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Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 February 2011

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HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS COMPANY
800th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE

 

Constituted 31 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 800th Military Police Battalion
 
Activated 4 June 1942 at Fort Ord, California

Inactivated 31 May 1947 in Japan

Redesignated 25 January 1949 as the 333d Military Police Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves Corps

Activated 25 February 1949 at Buffalo, New York

Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Location changed 19 January 1950 to New York, New York

Inactivated 15 August 1952 at New York, New York

Redesignated 24 June 1953 as the 800th Military Police Battalion

Headquarters, 800th Military Police Battalion, redesignated 22 April 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 800th Military Police Group;  Headquarters Company, and Companies A, B, C, and D, 800th Military Police Battalion, concurrently disbanded

Activated 1 May 1959 at Hempstead, New York

Location changed 15 June 1959 to Garden City, New York; on 31 January 1966 to Hempstead, New York

Ordered into active military service 24 March 1970 at Hempstead, New York; released from active military service 26 March 1970 and reverted to reserve status

Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 800th Military Police Brigade

Ordered into active military service 6 December 1990 at Hempstead, New York; released from active military service 14 June 1991 and reverted to reserve status

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War II
New Guinea
Luzon

Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire

War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

None

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History


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