103rd Military Intelligence Battalion
"Top of the Rock"
Due to the Army’s transformation towards modularity, the 103rd Military Intelligence Battalion was deactivated in early 2004. One company of the 103rd was subsequently merged into the 1-3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion and continued to operate at Fort Stewart.
Although the 103rd MI Battalion was formed in 1981, it's lineage can be traced back to World War II. The battalion takes it's lineage from the 851st ASA Company and 3rd MI Company, both of which merged to form the 103rd MI Battalion on September 16, 1981. The battalion was originally located in Germany and in the summer of 1996, relocated to FT Stewart, GA.
The 851st ASA Company was originally formed as the 3377th Signal Service Detachment. The 3377th was activated in January 1945 on Luzon in the Philippines. The unit was reorganized several times until in October 1951, when it was re-designated the 851st Communications Reconnaissance Detachment. The 851st CRD participated in four Korean campaigns, including the first UN counteroffensive. The detachment was deactivated in Japan in August 1956. That same year it was briefly reactivated as the 851st ASA Detachment. It was finally designated the 851st ASA Company and reactivated in July 1974. With the consitution of the 103rd MI Battalion, it was concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Company A.
The 3rd MI Company was activated in France in September 1944 as the 3rd Counterintelligence Corps. It was inactivated two years later after having participated in four World War II campaigns, including Rhineland and Ardennes-Alsace. In 1949, the detachment was reactivated and served in the Korean War. It participated in eight campaigns including the Chinese Communist Force Intervention and the second and third Korean Winters. During January 1958, the detachment was reorganized and re-designated as the 3rd Military Intelligence detachment and attached to the 3rd Infantry Division. The detachment was assigned to 3ID in April 1974. With the consitution of the 103rd MI Battalion, it was concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Company B.
In April 1996, the battalion unfurled its colors at its new home at Fort Stewart, Georgia, beginning a new era in support of the soldiers of the Marne Division. In September 2000, the battalion colors were moved to Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovinia as Task Force Dagger for SFOR 8 and 9, where they provided intelligence support to the Multinational Division (North) commander. The battalion returned to Fort Stewart in October 2001.
