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533d Military Intelligence Battalion ("Vigilant")

Constituted 15 February 1952 in the Regular Army as the 533d Military Intelligence Service Battalion

Activated 1 March 1952 in Austria

Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1954 as the 533d Military Intelligence Battalion

Inactivated 8 September 1955 in Austria

Redesignated 16 September 1980 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Operations Company, 533d Military Intelligence Battalion, assigned to the 3d Armored Division, and activated in Germany (856th Army Security Agency Company [see ANNEX 1] concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Company A; 503d Military Intelligence Company [see ANNEX 2] consolidated with the 203d Military Intelligence Detachment [see ANNEX 3] and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company B)

Battalion inactivated 15 August 1992 in Germany

ANNEX 1

Constituted 4 September 1944 in the Army of the United States as 3148th Signal Service Platoon

Activated 25 September 1944 on New Caledonia

Inactivated 30 January 1946 on le Shima

Redesignated 23 August 1948 as the 580th Signal Service Detachment and activated at Fort Greely, Alaska

Inactivated 1 June 1949 at Fort Greely, Alaska 

Redesignated 7 June 1954 as the 580th Signal Detachment and allotted to the Regular Army

Converted and redesignated 19 May 1955 as the 856th Communication Reconnaissance Detachment

Activated 25 June 1955 in Japan

Inactivated 15 August 1956 in Japan

Redesignated 6 April 1966 as the 856th Army Security Agency Detachment

Activated 15 June 1966 at Fort Benning, Georgia

Inactivated 6 March 1971 in Vietnam

Redesignated 1 July 1974 as the 856th Army Security Agency Company and activated in Germany

ANNEX 2

Constituted 14 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 479th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

Activated 23 November 1944 on New Guinea

Disbanded 22 July 1945 in the Philippine Islands

Reconstituted 5 January 1949 in the Regular Army as the 530th Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

Activated 28 January 1949 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Inactivated 15 March 1951 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Redesignated 17 March 1955 as the 503d Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

Activated 5 April 1955 at Fort Knox, Kentucky

Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1958 as the 503d Military Intelligence Detachment

Consolidated 21 November 1972 with 503d Military Intelligence Company (see ANNEX 4) and consolidated unit designated 503d Military Intelligence Company

ANNEX 3

Constituted 12 July 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 503d Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

Activated 16 August 1944 in France with personnel and equipment from provisional Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment attached to the 3d Armored Division

Inactivated in Germany 7 October 1945 in Germany

Activated 21 February 1948 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Allotted 25 June 1952 to the Regular Army

Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1954 as the 203d Counter Intelligence Corps Detachment

Reorganized and redesignated 25 January 1958 as the 203d Military Intelligence Detachment

Inactivated 5 May 1959 at Fort Hood, Texas

Activated 5 April 1962 at Fort Hood, Texas 

Inactivated 20 April 1978 at Fort Hood, Texas

ANNEX 4

Constituted 30 June 1952 in the Regular Army as the 503d Military Intelligence Service Company

Activated 1 September 1952 in Japan

Reorganized and redesignated 28 March 1954 as the 503d Military Intelligence Company

Inactivated 24 June 1955 in Japan

Activated 1 June 1962 in Germany

Inactivated 25 September 1965 in Germany

 

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