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Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 May 2012

HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
785th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION

  • Constituted 12 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 785th Military Police Battalion
  • Activated 28 November 1942 at Fort Custer, Michigan
  • Inactivated 10 December 1946 on Okinawa
  • Redesignated 12 February 1948 as the 300th Military Police Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
  • Activated 25 February 1948 at Chicago, Illinois
  • (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Inactivated 30 March 1951 at Chicago, Illinois
  • Redesignated 24 June 1953 as the 785th Military Police Battalion
  • Activated 16 December 1991 in Inkster, Michigan
  • Location changed 15 January 1997 to Fraser, Michigan
  • Ordered into active military service 21 October 2002 at Fraser, Michigan; released from active military service 20 October 2003 and reverted to reserve status
  • Ordered into active military service 4 June 2005 at Fraser, Michigan; released from active military service 5 August 2006 and reverted to reserve status
  • Ordered into active military service 2 March 2011 at Fraser, Michigan; released from active military service 4 April 2012 and reverted to reserve status

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

  • World War II
  • Rhineland
  • Central Europe
  • Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer
       without inscription
  • War on Terrorism
  •   Iraq:
  • Iraqi Governance
  • National Resolution
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

DECORATIONS

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005 - 2006
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History


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