Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2016
595th Military Police Company
- Constituted 28 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 595th Military Police Escort Guard Company
- Activated 1 September 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
- Inactivated 25 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Allotted 27 October 1950 to the Regular Army
- Activated 6 November 1950 at Incheon, Korea
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1953 as the 595th Military Police Company
- Inactivated 8 April 1954 at Busan, Korea
- Activated 2 January 1970 in Vietnam
- Inactivated 28 April 1972 in Vietnam
- Activated 21 August 1978 in Germany
- Inactivated 15 March 1992 in Germany
- Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Korean War
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Vietnam
- Winter-Spring 1970
- Sanctuary Counteroffensive
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2012-2013
- French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered NORMANDY
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History
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