Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 September 2013
Headquarters and Headquarters Company
508th Military Police Battalion
- Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 308th Military Police Battalion
- Withdrawn 1 January 1938 from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army
- Redesignated 1 June 1940 as the 508th Military Police Battalion
- Activated 20 March 1944 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1947 as the 508th Military Police Service Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 September 1951 as the 508th Military Police Battalion
- Inactivated 1 July 1964 in Germany
- Activated 25 August 1967 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- (Companies A, B, C, and D inactivated 1 November 1970 at Fort Riley, Kansas)
- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment inactivated 29 March 1973 at Fort Riley, Kansas
- Activated 16 October 2005 at Fort Lewis, Washington, as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 508th Military Police Battalion
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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