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46th Engineer Battalion (CBT) (HVY)

On order, the 46th Engineer Battalion deploys, with or without equipment, to conduct mobility, survivability and sustainment engineering operations.

Constituted 7 December 1917 in the National Army as the 46th Engineers. Organized March-April 1918 at Camp Sheridan, Alabama. Converted and redesignated 18 September 1918 as the 46th Regiment, Transportation Corps. Regiment broken up 12 November 1918 and its elements reorganized and designated as follows: Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company disbanded Companies A, B, and C redesignated 12 December 1918 as the 29th, 30th, and 31st companies, Transportation Corps, respectively. 29th Company, Transportation Corps, demobilized 13 July 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, 30th and 31st Companies, Transportation Corps, demobilized 2 July and 11 July 1919, respectively, at Camp Gordon, Georgia.

Regiment reconstituted 1 October 1933 in the Regular Army as the 46th Engineers. Activated 14 July 1941 at Camp Bowie, Texas. Redesignated 18 March 1943 as the 46th Engineer General Service Regiment. Reorganized and resde3ignated 22 April 1944 as the 46th Engineer Construction Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1947 as Headquarter and Headquarters and Service Company, 46th Engineer Construction Battalion (organic elements concurrently absorbed) Inactivated 15 March 1950 in Japan.

Redesignated 22 September 1950 as the 46th Engineer Construction Battalion and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma (organic elements concurrently reconstituted and activated).

Reorganized and redesignated 23 November 1953 as the 46th Engineer Battalion. Vietnam campaigns included Defense, Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive Phase II, Counteroffensive Phase III, Tet Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive Phase IV, Counteroffensive Phase V, Counteroffensive Phase VI, Tet 69/Counteroffensive, Summer-Fall 1969, Winter-Spring 1970, Sanctuary Counteroffensive, Counteroffensive Phase VII, and Consolidation I. Southwest Asia campaigns included Defense of Saudi Arabia and Liberation and Defense of Kuwait.