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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
724th Military Police Battalion

Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 September 2006

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
724th Military Police Battalion Lineage

Constituted 15 January 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 724th Military Police Battalion

Activated 25 January 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida

Inactivated 20 April 1946 in Hawaii

Redesignated 6 August 1947 as the 326th Military Police Battalion, allotted to the Organized Reserves, and activated at St. Louis, Missouri

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Inactivated 30 March 1951 at St. Louis, Missouri

Redesignated 24 June 1953 as the 724th Military Police Battalion

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 724th Military Police Battalion, activated 16 December 1991 at Tallahassee, Florida

Location changed 15 July 1997 to Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Ordered into active military service 27 December 2002 at Fort Lauderdale; released from active military service 9 April 2004 and reverted to reserve status

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
724th Military Police Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription

War on Terrorism: Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for PACIFIC THEATER


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