Military intelligence - Fort Huachuca

LINEAGE AND HONORS
refers to the aerial photo interpretation mission in the
unit’s history. The wings allude to flight; the eye
represents observation. The lightning flash alludes to
the former signal element in the unit’s composition and
the hand commemorates the unit’s mission of support.
The battalion’s awards for Vietnam service, for which
it received the Presidential Unit Citation (Air Force)
and five Meritorious Unit Commendations (Army), are
represented in the crest. The mak, or hook-bladed
machete used to clear fields in Vietnam, signifies the
battalion’s keen reconnaissance performance, and,
together with the clouds alluding to the Air Force,
refers to the Presidential Unit Citation (Air Force);
blue is the color of the award streamer. The five
arrows, with points down signifying penetration from
the air, represent five Meritorious Unit Commendations
(Army), with arrowheads and feathers in scarlet,
the color of the award streamers. The yellow band
with scarlet stripes, suggested by the national flag of
the Republic of Vietnam, also alludes to the unit’s
achievements in collecting aerial reconnaissance information.
DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA
The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of
the coat of arms.
LINEAGE RA (active)
Constituted 14 December 1956 in the Regular Army as
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Air
Reconnaissance Support Battalion. Activated 1 February
1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. (205th Signal Company
[see ANNEX 1] reorganized and redesignated 1
May 1959 as Company A; 196th Aerial Photo Interpretation
Detachment [see ANNEX 2] redesignated 15
April 1959 as Company B and allotted to the Regular
Army; activated 1 May 1959 at Fort Bragg, North
Carolina.)
Converted and redesignated 20 March 1962 as the 1st
Military Intelligence Battalion. Inactivated 15 July 1982
at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Activated 16 January
1984 in Germany.
ANNEX 1 Constituted 24 January 1945 in the Army
of the United States as the 205th Signal Repair Com-
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