501st Military Intelligence Battalion

On order, the 501st Military Intelligence Battalion deploys to a designated contingency area and conducts multi-disciplined intelligence and electronic warfare operations in support of the 1st Armored Division missions.

The 501st was constituted 13 October 1950 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion. It was activated 20 October 1950 at Camp Pickett, Virginia .

In June 1955 the unit was reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 301st Communication Reconnaissance Battalion. In July 1956 the unit was redesignated as the 301st Army Security Agency Battalion, though it was inactivated in October 1957 in Korea.

The Headquarters and Headquarters Company was activated 15 December 1965 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. It was inactivated 18 June 1971 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

The Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 301st Army Security Agency Battalion, was redesignated 16 September 1980 as Headquarters and Operations Company, 501st Military Intelligence Battalion, and was assigned to the 1st Armored Division, and activated in Germany

The 501st participated with the 1st Armored Division during Desert Storm.