Lineage and Honors Information as of 24 February 2011
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
203d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
Organized and Federally recognized 14 January 1924 in the Alabama National Guard at Athens as Company E, 133d Engineers
Redesignated 15 February 1924 as Company B, 133d Engineers
Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1926 as Company B, 127th Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 1 June 1931 as Troop B, 127th Engineer Squadron
Redesignated 1 April 1936 as Troop B, 127th Squadron, Corps of Engineers
Redesignated 13 July 1936 as Troop B, 127th Engineer Squadron
Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1940 as Company D, 2d Battalion, 151st Engineers
Inducted into Federal service 27 January 1941 at Athens
Reorganized and redesignated 12 September 1942 as Company D, 2d Battalion, 151st Engineer Combat Regiment
Reorganized and redesignated 11 July 1944 as Company A, 1343d Engineer Combat Battalion
Inactivated 26 January 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Reorganized and Federally recognized 28 March 1947 at Athens as Company B, 1343d Engineer Combat Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 14 August 1950 at Athens
(1343d Engineer Combat Battalion [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized
21 January 1953 at Athens)
(1343d Engineer Combat Battalion [NGUS] redesignated 1 February 1953 as the 1343d Engineer Battalion [NGUS])
Company B, 1343d Engineer Combat Battalion reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1954 as Company B, 1343d Engineer Battalion
Released from active Federal service 21 February 1955 and reverted to state control; concurrently consolidated with Headquarters and Service Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion (NGUS) (organized and Federally recognized 21 January 1953 at Athens) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Service Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 8 July 1961 as Headquarters Company, 1343d Engineer Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 11 June 1963 at Athens; released from active Federal service 16 June 1963 and reverted to state control
Converted and redesignated 1 September 1995 as Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 203d Air Defense Artillery
(203d Air Defense Artillery redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 203d Air Defense Artillery Regiment)
Converted and redesignated 1 September 2007 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 203d Military Police Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 18 June 2009 at Athens
HOME STATION: Athens
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Aleutian Islands
Rhineland
Korean War
First UN Counteroffensive
CCF Spring Offensive
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
Second Korean Winter
Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
Third Korean Winter
Korea, Summer 1953
War on Terrorism
Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1952
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1951-1954
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History