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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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