Battalion History
The unit was originally formed on 14 December 1956 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 1st Air Reconnaissance Support Battalion, and formally activated 1 February 1957 at Fort Polk, Louisiana. It was reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Company A, 196th Aerial Photo Interpretation Detachment at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Then on 20 March 1962 it was converted and redesignated the 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (ARS) Upon its return from Vietnam in 1973, 1st MI was assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina and eventually inactivated 15 July 1982. Reactivated 14 January 1984 in Germany as V Corps' aerial exploitation battalion, 1st MI is currently assigned to the 66th Military Intelligence Brigade out of Wiesbaden Army Airfield, Wiesbaden, Germany, supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
1st MI Battalion has served in
- the Korean War, as Company A, 196th Aerial Photo Interpretation Detachment, which was formed 10 July 1945 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
- the Vietnam War, as 1st Military Intelligence Battalion (Air Reconnaissance Support) (MIBARS)
- Operation Desert Storm
- Operation Joint Endeavor
- Operation Joint Guard
- Operation Joint Forge
- Operation Joint Guardian
- Operation Noble Anvil
- Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Operation Enduring Freedom
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