Regiment "Bobcats" July 1995. Assigned Charlie Company, Heavy Weapons Platoon, 2nd Battalion 5th Infantry Regiment 5 July 1999. Reassigned Headquarters Company 2nd Battalion 5th Infantry Regiment 19 July 1999. 2nd Battalion 5th Infantry Regiment "Bobcats", 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment "Wolfhounds", 2nd Battalion 35th Infantry Regiment "Cacti" make up 3rd Brigade 25th Infantry Division (Light). HHC "Vipers", Alpha Company "Quickstrike", Bravo Company "Bushmasters", Charlie Company "Cobras". 613 Man Battalion as of 20 February 2003. Deployed to Afghanistan. Returns to Hawaii in 2004 after a year in Afghanistan. 27 July 2005 unit deactivated. 27 July 2005 1st Battalion 5th Infantry Regiment reassigned, stationed at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska. 16 August 2009 2d Battalion 5th Infantry Regiment activated, stationed at Ft. Bliss, Texas. Annex Constituted 3 May 1861 in the Regular Army as the 3d Battalion, 19th Infantry Organized May 1865 – September 1866 at Fort Wayne, Michigan; Newport Barracks, Kentucky; and Fort Columbus, New York Reorganized and redesignated 23 November 1866 as the 37th Infantry One half of the 37th Infantry consolidated in June 1869 with the 5th Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 5th Infantry (remaining half of the 37th Infantry consolidated August–December 1869 with the 3d Infantry and consolidated unit designated as the 3d Infantry—hereafter separate lineage) The 1st Bn, 5th Infantry was active at Camp Hovey Korea as part of 2nd Bde 2nd Infantry Division from October 1990 to 1996 where it moved from Camp Howze after its 1990 DMZ mission. The 1st Bn, 5th Infantry was active at Camp Howze Korea as part of 3rd Bde 2nd Infantry Division from 1987 to August 1990, when it moved temporally to Warrior Base to assume a 3-month DMZ mission, and to move the remainder of its assets to Camp Hovey. The unit was probably active prior to 1989 in 3rd Bde. In 1992 3rd Bde was deactivated at Camp Howze. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/2id-3bde.htm Honors Campaign participation credit Decorations U.S. military decorations Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for CHINJU Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for SONGNAE-DONG Presidential Unit Citation (Army) for BEN CUI 1968 Valorous Unit Award for CU CHI DISTRICT Valorous Unit Award for NINEVEH PROVINCE 2005 Army Superior Unit Award for 1996–1997 Meritorious Unit Citation (1st Battalion) Iraq OIF 3 Meritorious Unit Citation (2nd Battalion) for Afghanistan Foreign decorations Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950–1952 Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation for KOREA 1950–1953 Republic of Korea Presidential Unit