Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 June 2013
197th MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT
- Constituted 23 October 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 197th Military Police Platoon
- Activated 25 November 1943 at Santa Lucia, British West Indies
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1944 as the 197th Military Police Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 28 February 1946 as the 197th Military Police Guard Platoon
- Inactivated 3 June 1946 at Santa Lucia, British West Indies
- Redesignated 21 March 1952 as the 197th Military Police Guardhouse and Stockade Detachment, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Redesignated 1 October 1954 as the 197th Military Police Detachment
- Inactivated 1 October 1978 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
- Activated 16 October 2012 at Fort Stewart, Georgia
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- American Theater,
- Streamer without inscription
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History