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Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 September 2010

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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


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