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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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