Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 September 2010
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
10th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 10th Military Police Section, Criminal Investigation
Activated 14 August 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
Reorganized and redesignated 19 March 1944 as the 10th Criminal Investigation Section
Reorganized and redesignated 15 September 1944 as the 10th Military Police Criminal Investigation Section
Reorganized and redesignated 29 December 1944 as the 10th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
Inactivated 25 February 1946 in Germany
Activated 2 January 1947 at New York, New York
Allotted 1 August 1951 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1954 as the 10th Military Police Detachment
Inactivated 24 December 1965 at New York, New York
Activated 16 January 1968 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Inactivated 25 July 1969 at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
Activated 1 August 1973 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 10th Military Police Battalion
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
National Resolution
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2005-2006
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST ASIA 2008-2009
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History