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4th EN BN Mission Statement
The 4th Engineer Battalion deploys, receives, integrates, and provides command and control of attached units in order to conduct full spectrum engineering operations in support of an Army, Joint, or Coalition Task Force.
Battalion History
Statement of Service
- Organized 31 December 1861 in the Regular Army at Washington, District of Columbia, from new and existing companies of engineers as a provisional engineer battalion (constituted 28 July 1866 as the Battalion of Engineers)
- Expanded 14 March-7 June 1901 to form the 1st and 2d Battalions of Engineers (1st Battalion of Engineers--hereafter separate lineage)
- 2d Battalion of Engineers expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1916 as the 2d Regiment of Engineers
- 2d Regiment of Engineers expanded 21 May-20 June 1917 to form the 2d, 4th, and 5th Regiments of Engineers (2d and 5th Regiments of Engineers--hereafter separate lineages)
- 4th Regiment of Engineers redesignated 29 August 1917 as the 4th Engineers
- Assigned 1 January 1918 to the 4th Division
- Inactivated 21 September 1921 at Camp Lewis, Washington
- Company A activated 24 July 1922 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Relieved 15 August 1927 from assignment to the 4th Division and assigned to the 6th Division
- Company A inactivated 30 September 1929
- Relieved 1 October 1933 from assignment to the 6th Division and assigned to the 4th Division (later redesignated as the 4th Infantry Division) (Company A concurrently activated at Fort Benning, Georgia)
- Redesignated 19 October 1939 as the 4th Engineer Battalion
- Activated (less Company A) 1 June 1940 at Fort Benning, Georgia
- Reorganized and redesignated 19 September 1942 as the 4th Engineer Motorized Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1943 as the 4th Engineer Combat Battalion
- Inactivated 19 February 1946 at Camp Butner, North Carolina
- Activated 6 July 1948 at Fort Ord, California
- Redesignated 5 June 1953 as the 4th Engineer Battalion
- Inactivated 15 December 2004 at Fort Carson, Colorado, and relieved from assignment to the 4th Infantry Division
- Activated 13 October 2006 at Fort Carson, Colorado.
Campaign Participation Credit
The Civil War
- Peninsula
- Fredericksburg
- Wildemess
- Cold Harbor
- Appomattox
- Antietam
- Chancellorsville
- Spotsylvania
- Petersburg
- Virginia 1863
War with Spain
- Santiago
Phillipine Insurrection
- Streamer without inscription
World War I
- Aisne-Mame
- Meuse-Argonne
- Lorraine 1918
- St. Mihiel
- Champagne 1918
World War II
- Normandey (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Northern France
- Ardenned-Alsace
Vietnam
- 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
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered Hurtgen Forest
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered Vietnam 1967-1968
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered Vietnam 1966-1969
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered Vietnam 1969-1970
- Republic of Veitnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered Vietnam 1966-1969
4th Engineer Companies
HHC Company
Mission: Headquarters and Headquarters Company deploys, receives, integrates, and provides command and control of 4th Engineer Battalion units in order to conduct full spectrum engineer operations in support of the 4th Engineer Battalion, Joint, and Coalition Task Force units.
FSC Company
Mission: Forward Support Company deploys in order to provide sustainment support to the 4th Engineer Battalion through full spectrum combat operations.
62nd Company
Mission: The 62nd Engineer Company deploys in order to provide mobility and counter-mobility support to maneuver forces.
569th Company
Mission: To provide command and control of engineer platoons that conduct Mobility, Counter-mobility and Survivability Operations in support of Full Spectrum Operations.
576th Company
Mission: The 576th Engineer Company deploys to conduct route and area clearance operations in support of Army, Joint, or Coalition Forces.