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Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 September 2016

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
716th Military Police Battalion
(Saigon Warriors)

  • Constituted 10 January 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 716th Military Police Battalion
  • Activated 15 January 1942 at Fort Wadsworth, New York
  • Allotted 27 October 1950 to the Regular Army
  • (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 29 March 1973 in Vietnam)

Campaign Participation Credit

  • Vietnam
  • Defense
  • Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • Tet Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  • Consolidation I
  • Consolidation II
  • Cease-Fire
  • South West Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • Armed Forces Expeditions
  • Somalia
  • War on Terrorism
  • Afghanistan:
  • Consolidation I
  • Iraq:
  • Liberation of Iraq
  • Transition of Iraq
  • Iraqi Surge
  • Iraqi Sovereignty
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered SAIGON-TET OFFENSIVE
  • Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AMERICAN THEATER
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1969
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2004-2005
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2012
  • Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1968
  • Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1973

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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