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Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 October 2010

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HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
11th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
(SOUTHWESTERN PEACEMAKERS)

 

Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 11th Military Police Section, Criminal Investigation

Activated 14 August 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan

Reorganized and redesignated 19 March 1944 as the 11th Criminal Investigation Section

Reorganized and redesignated 11 October 1944 as the 11th Military Police Criminal Investigation Section

Reorganized and redesignated 19 January 1945 as the 11th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment

Allotted 1 August 1951 to the Regular Army

Reorganized and redesignated 10 February 1954 as the 11th Military Police Detachment

Inactivated 9 June 1969 in Germany

Activated 1 August 1973 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 11th Military Police Battalion

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                            World War II
                                                             Normandy
                                                             Northern France
                                                             Rhineland
                                                             Ardennes-Alsace
                                                             Central Europe

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

                                                             War on Terrorism
                                                                  Iraq:
                                                             Iraqi Governance
                                                             National Resolution

                        (Additional campaigns to be determined)

 

DECORATIONS

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008

           

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

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


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