] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Company B).
ANNEX 1
- Constituted 5 April 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 162d Language Detachment.
- Activated 23 April 1945 in the Philippine Islands.
- Inactivated 10 February 1946 in Japan.
- Redesignated 14 January 1955 as the 162d Military Intelligence Platoon and allotted to the Regular Army.
- Activated 7 March 1955 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 162d Military Intelligence Company
ANNEX 2
- Constituted 1 July 1952 in the Regular Army as the 336th Communication Reconnaissance Company .
- Activated 6 August 1952 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 May 1955 as Company A, 311th Communication Reconnaissance Battalion .
- Redesignated 1 July 1956 as Company A, 311th Army Security Agency Battalion .
- Inactivated 18 December 1957 at Camp Wolters, Texas.
- Disbanded 15 February 1966.
- Reconstituted 21 September 1978 in the Regular Army as the 336th Army Security Agency Company
- Activated 16 September 1979 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Company A additionally entitled to:
World War II-AP
Armed Forces Expeditions
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA (319th Military Intelligence Service Company cited; DA GO 22, 1954)
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA (319th Military Intelligence Battalion cited; DA GO 14, 1993)
Company A additionally entitled to:
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (162d Language Detachment cited; DA GO 47, 1950)