Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2012
17th MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT
- Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 17th Military Police Section, Criminal Investigation
- Activated 14 August 1943 at the Provost Marshal General Training Center, Fort Custer, Michigan
- Redesignated 15 March 1944 as the 17th Criminal Investigation Section
- Redesignated 23 September 1944 as the 17th Military Police Criminal Investigation Section
- Redesignated 29 December 1944 as the 17th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
- Inactivated 20 October 1945 at Camp Bullis, Texas
- Activated 2 January 1947 at the New York Port of Embarkation, Brooklyn Army Base, New York
- Redesignated 16 August 1954 as the 17th Military Police Detachment
- Inactivated 1 December 1955 at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, New York
- Allotted 28 January 1957 to the Regular Army
- Activated 15 February 1957 at Camp Irwin, California
- Inactivated 25 March 1965 at Camp Irwin, California
- Activated 25 June 1965 in Germany
- Inactivated 20 November 1977 in Germany
- Activated 16 June 2001 at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
DECORATIONS
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History
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