501st MILITARY INTELLIGENCE BATTALION (Electronic Horsemen)

COAT OF ARMS

Shield: Quarterly azure and vert, in bend a lightning flash point to base gules fimbriated or and in bend sinister a cavalry saber point to chief of the like. Crest: On a wreath of the colors, or and azure, in front of a torii gate gules a horse™s head erased sable langued of the third interlaced with two lightning flashes, the one behind bendwise and one in front bend sinisterwise of the first.

Motto: OUTFRONT.

Symbolism: Blue and green refer to the air and ground assets of the battalion and further allude to the close relationship with infantry (blue) and armor (green) units of the division. The red and yellow flash connotes the prominent role of electronic signals intelligence in modern warfare. The cavalry saber, flash, and quartered field collectively suggest the blending of the traditional with the latest modem developments in intelligence, reconnaissance, security, and electronic warfare capabilities within the military intelligence battalion.

The black horse's head, suggested by the arms of the province of Naples, refers to the participation of an element of the battalion in Italian campaigns of World War II. The tori1 gate alludes to the battalion's service in Korea and the flashes connote awards of the Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.

DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA

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

LINEAGE RA (active)

• Constituted 13 October 1950 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion .
• Activated 20 October 1950 at Camp Pickett, Virginia.
• Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1955 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion (356th Communication Reconnaissance Company [activated 15 January 19461 and 329th Communication Reconnaissance Company [activated 1 November 1943] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Companies A and B).
• Redesignated 1 July 1956 as the 301st Army Security Agency Battalion .
• Inactivated 15 October 1957 in Korea.
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company activated 15 December 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
• Inactivated 18 June 1971 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Companies A and B redesignated 1 November 1975 as the 356th and 329th Army Security Agency Companies -hereafter separate lineages.)
• Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 301st Army Security Agency Battalion, redesignated 16 September 1980 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Operations Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion , assigned to the 1st Armored Division, and activated in Germany (202d Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Company A; 501st Military Intelligence Detachment [see ANNEX 2] redesignated as Company B and activated).

ANNEX 1

• Constituted 15 July 1967 in the Regular Army as the 202d Army Security Agency Company and activated at Fort Hood, Texas.
• Inactivated 19 April 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas. Activated 1 July 1974 in Germany.

ANNEX 2

• Organized 26 August 1943 in Algeria as the 2678th Headquarters Company, Counter Intelligence Corps (Provisional).
• Disbanded 26 April 1944 and personnel transferred to the 6779th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment (Provisional).
• Disbanded 18 August 1944 and personnel transferred to the 501st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment (constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States).
• Disbanded 26 June 1945 in Italy.
• Reconstituted 6 April 1951 in the Regular Army as the 501st Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment.
• Activated 11 May 1951 at Fort Holabird, Maryland.
• Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 501st Military Intelligence Detachment.
• Inactivated 31 March 1971 at Fort Hood, Texas.

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

• Second Korean Winter
• Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
• Third Korean Winter
• Korea, Summer 1953

• Defense of Saudi Arabia
• Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
• Cease-Fire

• Naples-Foggia
• Anzio
• Rome-Amo
• North Apennines
• Po Valley

DECORATIONS

• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion, cited; DA GO 22, 1954)
• Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA (501st Military Intelligence Battalion cited; DA GO 1, 1996)
• Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion, cited; DA 60 33, 1953, as amended by DA GO 41, 1955)