Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 July 2010
212th MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT
Constituted 24 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 312th Military Police Escort Guard Section
Activated 18 February 1945 in Italy
Redesignated 3 April 1945 as the 312th Military Police Escort Guard Detachment
Disbanded 19 October 1945 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee
Reconstituted 21 July 1964 in the Regular Army as the 212th Military Police Detachment
Activated 1 September 1964 at Camp A. P. Hill, Virginia
Inactivated 24 June 1972 at Camp A. P. Hill, Virginia
Activated 16 October 2002 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Rome-Arno
Central Europe
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2008-2009
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History