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Lineage and Honors Information as of 30 April 2012

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
310th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION

  • Constituted 15 February 1922 in the Organized Reserves as the 310th Military Police Battalion
  • Organized in January 1922 in New York
  • Redesignated 11 June 1940 as the 510th Military Police Battalion
  • Ordered into active military service 1 May 1943 and reorganized at Camp Maxey, Texas
  • Disbanded 15 November 1944 in The Netherlands
  • Reconstituted 6 March 1947 in the Organized Reserves as the 310th Military Police Battalion
  • Activated 21 March 1947 at New York, New York
  • (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Location changed 9 July 1951 to Long Island City, New York
  • Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at Long Island City, New York; released from active military service 5 August 1962 and reverted to reserve status
  • Location changed 1 November 1964 to Fort Totten, New York; on 31 January 1966 to Hempstead, New York
  • Ordered into active military service 24 March 1970 at Hempstead, New York; released from active military service 26 March 1970 and reverted to reserve status
  • (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 22 February 1972 at Hempstead, Fort Hamilton, and Fort Totten, New York, respectively)
  • Location changed 1 November 1964 to Fort Totten, New York; on 31 January 1966 to Hempstead, New York; location later changed to Uniondale, New York
  • Ordered into active military service 21 January 2003; released from active military service 18 June 2004 and reverted to reserve status
  • Ordered into active military service 27 March 2006; released from active military service 13 October 2007 and reverted to reserve status
  • Location changed 30 September 2010 to Farmingdale, New York
  • Ordered into active military service 2 January 2012 at Farmingdale, New York

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • Northern France
  • Rhineland
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaign to be determined

DECORATIONS

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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