Lineages and Honors Information
Military Police
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 August 2019
643d Military Police Company
- Chartered 29 May 1788 in the Connecticut Militia at Hartford as the Governor’s Independent Troop of Volunteer Horse Guards
- Redesignated in 1854 as the 1st Company, Governor’s Horse Guards
- Mustered into the Connecticut National Guard 6 March 1911 and redesignated 2 June 1911 as Troop B, Cavalry
- Mustered into Federal service 20 June 1916 at Hartford as Troop B, 5th Militia Cavalry; mustered out of Federal service 28 October 1916 and reverted to state control as Troop B, 1st Separate Squadron
- Reorganized and redesignated 19 May 1917 as Troop B, 3d Separate Squadron
- Mustered into Federal service 25 July 1917 at Hartford; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Converted and redesignated 22 August 1917 as Company B, 101st Machine Gun Battalion, an element of the 26th Division
- Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
- Reorganized and redesignated 17 December 1919 as Troop B, Cavalry, and relieved from assignment to the 26th Division
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 25 March 1920 in the Connecticut National Guard at Hartford
- Reorganized and redesignated 19 March 1924 as Troop B, 1st Squadron, Cavalry
- Reorganized and redesignated 3 May 1929 as Troop B, 122d Cavalry
- Location changed 6 February 1931 to West Hartford
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 June 1937 as Troop B, 110th Cavalry
- Converted and redesignated 15 May 1940 as Battery B, 208th Coast Artillery
- Inducted into Federal service 6 January 1941 at West Hartford
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1943 as Battery B, 745th Coast Artillery Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 June 1944 as Battery B, 745th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
- Inactivated 7 January 1946 at Camp Stoneman, California
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 26 April 1948 in the Connecticut National Guard at West Hartford
- Ordered into active Federal service 14 August 1950 at West Hartford; released from active Federal service 13 April 1952 and reverted to state control
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery B, 745th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1958 as Battery D, 211th Missile Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Battery B, 1st Missile Battalion, 192d Artillery
- Location changed 15 February 1961 to Avon-Simsbury
- Consolidated 28 January 1964 with Battery A, 1st Missile Battalion, 192d Artillery (see ANNEX 1); consolidated unit designated as Battery B, 1st Missile Battalion, 192d Artillery, and location changed to Cromwell
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1966 as Battery B, 1st Battalion, 192d Artillery
- Location changed 15 February 1970 to East Windsor
- Converted and redesignated 15 May 1971 as Detachment 2, 745th Signal Company, and location changed to Hartford
- Consolidated 1 March 1972 with Detachment 1, 745th Signal Company (see ANNEX 2); consolidated unit designated as Detachment 1, 745th Signal Company, and location changed to Wallingford
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1979 as Company B, 280th Signal Battalion
- Consolidated 1 September 1982 with Detachment 1, Company B, 280th Signal Battalion (see ANNEX 3); consolidated unit designated as Company B, 280th Signal Battalion, and location changed to Westbrook
- Location changed 1 April 1988 to New Haven
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1996 as Detachment 1, Company C, 280th Signal Battalion
- Consolidated 1 September 2007 with Company C, 280th Signal Battalion (see ANNEX 4); consolidated unit designated as the 643d Military Police Company, and location changed to Westbrook
- Ordered into active Federal service 15 March 2019 at Westbrook
- ANNEX 1
- Organized in Federal service 13 August 1942 at Townsville, Australia as Battery K, 208th Coast Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 May 1943 as Battery B, 238th Antiaircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion
- Inactivated 21 April 1945 on Luzon, Philippine Islands
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 24 May 1948 in the Connecticut National Guard at Westbrook as Battery C, 238th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
- Ordered into active Federal service 14 August 1950 at Westbrook; released from active Federal service 13 June 1952 and reverted to state control
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery C, 238th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1958 as Battery C, 211th Missile Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Battery A, 1st Missile Battalion, 192d Artillery, and location changed to Portland
- ANNEX 2
- Organized 18 September 1863 in the Connecticut Volunteer Militia at Stratford and Bridgeport as Light Infantry Company K, 8th Regiment
- (Connecticut Volunteer Militia redesignated 6 July 1865 as the Connecticut National Guard)
- Redesignated 5 September 1865 as Company K, 8th Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 August 1871 at Bridgeport as Company K, 4th Regiment
- Reorganized and redesignated 5 October 1903 as Company K, 3d Infantry Regiment
- Converted and redesignated 14 December 1907 as the 11th Company, Coast Artillery Corps, Connecticut National Guard
- Mustered into Federal service 25 July 1917 at Bridgeport; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Reorganized and redesignated 31 August 1917 as the 37th Company, Coast Defenses of Long Island Sound
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 December 1917 as Battery B, 56th Coast Artillery
- Demobilized 31 July 1921 at Fort Schuyler, New York
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 27 March 1922 in the Connecticut National Guard at Bridgeport as the 338th Company, Coast Artillery Corps
- Reorganized and redesignated 12 September 1923 as the 338th Company, 242d Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1923 as Battery B, 242d Coast Artillery
- Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Bridgeport
- Reorganized and redesignated 7 October 1944 as Battery A, 190th Coast Artillery Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1945 as Battery A, Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound
- Redesignated 30 June 1946 as Battery A, 190th Coast Artillery Battalion, and inactivated at Fort H. G. Wright, New York
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 10 March 1947 in the Connecticut National Guard at Bridgeport as Battery B, 283d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1951 as Battery B, 283d Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery B, 283d Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
- Location changed 16 September 1956 to Stratford
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1958 as Battery A, 211th Missile Battalion
- Consolidated 1 May 1959 with Battery C, 238th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 5), and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 1st Missile Battalion, 242d Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1963 as Battery C, 1st Missile Battalion, 192d Artillery, and location changed to Milford
- Consolidated 28 January 1964 with Battery D, 1st Missile Battalion, 192d Artillery (see ANNEX 6); consolidated unit designated as Battery D, 1st Missile Battalion, 192d Artillery, and location changed to Ansonia
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1966 as Battery D, 1st Battalion, 192d Artillery
- Converted and redesignated 15 May 1971 as Detachment 1, 745th Signal Company
- ANNEX 3
- Organized in 1915 in the Connecticut National Guard at Hartford as the Supply Company, 2d Infantry Regiment
- Mustered into Federal service 20-26 June 1916 at Hartford; mustered out of Federal service 28 October 1916 at Hartford
- Mustered into Federal service 25 March 1917 at Hartford, drafted into Federal serve 5 August 1917
- Reorganized and redesignated 24 August 1917 as the Supply Company, 102d Infantry, an element of the 26th Division
- Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 1 June 1923 in the Connecticut National Guard at New Haven as the Service Company, 102d Infantry, an element of the 43d Division
- Location changed 1 August 1933 to West Haven
- Inducted into Federal service 24 February 1941 at West Haven
- (102d Infantry relieved 19 February 1942 from assignment to the 43d Division)
- Inactivated 10 April 1945 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii
- (102d Infantry assigned 21 May 1946 to the 43d Infantry Division)
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 22 October 1946 in the Connecticut National Guard at West Haven
- Ordered into active Federal service 5 September 1950 at West Haven
- (Service Company, 102d Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 9 September 1952 at West Haven)
- Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; Federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the Service Company, 102d Infantry (NGUS)
- Converted and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters Company, 243d Signal Battalion and remained assigned to the 43d Infantry Division
- (243d Signal Battalion relieved 1 May 1963 from assignment to the 43d Infantry Division)
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1967 as the 243d Signal Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1979 as Detachment 1, Company B, 280th Signal Battalion
- Location changed 1 January 1981 to Stratford
- ANNEX 4
- Organized 25 January 1917 in the Connecticut National Guard at Hartford as the Supply Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry
- Mustered into Federal service 25-31 March 1917 at Hartford; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Reorganized and redesignated 11 February 1918 as the Supply Company, 58th Pioneer Infantry
- Demobilized 8 January 1919 at Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 23 May 1921 in the Connecticut National Guard at Hartford as the Service Company, Connecticut Regiment of Infantry
- Reorganized and redesignated 7 October 1921 as the Service Company, 169th Infantry
- (169th Infantry assigned 28 February 1924 to the 43d Division)
- Inducted into Federal service 24 February 1941 at Hartford
- (43d Division redesignated 19 February 1942 as the 43d Infantry Division)
- Inactivated 1 November 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 23 October 1946 at Hartford as the Service Company, 169th Infantry
- Ordered into active Federal service 5 September 1950 at Hartford
- (Service Company, 169th Infantry [NGUS] organized and Federally recognized 9 October 1952 at Hartford)
- Released from active Federal service 15 June 1954 and reverted to state control; concurrently, Federal recognition withdrawn from the Service Company, 169th Infantry (NGUS)
- Converted and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Company A, 243d Signal Battalion, an element of the 43d Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1962 as Company B, 243d Signal Battalion
- (243d Signal Battalion relieved 1 May 1963 from assignment to the 43d Infantry Division)
- Reorganized and redesignated 16 December 1967 as the 1st Platoon, 243d Signal Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1972 as Detachment 1, 243d Signal Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1979 as Company C, 280th Signal Battalion and location changed to Niantic
- Location changed 1 March 2002 to Westbrook
- ANNEX 5
- Organized and Federally recognized 1 April 1927 in the Connecticut National Guard at Milford as Battery E, 242d Coast Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1940 as Battery G, 242d Coast Artillery
- Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Milford
- Reorganized and redesignated 13 September 1943 as Battery D, 23d Coast Artillery
- Inactivated 10 April 1944 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee
- Disbanded 26 June 1944
- Reconstituted 25 August 1945 as Battery D, 23d Coast Artillery
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 4 March 1948 in the Connecticut National Guard at Milford as Battery C, 211th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1951 as Battery C, 211th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery C, 211th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1958 as Battery C, 238th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
- ANNEX 6
- Organized and Federally recognized 3 September 1940 in the Connecticut National Guard at Bridgeport as Battery I, 242d Coast Artillery
- Inducted into Federal service 16 September 1940 at Bridgeport
- Reorganized and redesignated 13 September 1943 as Battery F, 23d Coast Artillery
- Inactivated 10 April 1944 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee
- Disbanded 26 June 1944
- Reconstituted 25 August 1945 as Battery F, 23d Coast Artillery
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 20 February 1947 in the Connecticut National Guard at Bridgeport as Battery B, 211th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 25 June 1951 as Battery B, 211th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery B, 211th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1958 as Battery B, 211th Missile Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Battery B, 1st Missile Battalion, 242d Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1963 as Battery D, 1st Missile Battalion, 192d Artillery, and location changed to Westport
- HOME STATION: Westbrook
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War I
- Champagne-Marne
- Aisne-Marne
- Oise-Aisne
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Ile de France 1918
- Lorraine 1918
- Champagne 1918
- World War II
- Guadalcanal
- Northern Solomons
- Papua
- New Guinea
- East Indies (with arrowhead)
- Bismarck Archipelago
- Luzon (with arrowhead)
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PAPUA
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
- Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 1944 TO 4 JULY 1945
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History