6th Military Police Detachment

Lineage and Honors Information as of 12 Jul 2007

6th Military Police Detachment Lineage

Constituted 26 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 6th Section, Criminal Investigation

Activated 25 January 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan

Reorganized and redesignated 19 March 1944 as the 6th Criminal Investigation Section

Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1944 as the 6th Military Police Criminal Investigation Section

Reorganized and redesignated 29 December 1944 as the 6th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment

Allotted 22 June 1951 to the Regular Army

Reorganized and redesignated 10 February 1954 as the 6th Military Police Detachment

Reorganized and redesignated 24 June 1957 as the 6th Military Police Platoon

Redesignated 10 February 1959 as the 6th Military Police Detachment

Inactivated 9 June 1969 in Germany

Activated 1 October 1983 in Germany

Inactivated 15 October 1992 in Germany

Activated 16 June 2001 at Fort Rucker, Alabama

6th Military Police Detachment Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II - EAME: Normandy; Northern France; Rhineland; Central Europe

Decorations

None