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Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 September 2016

554th Military Police Company

  • Constituted 12 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 554th Military Police Escort Guard Company
  • Activated 25 June 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
  • Inactivated 28 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
  • Allotted 12 March 1951 to the Regular Army
  • Activated 2 May 1951 at Fort Bliss, Texas
  • Inactivated 25 August 1952 at Fort Bliss, Texas
  • Redesignated 15 May 1964 as the 554th Military Police Company
  • Activated 10 June 1964 at Pirmasens, Germany

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Normandy
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2006-2007
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2001-2002

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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