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Lineage and Honors Information as of 29 June 2010

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549th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY

 

Constituted 15 March 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 549th Military Police Company

Activated 10 April 1945 in Hawaii

Inactivated 18 April 1946 in Hawaii

Activated 15 January 1947 in the Panama Canal Zone

Reorganized and redesignated 27 September 1949 as the 549th Military Police Company, Post, Camp, or Station

Allotted 19 October 1951 to the Regular Army

Reorganized and redesignated 15 February 1953 as the 549th Military Police Service Company

Inactivated 28 August 1954 in the Panama Canal Zone

Redesignated 13 February 1956 as the 549th Military Police Company

Activated 10 April 1956 in the Panama Canal Zone


CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

                                                            World War II
                                           Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer
                                                                without inscription

                                                            Armed Forces Expeditions
                                                Panama

                                                            War on Terrorism
                                                 Campaigns to be determined

 

DECORATIONS

Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006

 

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

 

 

JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History


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