Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 December 2010
165th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
(WAR HAWKS)
Constituted 5 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 165th Military Police Prisoner of War Processing Company
Activated 25 October 1944 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Reorganized and redesignated 19 March1945 as the 165th Military Police Escort Guard Company
Inactivated 29 October 1945 at Vancouver Barracks, Washington
Allotted 27 September 1951 to the Regular Army
Activated 28 October 1951 in Korea
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1953 as the 165th Military Police Company
Inactivated 25 April 1954 in Korea
Activated 24 March 1962 in Germany
Inactivated 15 October 1992 in Germany
Activated 16 October 2010 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Korea
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
DECORATIONS
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1991-1992
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA, 1950-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA, 1952-1953
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History