Constituted 16 September 1987 in the Army Reserve as the 7th Battalion (less Company C), 158th Aviation (Company C concurrently constituted in the Regular Army and activated in Germany)

Activated (less Company C) 16 September 1988 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Ordered into active military service (less Company C) 27 December 1990 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; released from active military service 17 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status

Inactivated (less Company C) 1 September 1995 at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

(Company C inactivated 15 October 1997 in Germany; concurrently allotted to the Army Reserve)

Battalion activated 16 October 1999 at Fort Hood, Texas

7th Battalion
158th Aviation Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

Vietnam: Counteroffensive, Phase V; Counteroffensive, Phase VI; Tet 69/Counteroffensive; Summer-Fall 1969; Winter-Spring 1970; Sanctuary Counteroffensive; Counteroffensive, Phase VII; Consolidation I; Consolidation II

Southwest Asia: *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; *Cease-Fire

Decorations

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for DONG AP BIA MOUNTAIN

Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for HO CHI MINH TRAIL

Valorous Unit Award for THUA THIEN PROVINCE

Company C additionally entitled to:

Army Superior Unit Award for 1987-1988