Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 October 2012
287th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
- Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 287th Military Police Company
- Activated 14 August 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
- Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippine Islands
- Allotted 24 August 1953 to the Regular Army
- Activated 1 November 1953 in Germany
- Inactivated 15 September 1994 in Germany
- Activated 17 February 2008 at Fort Riley, Kansas
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1985-1987
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1993-1994
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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