163rd Military Intelligence Battalion (United States)

The 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion is a military intelligence expeditionary battalion of the United States Army based at Fort Hood under the 504th Military Intelligence Brigade (Expeditionary) supporting the III Corps.

Lineage
ANNEX
 * Constituted 5 April 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 163rd Language Department
 * Activated 23 April 1945 in the Philippine Islands
 * Re-organised and re-designated 25 September 1949 as the 163rd Military Intelligence Service Detachment
 * Allotted 19 December 1950 to the Regular Army and re-designated as the 163rd Military Intelligence Service Platoon
 * Re-organised and re-designated 28 March 1954 as the 163rd Military Intelligence Platoon
 * Inactivated 15 November 1954 in South Korea
 * Activated 26 December 1955 in Italy
 * Re-organised and re-designated 20 September 1957 as the 163rd Military Intelligence Battalion
 * Inactivated 25 April 1964 in Italy
 * Activated at Fort Hood, Texas (A Company re-organised and re-designated 21 April 1978 as B Company 529th Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX] concurrently re-organised and re-designated as A Company)
 * Battalion inactivated 15 September 1997 at Fort Hood, Texas
 * Activated 16 January 2006 at Fort Hood, Texas
 * Constituted 14 July 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 225th (Independent) Prisoner of War Team and activated in West Germany
 * Inactivated 30 November 1946 in West Germany
 * Re-designated 1 October 1948 as the 529th Interrogation Team and allotted to the Regular Army
 * Activated 15 October 1948 at Fort Riley, Kansas
 * Inactivated 10 February 1949 at Fort Riley, Kansas
 * Re-designated 17 March 1965 as the 529th Military Intelligence Company
 * Activated 19 March 1965 at Fort Hood, Texas

Honours
Campaign Participation Credit Decorations
 * World War II: Luzon
 * Korean War: UN Defensive, UN Offensive, CCF Intervention, First UN Counteroffensive, CCF Spring Offensive, UN Summer-Fall Offensive, Second Korean Winter, Korea Summer-Fall 1952, Third Korean Winter, Korean Summer 1953
 * Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for INCHON
 * Presidential Unit Citation (Navy) for HWACHON RESERVOIR
 * Navy Unit Commendation for PANMUNJOM
 * Philippine Presidential Unit Citation for 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
 * Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950-1953