Lineage and Honors Information as of 27 June 2019

143d Military Police Company

  • Constituted 1 May 1963 in the Connecticut Army National Guard as the 134th Military Police Company
  • Organized and Federally recognized 6 May 1963 at Manchester
  • Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1967 as the 4th Platoon, 26th Military Police Company, an element of the 26th Infantry Division; location concurrently changed to Hartford
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1972 as Detachment 1, 26th Military Police Company
  • Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1975 as the 143d Military Police Company and relieved from assignment to the 26th Infantry Division
  • Location changed 11 October 1975 to West Hartford
  • Ordered into active Federal service 12 July 1980 at West Hartford; released 26 July 1980 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
  • Location changed 1 June 1987 to Windsor Locks
  • Ordered into active Federal service 3 January 1991 at Windsor Locks; released 13 May 1991 from active Federal service and reverted to state control
  • Location changed 1 July 1991 to Hartford
  • Ordered into active Federal service 7 February 2003 at Hartford; released from active Federal service 12 June 2004 and reverted to state control
  • Location changed 1 October 2007 to West Hartford
  • Ordered into active Federal service 26 August 2012 at West Hartford; released from active Federal service 29 September 2013 and reverted to state control

HOME STATION: West Hartford

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Southwest Asia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Transition I
  • Iraq:
  • Liberation of Iraq
  • Transition of Iraq

Decorations

  • Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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