Lineage and Honors Information as of 3 February 2011
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