Lineage and Honors Information as of 2 June 2010
701st MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
(WHITE TIGER)
Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as the 701st Military Police Battalion
Activated 1 February 1941 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota
Reorganized and redesignated 28 February 1947 as the 701st Military Police Service Battalion
Reorganized and redesignated 29 May 1949 as the 701st Military Police Battalion
Inactivated 25 August 1956 at Fort Knox, Kentucky
Headquarters transferred 16 September 1986 to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort McClellan, Alabama
Inactivated 1 September 1999 at Fort McClellan, Alabama
Activated 1 October 1999 at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
None
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AMERICAN THEATER
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JEFFREY J. CLARKE
Chief of Military History