312th Military Intelligence Battalion
The 312th MIlitary Intelligence Battalion was originally constituted on 31 December 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 23rd Signal Construction Battalion. It activated on 10 February 1944 at Camp Pickett, VA.
It was reorganized and redesignated on 24 April 1944 as the 23rd Signal Light Construction Battalion, and on 21 August 1944 as the 23rd Signal Heavy Construction Battalion. It inactivated on 22 January 1946 at Fort Lawton, WA.
Redesignated on 27 September 1951 as the 23rd Signal Construction Battalion and allotted to the regular Army, it activated on 2 November 1951 in Korea. It inactivated there on 15 May 1953.
The unit was subsequently converted and redesignated on 19 May 1955 as the 312th Communications Reconnaissance Battalion. Its Headquarters and Headquareters Company activated on 25 June 1955 in Germany. The 312th was redesignated on 1 July 1956 as the 312th Army Security Agency Battalion while its Headquarters and Headquarters Company inactivated on 15 October 1957 in Germany.
The 312th Army Security Agency Battalion was redesignated 1 October 1981 as the 312th Military Intelligence Battalion, and assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division, activating in the process at Fort Hood, TX (with the 371st Army Security Agency Company concurrently consolidating with Company A; and the 191st Military Intelligence Company consolidating with Company B).
