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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
793d Military Police Battalion
(Spartans)

Lineage and Honors Information as of 25 January 2008

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
793d Military Police Battalion Lineage

Constituted 10 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 793d Military Police Battalion

Activated 26 December 1942 at Camp Maxey, Texas

Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1947 as the 793d Military Police Service Battalion

Allotted to the Regular Army 22 June 1951

Reorganized and redesignated 20 September 1951 as the 793d Military Police Battalion

(Companies A, B, and C inactivated 21 October 1977 in Germany)

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
793d Military Police Battalion Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

World War II: Northern France, Rhineland

Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, Cease-Fire

War on Terrorism: Iraq

Decorations

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005

Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at Antwerp


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