23rd Engineer Battalion (United States)

The 23rd (Brigade) Engineer Battalion is an military engineering battalion of the United States Army currently serving as part of the 1st Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division and based at Fort Lewis, Washington.

Organization
The Organization of the battalion during World War II when assigned to the 3rd Armoured Division was as follows;


 * Battalion Headquarters
 * Headquarters Company (Including; HQ, Division Light Engineers, Battalion Supply, Admin, Maintenance, Operations, and Reconnaissance Section)
 * 1st Armoured Engineer Company
 * 2nd Armoured Engineer Company
 * 3rd Armoured Engineer Company
 * Engineer Bridging Company (Removed by 1944)
 * Medical Detachment

The current organization of the battalion is as follows;


 * 23rd (Brigade) Engineer Battalion Headquarters and Headquarters Company
 * A Company "Arsenal"
 * B Company "The Badgers"
 * C Company "The Juggernauts"
 * D Company "Dagger"
 * E Company "The Executioners"
 * H Company "The Hammers"
 * Forward Support Company

Lineage

 * Constituted 15 August 1917 in the National Army as the 23rd Engineers
 * Organized 5 September 1917 at Camp Meade, Maryland
 * Regiment, less 2nd Battalion, demobilised 16 June 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts; 2nd Battalion demobilised 19 June 1919 at Camp Mills, New York
 * Reconstituted 28 April 1932 in the Regular Army and consolidated with the 23rd Engineers (constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army); consolidated unit designated as the 23rd Engineers
 * Redesignated 13 January 1941 as the 23rd Engineer Battalion
 * Activated 15 April 1941 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, as an element of the 3rd Armoured Division
 * Redesignated 1 January 1942 as the 23rd (Armoured) Engineer Battalion
 * Inactivated 10 November 1945 in West Germany
 * Activated 15 July 1947 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
 * Reorganised and Redesignated 1 October 1957 as the 23rd Engineer Battalion
 * Relieved 15 August 1992 from assignement to the 3rd Armoured Division and assigned to the 1st Armoured Division
 * Inactivated 15 February 1997 in Germany and relived from assignment to the 1st Armoured Division
 * Assigned 18 September 2019 to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division and concurrently activated at Fort Lewis, Washington

Honors
Campaign Participation Credit


 * World War I: St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, Lorraine 1918
 * World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe
 * Southwest Asia: Defence of Saudi Arabia, Liberation and Defence of Kuwait, Cease-Fire
 * Company A additionally entitled to:
 * World War I: Aisne-Marne, Oise-Aisne

Decorations


 * Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 1990-1991
 * Belgian Fourragere 1940
 * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGIUM
 * Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES