1945 Inactivated 31 December 1945 at Fort Lawton, Washington 1946   1947 Reorganized and Federally recognized 10 April 1947 with Headquarters at New York   Relieved 17 May 1947 from assignment to the 27th Infantry Division and assigned to the 42d Infantry Division 1948   1949   1950   1951 October 10, 1951, COL. Martin H. Foery hosts the 100th Anniversary Dinner held at Hotel Astor, attended by Major General Donovan, Cardinal Spellman and many dignitaries including former Regimental Commanders: Cavanaugh, Meaney, Mangan, and Hart. October 12, 1951, Major General William J. Donovan reviews the Regiment in the armory.  1952   1953 On March 17, 1953, two Irish wolfhounds were adopted as official mascots of the Regiment. They wore green battle gear with gold 69 embroidered on it and paraded directly behind the Regimental Color Guard. On April 11, 1953, COL Martin H. Forey presented the battle standard carried by the 69th Regiment during the Battle of Antietam to the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Antietam at a ceremony held at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 1954   1955 "An Tostal - Ireland at Home" - 7 members of the 165th Infantry (Majors Byrne and Rooney, Lt Powers, MSGs Fitzsimmons, Kelly, and Ginty, and Sgt McNulty) travel to Ireland to represent 69th in a national Irish festival at invitation of Consulate General of Ireland. The Reserve Forces Act requires new enlistees to attend 6 months initial active duty training. 1956   1957   1958 General Edward F. Logan, Commander of the 101st and General William D. Lynch, Commander of the 165th (69th NY) reinstated the competition.   On 11 October 1958, the first post-war match was fired at Camp Curtis Guild Massachusetts with the 101st returning the trophy to Boston. 1959 Reorganized 16 March 1959 as a parent regiment under the Combat Arms Regimental System to consist of the 1st Battle Group, an element of the 42d Infantry Division 1960   1961   1962   1963 Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as the 69th Infantry to consist of the 1st and 2d Battalions, elements of the 42d Infantry Division 1964   1965   1966   1967 On August 26, 1967 General Harold K. Johnson, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, reviewed the 42d Division on their 50th Anniversary at Ft Drum, Sgt Richard O'Neill, Medal of Honor, WWI attended. 1968 69th Infantry became an SRF (Selected Reserve Force) Unit. The number of drills increased from 48 to 72 per year   69th assigned to 2d Brigade, 3d Brigade disbanded 1969  September 12, 1969 Chaplains’ Plaque is dedicated in the armory 1970 1st and 2d Battalions ordered into active Federal service 24 March 1970 at home stations for mail strike; released 30 March 1970 from active Federal service and reverted to state control (Operation Graphic Hand). 1971   1972   1973 Draft ended. Army becomes all volunteer. 1974   1975 Reorganized 1 April 1975 to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 42d Infantry Division 1976   1977   1978   1979 Operation Golf Plum (State Corrections Officers' Strike), April 1979 1980   1981   1982   1983 On April 12, 1983, the Landmarks Preservation Commission designated the 69th Regiment Armory an official New York City landmark. 1984   1985   1986 Central Intelligence Agency honors Colonel William (Wild Bill) Donovan, Battalion Commander in World War I at CIA Headquarters 1987   1988   1989 Withdrawn 1 May 1989 from the Combat Arms Regimental System and reorganized under the United States Army Regimental System   LTC Robert Hutter takes Command of Battalion 1990   1991 LTC Hutter is presented with a copy (number 69) of "Raise the Colors" - a print by artist Mort Kunsler of the 69th attacking at Bloody Lane at Sharpsburg, MD during the Civil War, by the graduating class of the U.S. Army War College at Carlyle Barracks. The print hangs in the Battalion Commander's office in the armory. 1992 LTC Frank Riggio takes Command of Battalion 1993 Converted and redesignated 1 September 1993 as the 69th Air Defense Artillery to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 42d Infantry Division 1994   1995   1996 Converted and redesignated 1 October 1996 as the 69th Infantry to consist of the 1st Battalion, an element of the 42d Infantry Division. March 16, 1996, Installation Ceremony of Distinguished and Honorary Members of the Regiment held in the armory. 1997   1998   1999   2000   2001 Activated for 9/11, Armory utilized as family comfort center immediately after attack. Soldiers worked at Ground Zero and guarding rail stations and bridges 2002   2003   2004 Deployed to Iraq 2005