Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 December 2010
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
104th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
(POUGHKEEPSIE INVINCIBLES)
Organized 17 October 1775 in the New York Militia at Poughkeepsie as Captain Jacobus Frear’s Company (Poughkeepsie Invincibles), 4th Regiment, Duchess County Militia
Redesignated 27 September 1786 as the 4th Company, Colonel John Frear’s Regiment
Redesignated 4 July 1812 as the 4th Company, 84th Regiment of Infantry
Relieved 31 August 1825 from the 84th Regiment of Infantry and assigned to the 4th Regiment of Artillery
Redesignated 16 September 1842 as the Poughkeepsie Guards
Relieved 26 April 1848 from assignment to the 4th Regiment of Artillery and assigned to the 21st Infantry Regiment
Redesignated 22 January 1858 as Company A, 21st Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 27 June 1863 at Poughkeepsie; mustered out of Federal service 6 August 1863
Redesignated 1 January 1882 as the 15th Separate Company
Redesignated 29 April 1898 as Company K, 1st Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 20 May 1898 at Hempstead as Company K, 1st New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment; mustered out of Federal service 26 February 1899 at New York City
Reorganized 15 March 1899 at Poughkeepsie as Company K, 1st Infantry Regiment
Redesignated 1 May 1905 as Company K, 10th Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 20 July 1917 at Poughkeepsie
Drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1918 as Company K, 51st Pioneer Infantry
Demobilized 12 July 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
(Reorganized 1 August 1919 in the New York Guard at Poughkeepsie as Company K, 1st Infantry Regiment)
Converted and redesignated in the New York National Guard 3 July 1923 as Batteries B and C, 132d Ammunition Train
Reorganized and redesignated 17 April 1924 as Battery C, 156th Field Artillery
Federally recognized 24 May 1924
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Poughkeepsie and assigned to the 44th Division (44th Division later designated as the 44th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 16 February 1942 as Battery C, 156th Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 5 November 1945 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
(156th Field Artillery Battalion relieved 17 May 1947 from assignment to the 44th Infantry Division and assigned to the 27th Infantry Division)
Reorganized, redesignated, and Federally recognized 14 November 1947 at Poughkeepsie as Battery C, 156th Field Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1955 as Battery C, 156th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1955 as Battery C, 156th Field Artillery Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 27th Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1959 as Battery C, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 156th Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as Battery A, 2d Battalion, 156th Artillery, an element of the 27th Armored Division
Consolidated 1 February 1968 with Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 156th Artillery (seen ANNEX 1) and Battery B, 2d Battalion, 156th Artillery (organized and Federally recognized 15 April 1963 at Poughkeepsie), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 1st Battalion, 156th Artillery, an element of the 50th Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1972 as Battery A, 1st Battalion, 156th Field Artillery
Consolidated 1 September 2004 with Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 156th Field Artillery (see ANNEX 2), and Battery B, 1st Battalion, 156th Field Artillery (see ANNEX 3) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 104th Military Police Battalion, a TDA augmentation carrier
Reorganized 1 September 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 104th Military Police Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 2 June 2007 at Kingston; released from active Federal service 5 July 2008 and reverted to state control
ANNEX 1
Organized and Federally recognized 15 February 1932 in the New York National Guard at Poughkeepsie as Battery B, 156th Field Artillery
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Poughkeepsie
Reorganized and redesignated 16 February 1942 as Battery B, 156th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 44th Division (later redesignated as the 44th Infantry Division)
(156th Field Artillery Battalion relieved 17 May 1957 from assignment to the 44th Infantry Division and assigned to the 27th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 5 November 1945 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
Reorganized, and Federally recognized 14 November 1947 in the New York National Guard at Poughkeepsie as Battery B, 156th Field Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1955 as Battery B, 156th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1955 as Battery B, 156th Field Artillery Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1959 as Battery B, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 156th Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 156th Artillery
ANNEX 2
Organized in 1776 in the New York Militia at Kingston as Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker’s Company, Colonel Johannes Snyder’s 1st Regiment
Redesignated 29 September 1786 as a company of Colonel Jacob Bruyn’s Regiment, Ulster County Militia (Captain Hendrick Schoonmaker commanding)
(Regiment redesignated 20 May 1812 as the 131st Regiment)
Redesignated 9 July 1847 as Company B, 20th Infantry Regiment
Called into Federal service 3 April 1861 at Kingston; mustered into Federal service
11 May 1861 at Baltimore; mustered out of Federal Service 2 August 1861 at Kingston
Mustered into Federal service 10 September 1861 at Kingston
Redesignated 7 December 1861 as Company B, 80th New York Infantry
Mustered out of Federal service 29 January 1866 at Portsmouth, Virginia and resumed state status as Company B, 20th Infantry Regiment
Redesignated 5 June 1874 as Company B, 20th Infantry Battalion
Redesignated 1 January 1882 as the 14th Separate Company
Redesignated 29 April 1898 as Company M, 1st Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 20 May 1898 at Hempstead as Company M, 1st New York Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 26 February 1899 at New York
Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1899 as Company M, 1st Infantry Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1905 as Company M, 10th Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Federal service 20 July 1917 at Kingston; drafted into Federal service
5 August 1917
Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1918 as Company M, 51st Pioneer Infantry
Demobilized 12 July 1919 at Camp Upton, New York
Consolidated 1 August 1919 with Company M, 1st Infantry, New York State Guard (organized 12 November 1917 at Kingston) and consolidated unit designated as Company M, 1st Infantry Regiment
Converted and redesignated 18 October 1921 as Company I, 132d Ammunition Train
Redesignated 3 July 1923 as Battery I, 132d Ammunition Train
Converted and redesignated 17 April 1924 as Battery A, 156th Field Artillery
Federally recognized 24 May 1924
Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Kingston
Reorganized and redesignated 16 February 1942 as Battery A, 156th Field Artillery, an element of the 44th Division (later redesignated as the 44th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 5 November 1945 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
(156th Field Artillery Battalion relieved 17 May 1947 from assignment to the 44th Infantry Division and assigned to the 27th Infantry Division)
Reorganized, redesignated, and Federally recognized 13 November 1947 in the New York National Guard at Kingston Battery A, 156th Field Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1955 as Battery A, 156th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (27th Infantry Division concurrently redesignated as the 27th Armored Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1955 as Battery A, 156th Field Artillery Battalion (156th Field Artillery Battalion concurrently relieved from assignment to the 27th Armored Division)
Consolidated 16 March 1959 with the Medical Detachment, 156th Field Artillery Battalion (organized and Federally recognized 24 May 1949 at Kingston), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 156th Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as Battery A, 1st Battalion, 156th Artillery, an element of the 27th Armored Division
Consolidated 1 February 1968 with Battery B, 1st Battalion, 156th Artillery (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated unit designated as Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 156th Artillery, an element of the 50th Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1972 as Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 156th Field Artillery
(1st Battalion, 156th Field Artillery, relieved from assignment to the 50th Armored Division 1 April 1975)
Consolidated 1 April 1986 with Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 156th Field Artillery (see ANNEX 3) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 156th Field Artillery
ANNEX 3
Organized 1 February 1941 in Federal service at Fort Dix, New Jersey, as the Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 156th Field Artillery with personnel from the 156th Field Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 16 February 1942 as the Service Battery, 156th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 44th Division (later redesignated as the 44th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 5 November 1945 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
(156th Field Artillery Battalion relieved 17 May 1947 from assignment to the 44th Infantry Division and assigned to the 27th Infantry Division)
Reorganized, redesignated, and Federally recognized 13 November 1947 in the New York National Guard at Kingston the Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 156th Field Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1955 as the Service Battery, 156th Armored Field Artillery Battalion (27th Infantry Division concurrently redesignated as the 27th Armored Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1955 as Service Battery, 156th Field Artillery Battalion (156th Field Artillery Battalion concurrently relieved from assignment to the 27th Armored Division
Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1959 as Service Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 156th Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 16 March 1959 as Service Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 156th Artillery
Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as Battery B, 1st Battalion, 156th Artillery, an element of the 27th Armored Division
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