Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 September 2015
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment,
5th Military Police Battalion
- Constituted 26 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 5th Section, Criminal Investigation
- Activated 25 January 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
- Reorganized and redesignated 29 December 1943 as the 5th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
- Inactivated 15 March 1949 in Germany
- Allotted 8 June 1949 to the Regular Army
- Activated 20 June 1949 at Washington, D.C.
- Inactivated 19 May 1954 at Washington, D.C.
- Redesignated 31 July 1956 as the 5th Military Police Detachment
- Activated 15 August 1956 in Italy
- Inactivated 9 June 1969 in Italy
- Activated 8 March 1971 in Vietnam
- Inactivated 15 August 1972 in Vietnam
- Activated 1 October 1983 in Germany
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 5th Military Police Battalion
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Vietnam
- Counteroffensive, Phase VII
- Consolidation I
- Consolidation II
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- (Additional Campaigns to be Determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 2011-2012
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History
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