Constituted 29 October 1965 in the Regular Army as the 2nd Psychological Operations Group. Activated 20 December 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Redesignated 30 October 1975 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2nd Psychological Operations Group; concurrently withdrawn from the Regular Army, allotted to the Army Reserve, and activated at Twinsburg, Ohio. Reorganized and redesignated 18 September 1990 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Psychological Operations Group.
Battalion
Distinctive Unit Insignia
History
11th Psychological Operations Battalion
11th Psychological Operations Battalion – White Plains, Maryland (formerly designated the 7th Psychological Operations Battalion); awarded the Army Meritorious Unit Citation (Vietnam 1967–68), Navy Unit Commendation (Vietnam 1967–68), Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm (Vietnam 1971), Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal First Class (Vietnam 1967–70), and the Army Superior Unit Award (Bosnia 1997)
303rd Tactical Psychological Operations Company – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Received Army Meritorious Unit Citations for Korea 1951–53 and Pacific Area 1968–70; Received Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for Korea 1951–53.
16th Psychological Operations Battalion – Fort Sheridan, Illinois
+ Constituted 30 December 1954 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 305th Radio Broadcasting and Leaflet Battalion and assigned to the Fifth United States Army. Activated 17 January 1955 at Chicago, Illinois. Relocated to Evanston, Illinois, on 1 June 1957. Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1960 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 305th Psychological Operations Battalion. Relocated to Chicago on 1 March 1963. Reorganized and redesignated 31 December 1965 as the 305th Psychological Operations Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 16 June 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Psychological Operations Battalion.