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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