Lineages and Honors Information
Military Police

Lineage and Honors Information as of 18 October 2019

527th Military Police Company
(Strike)

  • Constituted 28 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 151st Military Police Service Company
  • Activated 13 July 1945 in India
  • Inactivated 15 January 1946 in India
  • Redesignated 11 December 1946 as the 527th Military Police Service Company
  • Activated 28 December 1946 in Germany
  • Reorganized and redesignated 20 December 1951 as the 527th Military Police Prison Guard Company and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Reorganized and redesignated 10 December 1954 as the 527th Military Police Company
  • Inactivated 1 July 1964 in Germany
  • Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Lewis, Washington
  • Inactivated 15 October 1968 in Vietnam
  • Activated 30 June 1971 in Vietnam
  • Inactivated 20 March 1972 in Vietnam
  • Activated 21 October 1977 in Germany

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War I
  • Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
  • Streamer without inscription
  • Vietnam
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • Tet Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  • Consolidation I
  • Consolidation II
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation III
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SAIGON - TET OFFENSIVE
  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2008-2009
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2011-2012
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2016-2017

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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