Constituted 27 February 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 224th Military Police Company

Activated 10 March 1942 at Fort Dix, New Jersey

Inactivated 25 January 1946 in the Philippine Islands

Redesignated 29 April 1947 as the 512th Military Police Service Company

Activated 20 May 1947 in Korea

Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1948 as the 512th Military Police Company

Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army

Inactivated 24 June 1955 in Korea

Activated 1 July 1956 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Inactivated 30 April 1983 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona

Activated 16 October 2008 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                        World War II
                                                        Leyte

                                                        Korean War
                                                        UN Defensive
                                                        UN Offensive
                                                        CCF Intervention                      
                                                        First UN Counteroffensive 
                                                        CCF Spring Offensive        
                                                        UN Summer-Fall Offensive
                                                        Second Korean Winter
                                                        Korea, Summer-Fall 1952          
                                                        Third Korean Winter
                                                        Korea, Summer 1953

 

DECORATIONS

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1953-1954
 
Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO
4 JULY 1945

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: