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Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 September 2016

18th Military Police Detachment

  • Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as 18th Military Police Section Criminal Investigation
  • Activated 14 August 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
  • Reorganized and redesignated 14 March 1944 as 18th Criminal Investigation Section
  • Reorganized and redesignated 23 September 1944 as 18th Military Police Criminal Investigation Section
  • Reorganized and redesignated 29 December 1944 as 18th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
  • Inactivated 28 September 1945 at Camp Anza, California
  • Redesignated 4 February 1947 as 18th Military Police Service Detachment
  • Activated 20 February 1947 in Berlin, Germany
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1948 as the 18th Military Police Service Platoon
  • Inactivated 20 November 1950 in Berlin, Germany
  • Allotted to the Regular Army 11 March 1952 and redesignated as the 18th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
  • Activated 18 April 1952 at Sandia Base, New Mexico
  • Inactivated 26 October 1953 at Sandia Base, New Mexico
  • Redesignated 5 March 1954 as the 18th Military Police Detachment and activated in Vienna, Austria
  • Inactivated 25 March 1955 in Vienna, Austria
  • Activated 1 July 1956 at Camp Zama, Japan
  • Inactivated 24 June 1958 at Camp Zama, Japan
  • Activated 25 December 1959 at Camp Casey, Korea
  • Inactivated 30 June 1971 at Uijongbu, Korea
  • Activated 28 July 2000 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Northern France

Decorations

None

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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