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125th Finance Battalion

The 125th Finance Battalion is a TOE unit with the peacetime mission of providing finance support to soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division (Light), 45th Corps Support Group (Forward), 703d Military Intelligence Brigade and other separate units assigned to U.S. Army, Hawaii. It frequently deploys elements of the Finance Battalion with the warfighting brigades of the division and have supported deployments of smaller size units throughout the Pacific area of operations.

On 16 June 1775, the 2nd Continental Congress established the Finance Corps. The Finance Corps is, today, the second oldest branch in the United States Army. In keeping with this proud heritage, the 125th Finance Battalion was constituted into the Regular Army as the 125th Finance Company (FC) on 5 February 1972. The unit was activated on 15 March 1972 and assigned to the 25th Infantry Division (Light), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The 125th Finance Company remained a part of the 25th Infantry Division (Light) until 16 June 1986 when it was reassigned to the 45th Corps Support Group (Forward), Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. On 16 August 1988 the unit was reorganized and redesignated as the 125th Finance Battalion.

The Finance Battalion's mission is to train for worldwide deployment and to provide finance support for military operations. To better perform this mission, the Finance Battalion tactically reorganized in September 1989 to align itself with FM 14-7, Finance Operations. Each of its two line detachments supports soldiers in an area of operations to service soldier pay accounts, provide combat payments, fund agents, cash negotiable instruments, and pay local vendors.

Presently, the Finance Battalion supports soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division (Light), 45th Corps Support Group (Forward), 703rd Military Intelligence Brigade, Defense Communication Agency Pacific Area Command, U.S. Army CID - Hawaii District, and various units within US Army Hawaii (USARHAW).

In the recent past, elements of the 125th Finance Battalion have deployed on various exercises/operations to include Cobra Gold in Thailand, Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti, Tandem Thrust in Australia, Multinational Force Observers (MFO) in Sinai, and at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) in Arkansas. The soldiers of the 125th Finance Battalion stand ready to provide the best financial support any time, any place, and under any condition.