302nd Military Intelligence Battalion
"Sly Fox"
The 302d Military Intelligence Battalion (Operations) provides all-source intelligence in support of V Corps operations
The 302d MI BN evolved from the 3252d Signal Service Company which was activated in England on 1 April 1944. The 3252d saw service in France and Germany and received five campaign streamers: Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes-Alsace, the Rhineland, and Central Europe. After a brief service in the occupation of Germany, the 302nd returned to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey, where it inactivated on 24 November 1945.
The 3252d was redesignated the 533rd Signal Service Company on 6 May 1948 and served until 1 April 1949 in Salzburg, Austria.
On 13 October 1950, the 533rd Signal Service Company was redesignated Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 302d Communications Reconnaissance Bn. It was allotted to the Regular Army, assigned to the Army Security Agency and activated at Camp Pickett, Virginia, on 20 October 1950. The unit departed Camp Pickett on permanent change of station on 1 July 1951 to the Fort Hood, Texas Maneuver Area during February 1952. On 16 July 1952 the unit departed the Fort Hood area for Fort Kilmer, New Jersey staging area enroute to Germany on 3 August 1952.
The 302d was assigned to the Badernof Kaserne, Heilbronn, Germany. The unit then transferred to Warner Kaserne, Bamberg, Germany, effective 15 March 1955, and on to Herzog Base, Herzogenaurach, Germany during September 1956. Effective 15 October 1957, the 302d was inactivated in Germany. It was reactivate 21 December 1975, at Frankfurt, Germany, and assigned to the 502d Army Security Agency in support of V Corps. On 1 January 1977, the Battalion was transferred from HQ, Army Security Agency to HQ, US Army, Europe and further assigned to V Corps.
Effective 16 April 1984, the 302d ASA Bn was reorganized into an Operations Battalion configuration as the 302d MI Battalion (OPNS) (Corps) and subordinated to the 205th MI Group of V Corps under the Combat Electronics Warfare Intelligence (CEWI) Concept. On 15 October 1985, the 302d MI Battalion was resubordinated from the 205th MI Group to the 205th MI Brigade.
In August 1990, a detachment from C Company's Tactical Radar Correlator air-deployed to Saudi Arabia. It was one of the first USAREUR units committed to Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
On 22 Dec 1994, the 302d MI Battalion transferred to Wiesbaden Air Base, Wiesbaden, Germany.
