Organized 17 March 1876 in the Michigan State Troops at Lansing as Company H, 1st Infantry Regiment

Redesignated 3 July 1885 as Company E, 1st Infantry Regiment

(Michigan State Troops redesignated 31 December 1894 as the Michigan National Guard)

Mustered into Federal service 26 April 1898 at Island Lake as Company E, 31st Michigan Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service 17 May 1899 at Savannah, Georgia

Reorganized 10 July 1899 in the Michigan National Guard at Lansing as Company E, 2d Infantry

Converted and redesignated 6 November 1911 as Battery B, 1st Battalion, Field Artillery

Mustered into Federal service 19 June 1916; mustered out of Federal service 23 March 1917

Mustered into Federal service 15 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917

Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1917 as Battery B, 119th Field Artillery, an element of the 32d Division

Demobilized 15 May 1919 at Camp Custer, Michigan

Reorganized and Federally recognized 10 May 1921 in the Michigan National Guard at Lansing as Battery B, 119th Field Artillery, an element of the 32d Division

Inducted into Federal service 7 April 1941 at Lansing

Reorganized and redesignated 8 February 1943 as Battery B, 978th Field Artillery Battalion

Inactivated 30 October 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts

Reorganized and Federally recognized 5 December 1946 at Lansing as Headquarters Company, 46th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1959 as the 46th Administration Company, an element of the 46th Infantry Division

Ordered into active Federal service 24 July 1967 at Camp Grayling, Michigan; released 2 August 1967 from active Federal service and reverted to state control

Converted and redesignated 1 February 1968 as the 46th Military Police Company, and relieved from assignment to the 46th Infantry Division

Ordered into active Federal service 2 August 1980 at Lansing; released 16 August 1980 from active Federal service and reverted to state control

Consolidated 1 October 1995 with Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 210th Military Police Battalion (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 210th Military Police Battalion; location concurrently changed to Taylor

Ordered into active Federal service 18 December 1995 at Taylor; released  from active Federal service 9 September 1996 and reverted to state control

Ordered into active Federal service 1 September 2002 at Taylor; released from active Federal service 31 August 2003 and reverted to state control

 

ANNEX

Organized and Federally recognized 14 October 1940 in the Michigan National Guard at Detroit as Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 177th Field Artillery

Inducted into Federal service 7 April 1941 at Detroit

Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1943 as Headquarters Battery, 943d Field Artillery Battalion

Inactivated 28 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York

Reorganized and Federally recognized 2 December 1946 at Detroit as Headquarters Battery, 177th Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 46th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1959 as Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 182d Artillery, an element of the 46th Infantry Division

Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1963 as Headquarters and Service Battery, 2d Battalion, 182d Artillery

Ordered into active Federal service 24 July 1967 at Camp Grayling, Michigan; released from active Federal service 2 August 1967 and reverted to state control

Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1968 as Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 182d Artillery, and relieved from assignment to the 46th Infantry Division

Redesignated 1 February 1972 as Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 182d Field Artillery

Converted and redesignated 1 April 1976 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 210th Military Police Battalion

Ordered into active Federal service 2 August 1980 at Detroit; released from active Federal service16 August 1980 and reverted to state control

Ordered into active Federal service 26 November 1990 at Detroit; released from active Federal service 1 January 1992 and reverted to state control

Location changed 1 March 1992 to Taylor

HOME STATION: Taylor

 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

World War I
Aisne-Marne
Oise-Aisne
Meuse-Argonne
Lorraine 1918
Alsace 1918
Champagne 1918

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
Campaigns to be determined

DECORATIONS

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996

French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE, OISE-AISNE

 

                                                       

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