Lineages and Honors Information
Military Police

Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 March 2018

571st Military Police Company
(DRAGON CRUSHERS)

  • Constituted 12 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 71st Military Police Company
  • Activated 25 February 1944 in Algeria
  • Inactivated 29 November 1945 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
  • Redesignated 12 April 1949 as the 571st Military Police Company and activated at Fort Jay, New York
  • Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army
  • Inactivated 28 March 1955 in Japan
  • Activated 11 January 1971 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Rome-Arno
  • Rhineland
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994-1995

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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