On 15 February 1996, 1st Battalion, 32nd was activated as the only active battalion of the 32nd Regiment, as part of the 10th Mountain Division, Fort Drum, New York. Following reactivation, the battalion participated in numerous training exercises and deployed in support of Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti and a six-month rotation as a highly visible component of the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) peacekeeping mission in the Middle East.