Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 9 April 2014
218th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
- Constituted 20 July 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 1298th Military Police Company, Aviation
- Activated 10 August 1943 at Camp Ripley, Minnesota
- Inactivated 12 October 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia
- Redesignated 29 October 1965 as the 218th Military Police Company and allotted to the Regular Army
- Activated 10 December 1965 in the Dominican Republic
- Inactivated 17 April 1972 in Vietnam
- Activated 21 October 1977 in Germany
- Inactivated 15 October 1994 in Germany
- Activated 18 February 2008 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Dominican Republic
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase II
- Counteroffensive, Phase III
- Tet Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase IV
- Counteroffensive, Phase V
- Counteroffensive, Phase VI
- Tet 69/Counteroffensive
- Summer-Fall 1969
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Belgian Fourragere 1940
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in France and Belgium
- Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in Belgium
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
Robert J. Dalessandro
Director, Center of Military History