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= 579th Engineering Battalion = The 579th Engineering Battalion, usually abbreviated as 579th EN BN, is a subunit of the 49th Military Police Brigade in the California Army National Guard. The battalion has individual companies that specialize in different aspects of engineering including sappers, concrete, bridges, quarry, roads, grading, ordnance (EOD), and support. As part of the 49th MP BDE the battalion is part of the Homeland Response Force (HRF). The battalion is mostly located in Northern California and headquartered in Santa Rosa. The battalion has been operating since World War II and is one of the longest continually active, and geographically stable, units in the California Army National Guard.

Units

 * Headquarters & Headquarters Company – Santa Rosa
 * Forward Support Company – Santa Rosa
 * 129th Engineer Detachment (Concrete) – Camp Roberts (formerly Lakeport)
 * 132nd Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) – Redding
 * Detachment 1, 132nd Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) – Mount Shasta
 * Detachment 2, 132nd Engineer Company (Multi-Role Bridge) – Eureka
 * 235th Engineer Company (Sapper) – Petaluma
 * 645th Engineer Detachment – Sacramento
 * 649th Engineer Company (Horizontal-Roads/Grading) – Chico
 * Detachment 1, 649th Engineer Company (Horizontal-Roads/Grading) – Red Bluff
 * Detachment 2, 649th Engineer Company (Horizontal-Roads/Grading) – Sacramento
 * 1401st Engineer Detachment (Quarry) – Camp Roberts
 * 217th Ordnance Company (EOD) – Camp Roberts

Defunct Units
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Blazonry, Crest, Mascot, and Motto
Developed in 1954, the 579th Engineering Battalion Crest is a proud symbol of the unit's history and its current mission.

Red and white (gules and argent) are the colors of the Corps of Engineers. The blue represents the organization's origins in the infantry. The shovel and bayonet allude to the battalion's combat engineer mission. The unique feature of the crest is the North pacific right whale which symbolizes the campaign honors awarded the uninitiated for service in the pacific during World War II.

In Latin, "Semper Laborantes" means "Always Working," which characterizes the way the soldiers of the 579th are supposed to approach their duties: with dedication and continuous effort.

Campaign Participation Credit and Unit Decorations
World War II:


 * Aleutian Islands Campaign
 * Eastern Mandates Campaign (with Arrowhead)
 * Battle of Leyte (with Arrowhead)
 * Philippine Presidential Unit citation, Streamer Embroidered (October 17, 1944 to July 1945)
 * Ryukyu Islands Campaign

Lineage
Initially organized in the California National Guard and federally recognized May 6, 1929, at Santa Rosa, as Company K, 184th Infantry, 40th Division (later redesigned as the 40th Infantry Division), the battalion was moved to the 7th Infantry Division on August 23, 1943. The unit was inactivated on January 20, 1946, in Korea, but quickly expanded and redesigned less than a year later as the 579th Engineering Combat Battalion, an element of the 49th Infantry Division, on August 5, 1946. The battalion was officially headquartered in Santa Rosa, reorganized, and federally recognized on June 16, 1947, and underwent a name change during another reorganization on February 1, 1953, to the 579th Engineer Battalion which remains its name to this day.

Since 1968 the battalion has been moved to several different brigade level units but maintained its headquarters, name, and purpose. On January 29, 1968, the battalion was relieved from assignment to the 49th Infantry Division and reassigned to the 233rd Engineer Group, but was moved again on January 13, 1974, to the 115th Regional Support Group. On January 1, 1978, the battalion was reassigned to the 49th Military Police Brigade, which became the unit's current home with a small exception of being assigned to the Headquarters Troop Command on February 1, 1985, before returning to the 49th Military Police Brigade.