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Compiled by ,. 

Robert K. Wright, Jr. 

MILITARY POLICE 
Military Police Corps 
ARMY LINEAGE SERIES 

MILITARY POLICE 

compiled by 

Robert K. Wright, Jr: 

CENTER OF MIUTARY HISTORY 

UNITED STATES ARMY 

WASHINGTON, D. C., 1992 
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 

Wright, Robert K., 1946-

.\lilitaq police I compiled by Robe• t K. \\'right, .Jr. 

p. cm.-(Arnw lineage serie-.) 

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I. United State~. Army-.\1ilitary police-History. I. Title. 

II. Series. 

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ARMY LINEAGE SERIES 

J effrcyJ. Clarke, General Editor 

Advisory Cormnillee 

(. h u( 21! \lo~r h 1991 ) 

Edward ~1. Coffman 

U.S. Army Command .and 

General Staff College 

Martin Blumenson 

Washington, D.C. 

Col. Donald E. Lunday 

U.S. Army War Colkgc 

Brig. Gen. Gerald E. Gallowa),Jr. 

Ernest R. ~1ay 

I lan·arcl l ' ni,cr,it) 

David B. Miller. Esq. 

Scranton, Pa. 

Brig. Gen . .John E. Miller 

U.S. Army Command and 

General Staff College 

~Iaj. Gen.Jame~ \\'.van Loben Sels 

IJ.S. ~lilitaq Academ\ l '.S. Anny Training ancl Doctrine Command 

I lerman M. Hattaway 

U.S. Military Academy 

J ames M. McPherson 

Princeton Univerc;ity 

\<\1illiam A Walker 

Archivist of 1 he Army 

Russell F. Wciglcy 

Temple University 

U.S. Ann)l Center of Mililm)1 I f islory 

Brig. Gen. Harold W. Nelson , Chief of M.ili ta ry History 

Ch icf I-1 istoria11 

Chief, Historical Service\ Di\ ision 

Editor in Chit•f 

J effrey .J. Clarke 

Clayton R. Newell 

J ohn\:\'. El,bcrg 

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Foreword 

B)' regulation, the Center of Military History is responsible for determining the lineages and battle honors of the Army's units. Lineages and honors serve as a compact outline history. 'When provided to an individual unit 

in the form of a certificate over the signaLUre of the Chief of Military History, 

they officially recognize that unit's organizational history and those campaign streamers and honors and heraldic items which it is entitled to bear. 

This volume gathers together the compact histories of all m~or military police units in the U.S. Army in order to perpetuate and publicize for the military police, soldiers throughoUL the Army, and the general public those traditions, honors, and devices proudly carried by the Military Police Corps. 

Army leaders have long recognized that an awareness of a unit's history 

and traditions contJ-ibules directly to its esprit de corps. Today's Army, composed of professional soldiers, understands that a sense of unit pride is critical in the blending of its many specialized branches into the combined 

arms team needed to cope with the demands of the battlefield of the future. 

Although the Military Po lice Corps will only celebrate its first half century 

in 1991, its soldiers can u·ace their heritage to t11e foundation of the Republic. 

Since the organization of the first unit in the Continental Army in 1778, military police have witnessed a steady increase in responsibilities, particularly 

during the wars of this century. I recommend that all members of the corps 

take time LO increase their knowledge of tl1e long and proud history of military 

police. We offer this volume as an introduction to that worthy enterprise. 

Washington , D.C. 

J 8 January 199 1 

HAROLD W. NELSO 

Brigadier General, USA 

Chief of Military History 

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Preface 

This volume gathers in compact form the oflicial hiswrical records of I 09 

militaq police units-commancb, camps, centers. brigades. groups, and battalion-.-the echelons authoritcd distinctive heraldic items. Included at·e all 

the Regular Army and Army Rcscn·c units active bctw<.·cn 1962 and 1987, as 

well as all Army 1'\ational Guard organitations acti\'t' as of 30 September 1987. 

The lineage and honors of a unit provide an ou tline history of that unit, 

and the official certificate aucsting to that history, prepared in the O rganinnionalllistory Branch of the U.S. Army Center of Military I Iistory. The unit 

lineages in th is book ar~ adapted from these official certificates is a highly 

stylii'ecl document. The lineage begins with the official designation of the 

unit, followed by an approved special designation. The events in the life of a 

unit recorded in the official certificate are restricted lOa few specific actions, 

such as activation, inacth•ation, and rcdesignation. Th(' data has been compn's'>ed to save space, wh ich accounts for the technicallanhruagc used. A glossary appears at the end of the volume to assist the reader in understanding 

these technical terms. Campaigns and decorations f()r all the units are listed 

following each lineage. General orders announcing dC'corations are shown 

parcn thctical ly. 

The Organ izational I listory Branch is responsibk f'or the determination 

of the ol'licial unit lineages and honors, and the lineages that appear in this 

volume arc the result of' research done by many members of the branch, past 

and present. The undersigned compiled the lineages, and .John E. Parker 

drafted the imroduction. Dana Purdy assembled the bibliographies with the 

a~~istanc(' of Charles E. Dornbusch's comprehensive bibliography entitled 

1/i~loriPs, Personal Sarmttvl'\, United States Ami)' (Corm,allvillc, ?\ew Yot·k: 

I lop<' Farm Press, 1967) ,James Comravich 's l.h~itl•d Stalt'.~ Army Unit flislorit•.\, 

A RrfermrP and BibliogmfJh)' (Manhattan, Kansas: Military Affairs/ Aerospace 

ll i~torian, 1983). and the U.S. Army Military I Iistory rnstitute's work in this 

an•a, compiled by GeorgeS. Pappas and entitled UuitNI States Arm)' Unit I fi.\-

torif',\ (Washington: Government Printing Office, 197H). Most of the unit histories cited arc unofficial works that were prepared outside the Department 

of' the Ann)•.J oycelyn M. Canery edited the manu'icript. 

Oco;criptions of the shoulcicr siCC\'C insignia, distinctin· insignia, and 

oth(•r heraldic items approved l(>r the units are included with the lineage~. 

I'he-.c descriptions, as well as the color illustrations or the heraldic items, 

wen• fut nished bv The Institute of I kraldry, L .S. Arnl\, and the Organit.ational l listor)' Branch is <'specially grateful to Opal Landrum. Nuala Ban-y, 

and :\dek Richey for their valuable assistance. In wmc instances the text 

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relating to the heraldic items approved for the units is not as comprehensive 

as in the original letters of approval, amendment, or redesignation sent to 

the units. Minor changes in the heraldic material have been made to meet 

the need for brevity in Lhis volume. At the beginning of the color illustrations 

is a brief account of the evolution of these items. 

Since the Center of Military History is responsible for the determination 

and publication of unit lineages and honors under Army Regulation 870-5, 

comments are invited and should be addressed to the Center at Washington, 

D.C. 20374-5088. 

Washington, D.C. 

18January 1991 

X 

ROBERT K. \tVRIGHT,JR. 
INTRODUCT O~. 

IIER.-\l.DIC ITEMS 

Contents 

L11 :A CES AI D II ERALDIC DATA. 

/.1/ Militm)' Polirt• Command ..... 

JOOth i\lifiUu)' JJofirr• Command. . . . 

lOth Mililm)• J>ofirP Pri.lmm·oJWar CamfJ 

JO / .11 Militm y PolirP C:a mp . 

400th Militmy Polirt• Camp. 

.JO 111 i\lilitary Polin• C:amfJ . 

402d Militm:v PolirP CmnfJ 

·IOJd Alilitary l~otirP CamfJ . 

22d Military PolirP CmtPr . . 

J.Jth Alililmy Po/irP /Jrigadt>. 

15th Mllitm) PolirP Bngadt•. 

16th Miiltm y PolirP /Jrigrulr. 

I 8th Militm l Polirt> Hngrult>. 

4 3d Militm)' Po/irP Brig(l((p . 

49th Militm y Polirl' Brigadt•. 

89th Militm y Polirr Hrigarlr. 

I 77th Mililm y Polifl' BrigmiP . 

220th ,\lilitm y PolirP B1ig(l(/f' . 

221\t Military Po/irr B1ig(I(IP . 

260th t\tlilitmy Potier Brigadt•. 

290th t'-'lilitmy Policr Brig(lr/t• . 

800th Militmy Polio• Brig(/(lf' . 

1st Military Po/irr Gmllfl 

2d Mi/itm)• Polirt• c:roll/J . 

3d Mifitm_v Pofirt• CroufJ . 

4th Military Po/irt• GmufJ . 

5th Military Pofirt• GrmtfJ . 

6th Mililm)' J>ofirP GroufJ . 

7th Mifttmy Polin• Group . 

8th Military Poliu Gmup . 

9th Milittll) l'olirP Gmup . 

II th Mlfttm ,. Pobrt• GmuJ1 

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12th i\lilitary Police Croup .. 

42d Military Polire GmufJ . .. 

30th Military Police Balta/ion. 

33d Mililm)' Polire Balta/ion . 

34th 

t'l-filitmy Police Balta/ion. 

40th Military Poli(l> Balla!ion. 

45th JVJi/itary Polia Battalion. 

49th Militm)' Polia Balla lion. 

51st Military Police Ballalion . 

9Jst Military Police Baltalion . 

92d Military Police Ballalio11 . 

93d Milital)' Police Balta/ion . 

94th Military Pofire Balta/ion. 

95th MilitO I)' Police Battaliou. 

96th Militm')' Police Baltalion. 

97th t'viititm} Police Balta/ion. 

1 DOth MilitarJ• Potier B(IJlalion . 

I 02d MiliUll)' Polirr> Bauafion . 

I 09th Militll1)' Police Balla lion . 

112th Military Police BaJtaliorz . 

1 I 5th J\llilita1)' Polire BaJ/alion . 

!18th Nlilifary Polia BaLta/ion . 

!24th Militm)• Po/iCI' BaJtalion 

!25th Nlifitm)' Polire Balta/ion . 

143d Military Polite Ballalion . 

J.l6th Nlilitary Police Balta/ion . 

156th Military Police Ballalion . 

15 9th Military Police 13allalion . 

/60th Mililary Polite Ballalion . 

I 63d Militfl1)' Police Ba/Jalion . 

/65th i\llifitm)' Polite Ballalion . 

167th Military Po/i((' Ballafion . 

1 68th Military Polirr Balla lion . 

!70th Military Po/ire Balla lion . 

I 75th Military Police Ballalion . 

/85th Military Polire Ballalion . 

J93d Militm)• Police Baualion . 

198th Milital)' Police Balta/ion . 

205th Militmy Poliu Ballalion . 

210lh MilitmJ Police Ball a/ion . 

231 st Military Police Barta lion . 

243d MilitarJ Polia Ballaliou . 

3 I Otlt Nlilitm)' Pol ire Balta/ion . 

317th MilitmJ Polirr Brtllalion . 

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32-lth Mi/ila ')' Policf' Balla lion . 

327/h Mili/(11_)' Police Battalion . 

336/h Military Policf Ballalion . 

340th Alililan Polin• Balta/ion . 

J72d Mililm) Policf Balta/ion . 

J82d ,\Jilitm) Poltrf' Battalion . 

385/h Alilitar y Poltrt' Rattalio11 . 

387tlt Military Polirt• Battalion . 

392d Mi/itn ry Po/irr Baflfllion . 

4 37th 

i\ lililm )' Polin• Balta/ion . 

.f96tlz Mililary Police l~altalirm . 

502d ,Hililm) Polin• Ballalion . 

503d ,\ti/itm) Polirl' Baffa/ion . 

504/h MililarJ Polirr Battalion . 

508/h t\lililw y Polire Battalion . 518/h Military Polirr Battalion . 

519/h Military Polirr /Jallalion . 

525/h i\lilitmy Polio• Batlalion . 

5 35th MililmJ Poltcr Battalion . 

6(Jist ,\lilitarJ Poilcr Baffalion . 

60-llh Mi/ilary Polire Ballalion . 

607/h Militar_y Potier Balta/ion . 

666Lh Mililm)' Politi' Balla lion . 

685th i\Jilitm J Polio• Ballalion . 

70 1st i\lilitm)' fJofirP Balla lion . 

709th ,\-fililan· Polirf' Balta/ion . 

7161/z ,\Iilitm)' Polin• Ballolion . 

720th Military Police Ballalion . 

728Lh Mililar)' Polirt• Balltllion . 

759/h 

Jvlilitary /)olirP Balta/ion . 

787th Mi/ita ry Polin• Balla lion . 

793d ,\lilitar\' Polio• Ballalion . 

795th Alililm \' Po/i((' Balla lion . 

BIBUOGRAJlllY ........ . 

GLOSSARY OF 1.11'\EAC£ TERMS. 

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MILITARY POLICE 

Introduction 

The Military Police Corps achieved permanem stalUs in the U.S. Army on 

26 September 1941, yet its traditions of duty, service, and security date back to 

the Revolutionary War. Q,·er the last two centuries the military police-or 

provost marshals as they were called during much of their history-evol\'ccl 

from a group of miscellaneous units and men organized on a temporary 

basis in time of national emergency to perform a limited range of law and 

order responsibilities into today's highly organized and trained combat support force. During the 1980s military police units ca1-ried out many of the 

wide-ranging duties they have assumed in the Army, such as fighting in 

Grenada; guarding the summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea; helping LO quell 

civil disturbances in the Virgin Islands in the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo; 

and playing an cssemial role in jt..:ST CAt'SE, the Army's operation in Panama 

in 1989-1990. Based on a u-adition of service that su·etchcs back more than 

two hundred years, military police h;:n·e come to be recognized as an importam element of the Army in both peace and war. 

The Military Police Corps traces its beginnings to the formation of a 

provost unit, the Marechaussee Corps, in the Cominental Army. 1 Authorized 

by Congress on 27 May 1778 with a name borrowed from the French term for 

provost troops, the special unit was assigned by General George Washington 

LO perform those necessary police functions required in camp and in the 

lield. The first American military police unit was organized along the lines of 

a regular Continental Army company with 1 captain, 4 lieutenants, I clerk, 1 

quartermaster sergeant, 2 trumpeters, 2 sergeants, 5 corporals, 43 provosts, 

and 4 executioners. Renecting the unit's special requirements for speed and 

equipment, the corps was mounted and accoutered as light dragoons. 

Washington appointed Bartholomew Von I-l eer provost marshal of the 

Cominental Army and commander of the Marechaussee Corps with the rank 

of captain. Von Heer and his men were expected to patrol the camp and its 

vicinity in order to detain fugitives and arrest rioters and thieves. During 

combat the unit was to patrol behind the Army's so-called second line where 

it would secure the rear by rounding up stragglers and preventing desertions. 

It also assumed what in later times would be called the "early waming•· 

responsibility, that is, keeping watch against enemy attack from the rear. The 

Marechaussee Corps also supervised relations with the sutlers, the merchants 

who supplied the Army, and assumed general responsibility for tl1e collection, 

security, and movement of prisoners of war. A second, larger military police 

force, tl·lis one organized in 1779 by the Commonwealth of Virginia, administered the prisoner-of-war compound established at Charlollesville to secure 

the British and German soldiers captured at Saratoga. Although the existence of both units was short-lived-the prisoner guards were disbanded in 
4 MILITARY POLICE 

1781; the Marechaussee Corps at the end of the Revolution in 1783-their 

functions as well as their extraordinary mobility and communications capability established a legacy for the provost units that would follow. 

No other military police units were formally organized in the U.S. Army 

until the outbreak of the Civil War, although commanders during that 

extended period often detailed certain officers and men to perform similar 

functions. This method, deemed unsatisfactory in many respects, nevertheless helped maintain or-der and discipline during the War of 1812, the Mexican \Var, and frequem clashes with Indian tribes along the frontier. 

Increasingly during this period the Army came to assume new responsibilities that called for units capable of extending national security authority 

along the new nation's frontiers. Serving essentially as military police, federal 

u·oops played a vital role throughout the settlement of the u·ans-Appalachian 

West. Because of the proximity of Army outposts and the general scarcity of 

civil law enforcement authority, settlers looked to the military as the primary source of Jaw and order. 

Not only were federal units used to police many of the towns and Jines of 

communications along the new American frontier, they also assumed 

responsibility for quelling some of the civil disturbances which occurred 

during the period. An important example of federal troops being used in this 

manner occurred in the summer of 1794 during the so-called Whiskey 

Rebellion. Faced with a large-scale threat to law and order by farmers in western Pennsylvania who were up in arms against the newly imposed excise tax 

on whiskey, President Washington ordered the federal ization of militia units, 

which marched in force to the scene of the troublcs.2 While not military 

police in the strict sense of the term, these troops assumed police duties, 

made numerous arrests, and occupied several counties, performing provost 

marshal functions that would become standard in the futur·e. 

A commander's military police responsibilities received greater recognition in 1821 when the \\'ar Department tried, through a series of general regulations, to establish a uniformity of organizations within the Army. Article 58 

of these regulations, enLitlcd "General Police," omlined the duties of military 

police and recommended that commander·s select personnel of superior 

intelligence and physical ability to perform these duties. Significantly, 

throughout the Arm>''s history these qualilies have always been identified as 

prerequisites for the soldiers selected to perform military police duties. But 

the regulation made no provision for special u·aining ((>r these provost troops, 

nor did it order the organit.ation of military police units, maintaining that military police fot·ces would, in usual circumstances, be assigned temporary status 

within larger military organit.ations.3 

The Civil War created an urgent need for provo~t marshals and military 

police units within the federal Army. As early as 18 July 1861, Brig. Gen. Irvin 

McDowell, the Union Axmy's first field commander, authorit.eclthe commander of each regiment in the Depanmenr of Northeastern Virginia to select a 

commissioned officer as regimental provost marshal along with a permanent 

guard often enlisted men. McDowell was responding to reports of widespread 
JNTRODUCTTON 5 

marauding in the ranks as his units marched across northern Virginia on the 

way to Bull Run. He wanted these units assigned the "special and sole duty" of 

preserving property from depredation and of arresting "all wrong-doers, of 

whatever regiment or corps they may be." Wrongdoers, he went on to order, 

"will be reported to headquarters, and the least that will be done to them will 

be to send them to the Alexandria jail." In those early days of the war, commanders were particularly sensitive to the political implications of interfering 

with local law enforcement, and McDowell also made it clear that his provosts 

were not to arrest civilians. His troops were to fight the enemy, "not to judge 

and punish the unarmed and helpless, however guilty they may be." 4 

In the wake of the Union's defeat at Bull Run, the newly appointed commander of the Army of the Potomac, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, reported 

"with much regret" that large numbers of soldiers stationed in the vicinity of 

the capital were in the habit of frequenting the streets and hotels of the city. 

Calling the practice "eminently prejudicial to good order and military discipline," he appointed Col. Andrew Porter provost marshal of Washington and 

assigned him the duty of keeping the officers and men in camp unless under 

special pass.5 He gave Porter some 1,000 officers and men-all the Regulars in 

the city, including infantry, cavalry, and artillery units-to suppress gambling, 

marauding, and looting in the capital area and to intercept stragglers and 

fugitives from nearby Army units. To carry out its mission, the provost guard 

was allowed to impose curfews on soldiers, all of whom were obliged to carry 

passes. Eventually, Porter was also empowered to search citizens, seize weapons 

and contraband, and make arrests.6 Thus began the gradual extension of the 

jurisdiction of provost marshals during the Civil War from responsibility for 

maintaining law and order within the military to include the protection and, 

to some extent, the control of the civilian population. 

Although organized military police units were relatively rare in the Union 

Army, General McClellan established the Office of Provost Marshal General of 

the Army of the Potomac and appointed Colonel Porter, lately returned from 

his duties in Washington, to command the unil. McClellan gave Porter a sizable force to carry out military police functions in his army, including battalions from the 8th and 17th Infantry and the entire 2d Cavalry, as well as several units of Regular artillery. McClellan later enumet·ated the duties of his 

provost marshal, which, in addition to those already made familiar by Porter's 

troops in Washington, included regulation of places of public accommodation 

and amusement, distriblltion of passes to civilians for pur-poses of trade within 

the lines, and "searches. seizures, and arrests" within the army area.7 

Porter coordinated, but did not supervise, the activities of the provost 

units McClellan was also organizing in the separate divisions of the Army of 

the Potomac. Following Porter's appointment, McClellan ordered each of his 

division commanders to organize a provost guard within his command. Serving under a divisional provost marshal, again with an enlisted su·ength of ten 

men, these units were primarily responsible for protecting civilian property 

from the sometimes sticky hands of soldiers on the march as well as all other 

duties associated with the discipline and orderly activities of the army. They 
6 MILITARY POLICE 

also carried on the many collateral duties already made familiar in the Continental Army. They supervised and otherwise inspected the trade between 

local private merchants and Army units and individual soldiers, and they also 

assumed certain intelligence responsibilities, collecting and disseminating 

information on enemy forces. 

Rivaling the work of military police in the field, provost marshals also 

assumed the enormous task of enforcing the nation's first conscription law. 

When demands for manpower led the Union to abandon its dependence on 

volunteer enlistments and turn to conscription, Congress created the Office 

of the Provost Marshal General of the Army on 3 March 1863 and appointed 

James B. Fry to the position in the rank of colonel of cavalry ~ The new draft 

law charged the provost marshal general with overseeing the administntion 

and enforcement of military recruitment and conscription along with anumber of other quasi-military police duties associated with the war effort. It 

also empowered Fry to arrest summarily anyone engaged in impeding or 

avoiding conscription .\I 

The energetic Fry quickly organized a small army of civilian bureaucrats 

to supervise the draft calls. To assist him in this and an ever-increasing number of other duties largely unrelated to the draft, the War Department 

authorized the creation on 28 April 1863 of a new organization, the Invalid 

Corps (later renamed the Veteran Reserve Corps). Manned by soldiers 

wounded on the battlefield or weakened by illness and judged unfit for further frontline service, this special force reached a strength of mot·e than 

30,000 officers and men by the end of the war. Its units served as provost 

guards in large cities and towns, escorts for prisoners of war, security guards 

for railroads, and during the raid on Washington in 1864, they were committed to battle when the enemy penetrated into rear areas. 

One of their most important functions remained to guard the many disu·ict draft offices establtishcd by t11e provost marshal general to supervise the 

selection of men under the provisions of the draft act. That legislation 

proved extremely unpopular and placed the Invalid Corps in a perilous 

position when massive resistance to conscription spread across the North. 

Their most notable service came in the valiant bur httile effort to preserve 

order at the outbreak of the riots that shook New York City in .July 1863. Few 

in number, the provost troops were quickly overwhelmed. The riots continued unimpeded until Washington brought in more than 100,000 combat 

troops, ending what would become the nation's deadliest civil disturbance. tu 

Following the pattern set at the end of the Revolutionary War, the Office 

of Provost Marshal General was discontinued in 1866. In fact, despite the 

appointment of Brig. Gen. Arthur MacArthur as military governor and 

provost marshal general of Manila in the Philippines after the War with 

Spain in 1898, the creation of a permanent military police branch in the 

Army would not be seriously considered until the Iauer stages of World War 

I. Ironically, it was during this period of organizational neglect that the term 

"military police" first came into vogue in Army circles. 
IJ':TRODUCTIOJ': 7 

World v\'ar I marked a significant step in the military police's jounwy 

toward permanent branch status within the Army. Once again the Army 

organized units both at the War Department level and in the field to carry 

out military police duties. Following America's entry into the war in 1917, the 

War Depanmcnt appoimcd M<~j. Enoch H. Crowder provost marshal general 

or the Army. Again the paramount mission of this official and the units 

placed under his command was to administer a selective service law. In july 

1917 General john J. Pershing appointed Lt. Col. !Janson E. Ely as provost 

marshal general of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) to advise him 

"on military police and pro,ost marshal matters." And finally, in Ma)' 1918, 

the \\'ar Department created yet another military police organization on 

the Army staff, the Criminal Investigation Division (ClD). 

Charged with investigating criminal wrongdoing within the service, the 

CIO was organized along the Jines of a detective squad similar to those found 

in any large city police department of the era. Initially the CID consisted of 

eight companies, each with 5 officers and 100 enlisted men. Its members 

were selected by the provost marshals in the various army areas from among 

those soldiers with ci\'ilian experience as police detectives, lawyers, and journalists. lts full organiLational structure was not established until the last 

weeks of the war. During I 9 18 the Cl D was involved in some 4,500 cases pertaining to the investigation of black market activities, fraudulent passes sold 

in troop areas, worthless check-cashing operations, mail theft, and theft and 

illegal sale of government supplics. 11 

Anticipating the need for military police in the AEF, the War Department 

approved a divisional table of organization in May l9 I 7 that included authorii'.ation of a headquarters and two military police companies, a total of 316 

officers and men in each division. Based on this guidance, the AEF organized 

two military police companies in the lst Division in july, marking the first usc 

of an organization officially called military police. General Pershing's plan 

called for placing these companies in the cli\'isional train. Dhisional returns of 

1 September 1917 listed 95 men in the lst Dh'ision 'strain headquarters and 

two military police companies with a su·ength of 150 and 152 officers and 

men rcspectively. 12 To supplement the direct support units, a general support 

military police regiment, the First Army Headquarters Regiment, was formed 

by converting a French-speaking ew Hampshire National Guard infamry 

organization and filling it out with men with civilian experience as detectives. 

During the war the AEF organized military police units in sixty-one sepanue divisions, but in july I 918 Pershing also received permission to organize 

militarv police units in each corps and army with additional separate companic!> posted to the Yal"ious sections of the Service of Supply. the Training 

Depot, and ·'to tactical units as may be necessary." u Ironically, the increase 

in the number of military police companies resulted in a weakening in the 

strength of all military police companies in the AEF, because Pershing was 

forced to cut clown on the size and numbe1· of divisional military police units 

in order to provide trained manpower for Lhe new units. 11 In the months following the end of hostilities, the AEF could count military police battalions 
8 MILITARY POLICE 

in each of its three armies with a fourth battalion attached to the AEF's general headquarters at Chaumont, France. 

The AEF's military police performed all those activities made familiar in 

earlier wars but with some significant adctitions. A constant concern of senior 

commanders in this era of massive military units fighting on wide fronts was the 

conu·ol of traffic in the rear areas and prevention of unauthorized individuals 

from enLering the zones of operations. Borrowing a method devised by the 

French, Brig. Gen. Harry H. Bandholtz, a successor to Ely as the AEF provost 

marshal general, organized military police uniL<; to check all individuals traveling in leave areas, major cities, and examining points in rear Army areas. 

World War I also altered the Army's u·aclitionaJ way of administering and 

caring for prisoners of war. In distinction to most earlier conflicts, where prisoners of war were usually held for short periods of time until exchanges could 

be effected, World War I created massive numbers of prisoners that had to be 

confined for long periods. During the ten-month period in which the United 

States processed foreign troops through its temporary prisoner-of~war camps, 

escort guard companies of mititary police handled some 48,000 prisoners. 

These guard companies were responsible for transporting all prisoners from 

division cages to a central prisoner-of-wat· enclosure. Reminiscent of the Civil 

War, soldiers judged unfit for full combat duty manned these companies. 

Although the need for military police was universally recognized and thousands of men were performing military police functions throughout the Army, 

the pressing need for their services left selection of personnel haphazard and 

specialized professional training limited. General Bandholtz had established a 

service school at Autun, France, during the last months of the war that trained 

and graduated over 4,000 officers and men duJ·ing its brief existence. evertheless, familiar patterns continued to persist. Men, usually with no experience 

in such duties, were drafted out of military uniL<> and thrust into milit.:vy police 

organizations where they were expected to learn on the job. 

The existence of a formal branch, especially if perpetuated in the peacetime 

Army, would allow for the systematic selection of personnel based on aptitude 

and fitness for these duties. It would also lead to a permanent training establishment where men could receive specialized insu·uction before assignment to 

regularly organized military police units throughout the Army. Then military 

police could be expected to have special supervision during a systemized training program before assignmenLto units. The promises implicit in the formation 

of such a corps were not to be fulfilled. Although under wartime legislation, 

Co.ngress finally authorized establishment of a Military Police C01-ps, it was not 

until the closing weeks of the war, on 15 October 1918.15 

The new corps was to consist of the Pmvost Marshal General Department, AEF, all military police units in the AEF, and "additional personnel." 

The basic organizational unit remained the military police company, which 

as of October 1918 consisted of 205 officers and men. Equipment for the 

AEF military police company was listed in the new legislation. Including 50 

horses, 6 mules, l wagon, 18 motorcycles, and I 05 bicycles, it was one of the 

most mobile organizations in the Army. 
INTRODUCTION 9 

With Lhe cessalion of hosLili ties, the military police in the AEF were made 

extra busy by the hordes of American Cis who LOok unauthorized leave to see 

·'Paree" and the other fabled sights of a Europe now at peace. At Lhe time of' 

the Armistjce agreement, the strength of the ne>v corps stood at 463 officers 

and 15,912 men, who were stationed throughout France and with those troops 

of the Third Army who would participate in the occupation of the Rhineland. 

In an effort to prcset·ve the new branch as the Army entered its usual postwar drawdown in strength and also to preserve and document the role played 

by mili~u·y police during the war, General Bandholtz requested all division 

commanders to submit reports concerning military police activities in their 

areas. Most of these reports strongly endorsed the work of the corps. and subsequently Bandholtz proposed to the War Department that a permanent military police corps be retained in the Regular Army. Citing the inadequacies in 

assigning nonspecialists to such technically demanding duties, he stressed 

the obvious point that a permanent corps would ensure the existence of stable and efficient military police units in future emergencies.16 

Although Congress rejected the idea of a permanent corps, it did ratify 

the permanenL organization of military police units in the Army in the 

National Defense Act of 1920. To save spaces in the Regu lar divisions, 

Congress combined the headquarlers company and military police company. It also organized a Military Police Branch in the Officers' Reserve 

Corps. In the 1 920s military police dlllies were once again performed by 

troops drawn from posts, camps, and stations and tactical uniL<;, usually on 

the basis of rosters drawn up by local commanders. Provost marshals existed 

in the reserve commands but never above the corps area level. Despite its organizational preservation in the severely reduced post·war Army, the military 

police function was again allowed to drift. 

With the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 the creation of a military 

police corps became almost a necessity. In conjunction with a rising national 

concern over possible S!llbversion and the perceived need to comrol hostile 

aliens, the Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson appointed Maj. Gen. Allen W. 

Guillon, the adjutant general of the Army, as acting provost marshal on 31 

July 1941. To meet the demands associated with an army mobilizing for war, 

the War Department also recogn ized that a centralized authority above the 

corps level was necessary. On 26 September 1941, the official birthday of the 

corps, the secretary of war established the Military Police Corps as a permanent branch of the Army.'7 

The duties of the new branch were published the day the United States 

declared war. 18 The military police became responsible for invesligating all 

crimes and offenses committed by persons "subj ect to military law within the 

area under the control of the organization to which they are assigned or 

attached." The branch was also charged with fighting crime, enforcing all 

police regulations pertaining to theit· area, reporting violations of orders 

"given by them in the proper execution of their duties regardless of the 

grade or status of the offender,'' and preventing the commission of acts 

"which are subversive of discipline or that cast discredit in any way on the 
10 MILITARY POLICE 

United States Army." The branch was expected LO perform those duties traditionally associated with their specialty-controlling the movement of traffic 

both in the battlefield area as well as in camps, posts, and stations; safeguarding soldiers from violence or accidents; recovering lost, stolen, and abandoned property within the Army; and t·elieving combat organizations of the 

custody of prisoners of war and operating the prisoner-of-war system-along 

with some new military duties, including assisting in desu·oying hostile airborne troops when combat troops were unavailable or inadequate to the task. 

The enforcement of military laws and regulations, the maintenance of 

order, and the control of u·af1ic remained the most important wartime duties 

of the military police. But as usual in wartime, the corps was also expected to 

assume some duties more usually associated with civilian Jaw enforcement. 

These included protecting designated buildings, public works, and localities 

of special importance from pillage, sabotage, and damage; supervising and 

conu·olling the evacuaLion and repatriation of civilian populations; assisting 

in the enforcement of gas defense, passive antiaircraft measures, and blackouts; and performing security investigations and other general measures for 

security and secrecy. 

To perform military police responsibilities in the field, the War Department 

authorized larger military police units, with the battalion (later in the war it 

changed to group) prescribed as the largest unit in higher headquarters. It created the positjon of provost marshal general to serve on the staff of these headquarters to assist the commanders "in the supervision and operation of police 

mallei'S." Describing it as a wartime measure, the War Department also authorized the appointrnem of a provost marshal general at each general headquarters or theater of operations and on the staff of all divisions and higher units. In 

distinction to those serving in the tactical units, these general headquarters 

officers, with certain exceptions, were assigned to the special staff and exercised 

no command function over the military police units in the command. 

The War Department initially organized three new battalions and four 

separate companies of military police from already existing assets. It also 

transferred all officers and enlisted men performing military police duties as 

well as all units perfonning such functions to the new corps. As a consequence, by mid-1942 the number of military police units had increased to 

seventeen battalions organized under the tables of organization. By that 

time, as the Army was rapidly expanding toward irs full wartjme su·ength, military police companies had become increasingly specialized as planning 

became more sophisticated. Some served exclusively as zone of interior 

guards, escort guards, and post, camp, and station garrisons. Others focused 

on duties relating to prisoners of war or in security processing while still another large number of companies became exclusively involved in criminal 

investigations. The corps, which started with a paltry 2,000 men in 1941, grew 

to a strength of more than 200,000 during the course of the war. 

As a result of the rapid expansion of the military police and the everincreasing need for trained personnel, the corps created the Military Police 

Service School at the Arlington Cantonment, Fort Mycr, Virginia, on 19 
INTRODl.JCTIO:"\ II 

December 1941. The school was similar to the one established in F ranee in 1918 

for training military police in the AEF. Its curriculum emphasized internal 

security and intelligence functions. The Provost Marshal General's School, as it 

was renamed on 15 January 1942, had four basic departments: Military Law, 

Traffic Conu·ol, Police Methods, and Criminal Investigation. The cor·ps also 

established a replacement U<lining center and a unit u·aining center. By V-j Day 

some 40,000 men had pr·occsscd through the replaccmentu·aining center. 

Based on its exper·iences during the war and faced with the chaJlenge of 

a new connict in Korea, the Department of the Army issued new guidance 

concerning the responsibili ties and organization of the military police in 

SepLCmber 1950.1!' It redelincd the responsibilities of the provost marshals 

who henceforth would not only advise the commander on policy matters, but 

directly supervise the operations of the military police of the command. 

The Korean War also introduced a new duty lor military police. The war 

witnessed a dramatic increase in black market activities associ ated with an 

army fighting in a third world nation. In previous decades control of the 

black market fell to civil affairs units, but the massiveness of the problem that 

began to appear in 1951 quick I)' involved the resources of the military police 

and, cvenwally, the corps added conu·ol and eradication of black market 

acti,·ities to its list of responsibilities.2u oting that the destruction caused by 

military operations and the usual local hortages of supplies in occupied territories created an extensive demand for items such as cigarettes, gasoline, 

food, weapons, and vehicles, the Department of the Army called on the military police, subject to the Uniform Code of Military justice, to d etect and 

apprehend military personnel and civilians participating in black-marketing. 

In ensuing decades America's involvement in Southeast Asia brought about 

yet another significant expansion in military police responsibilities, underscoring new and varied uses for military police in a war without d efined rear areas. 

In addition to their usual wartime functions, military police units served in a 

direct combat support role. They provided convoy security, often escorting supplies and equipmem through disu·icts subject to direct enemy attack. They controlled traffic throughout the four combat zones where front lines had ceased 

to exist in the usual sense of the word. They secured highways and bridges 

against both local subversives and North Vietnamese regulars. They joined 

combat troops in the hazardous task of locating and desu·oying enemy tunnels. 

They supervised the movement of refugees and the control of political 

detainees in a war where determining friends and enemies could be a deadly 

decision. Military police also became frontline fighters dwing the successful 

effort to repel the North Vietnamese during the Tct offensive in 1968. At one 

point in the war military police were given exclusive responsibility for a specific 

tactical area, including responsibility for civic action functions in that area. 21 

Thi increa e in responsibility was r·ecognized organizationally by the 

expansion in the number of military police units in Vietnam and by their 

organit.ation for command and control purposes under a military police 

brigade.2'2 The seven military police battalions that se rved in Vietnam were 

organized into three military police groups: the 8th performed all criminal 
12 MILITARY POLICE 

investigative work in the theater; the l 6th provided command and control of 

all military police units assigned to the I and U tactical zones; the 89th controlled those units in zones III and rv. These units in turn were organized 

under the 18th Milita1-y Police Brigade, the first military police unit of its 

level to be employed in the Army. The brigade commander also served as 

provost marshal of the Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. 

During 1968 the Army Chief of Staff, acknowledging the Military Police 

Corps' active involvement in support of military operations in Vietnam, 

approved changing the branch's identification from combat service support 

to combat support. This change was clearly justified by the responsibilities 

assumed by the corps in Vietnam where military police units were organized, 

trained, and equipped to perform operations in a combat support role. As a 

combat support branch, the Military Police Corps was placed under the U.S. 

Army Regimental System in September 1986.23 

The experience of Vietnam and rhe implementation of AirLand Battle 

doctrine for the battlefield of the future placed furtJ1er responsibilities upon 

the military police in recent years. In 1988 the Army redefined and enlarged 

the branch's battJefield mission as first outlined in the publication of AirLand docuine in 1986. Army doctrine posited that where in previous wars military police usually performed a rear securily role, tJ1e battlefield of the future 

would find the need fom· protection against rear area threats vastly increased.24 

The military police in the rear area must be ready and able for short periods 

of time to assume a direct combat role. The battle of the future, the new doctrine presupposed, would be fast paced and short in duration. Therefore the 

military police unit, with its special abili ty to move and communicate with 

great speed and with its possession of unusually heavy firepower for such a 

highly mobile unit, could significantly enhance a commander's combat 

options. In addition, its versatility in controlling traffic and troop movcmen t 

would allow commanders to mobilize much more quickly than in the past. In 

a future when a small force su·ucture would be used in low intensity conflicts 

worldwide, military police could be expected to play an increasingly important operational role. 

The assets that make the Military Police Corps so valuable in contemporary battlefield docu·in.e are actually quite similar to those possessed by the 

Marechaussee Corps in the Revolutionary War. While traveli ng a difficult 

road to organizational permanence and recognition as an organic element of 

the Army's fighting team, military police have along the way carefully adapted 

meir mobility and communications capabilily to a myriad of new duties and 

responsibilities, leaving the corps ready to assume greater responsibilities and 

duties in the Army of the futu,·e. 
INTRODL'CTIO! 13 

NOTES 

I. The f(>llowing discu~icm of the military polic<: in the Amcr ican Revolution is h<L'K'd on 

Rob<:n K. Wright.,.Jr .. '1111' Conriumta/ Army (Washington: Cowrnnlt'nt Printing Office, 1983), pp. 

I :l4, I :~7. and l6l. See also The Corps of Military Police. unpublish<·d ~tudy prepared by the Organitational I listory and Honor' llmnch (OHB), Center of Milit<lr y Jli,tory (CMH), in 195:~. 

and Military Poliu CorfJs 1~mmtal lfillll') (Fort McCicll<ul, Ala.: Ll.S. t-.lilitan· Police School, 

1987). p. 3, for some of the undonrm<•nt<·d information that llow~ in thh introduction. 

2. For a recent account of the· Whisl..e) Reh<'llion that dc~niht'' the den·lopmem of thi~ 

militar \ police function in gr t·at dt•tail, 'K'e Robert \\'. Coakle\. Tht Ro!J' of 1·-,dmll Mililll') Form 

111 /)omt~lir Disorders. 1789-1878 (\\'a'>hington: Government Printing Office, 1988), pp. 28-f>lt 

:t Artie lc 58, General Rt>gula/UIII\ fin !hi' l'nill'd Sto/ts r\rmy, I 821. 

4. GO 18. Dept of onlwaM<·rn Virginia, 18.July 1861 , rcpr intt•d in The \\'arof the /Vbfl/um: 

A (;ampilrllion of the Ojjiriol Rl'cord~ of tlw Uniou aud Conjl'dmlll' Armil'l (Wa~hington: Government 

Printing Office, 1880) (hereafter dtcd as OR), ser. I. vol. 2, pp. 74:~14. 

5. GO 2, Division ofthc Potomac, 30.July 1861, OR, scr. I, vol. t, p. 769. See also General 

R<'pons no. I of Maj Ccn George H. McClellan, U.S. Army, of the operations of the Arm)' of 

the Potomac from 27 july 18()1 to 17 March 1862 in OR, scr. I. vol. 5, p. :30. 

(). GO 4, Dh'ision of tht• Potomac. I() AUf.,'ltSt 186L OR, :.cr. I, vol. 5. pp. 564-65. Genna I 

MtCiellan later reponed that, than!..~ to Porter, Washington had bt·come "one or the mo~t 

quiet cities in the Union ." Sec Gcn<.·ral Reports no. I of Maj Ccn George B. McClellan, p. 12. 

7. G<:neral Reports no. I ol Maj Ct·n George B. McClellan, p. 30. 

8. War Department Cir, 5 Jum· 1863. Sec also Final RPjJorl Madl' to I hi' Secretory of \\{tr IJ:> lilt' 

PICnJ0\1 Mnnlwl General, 1866, pp. -:~2. 

9. 12 U.S. Statull'.l 731-37. 

I 0. For a recent account or tht• role of the provost marshal general and the Invalid Corp:. in 

th<· Ci\~1 War draft, see Coakl<"y, Tltl' Hole of Federal Military Forre.l in/)oml'stic Disorders. pp. 227-67. 

11. Memo, PMC, AEF, fm· Clrit·f of StarT, AEF, 30 Apr I 9, rtprintt·d in Uuitl'd Siall'.s Amt)' in 

thr World Wm; 1917- 1919, 17 vols. (Washingwn: Governn1('nt Printing Office, 194·2). 15: 

3 13-20. These responsibilitic\ an· now carried out under the supervision of the provost marshal general by the Criminal Investigation Command. For a general enumeration of ~spon

si biliti<·~. ~ee Till' Ann)' Almnnar ( llarrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Co., 1959), p. 29. 

12. "Report on Organilation," I 0 .Jul I 7, reprinted in Uniud Stall'~ Army in LIU' IVorld \\1-tr, 

I: 97 and 118ff. Sec also TO., (Tables of Organiauion) 38 to 41, 3 ~Ia) 17, 8 Aug 17, and I I 

r\o\ 18, rC'printed in Thl' Cml'w of tilt Amrriran First Army (Wa.:.hington: Government Priming 

Office, 1938). 

13. New l lampshirt· Rl'tur n~. World War l National Guard Induction Records, copy in 

O J 18, CMH. AEf' CO J J l, 8Jul 1918. Sec also TOs, ser. B, Corps Troops, I Nov 18, in United 

.~laltl Army in Lhl' World Wm; I: 331. 

14. A.E.F. GO 200,9 I ()V 18. 

15. War Department CO 180, 15 On 18. See also The Corps of Military Police, unpublished study, OHB, CMI-1. 

16. l'hese reports arc repr int('d in 'l'he United States Anny in thl' rld Wm; 15: 313-44. 

17. AGO, AG 320.2 (9-25--4 1 ). SA1l26 Sep 41. 

I 8. Fidd Manual (FM ) 29-5, 8 Lkc 4 I, Military Policl', pp. 1-8. 

19. FM 19-5, 14 Sep 50, Military Poltrt. pp. 1-4 and 110- 16. 

20. FM 19-5, 17 Jul 59, Tlu• Mllil<ll')' Po/irem1m. 

21. Milit.ary police responsibilities as well as the organiwLion ol police units in VieUlam arc 

de,crihed in dct.ail in Shelby SLanton, \1ietnam Order of Ballll' (Washington: U.S. cws and 

World Report. 1981), pp. 175-78. 

22. Table ofOrganit.ation and Equipmem 19-262F, 8 Ft·b 65. 

23. DA GO 22, 30 May 8(). 

21. FM 19-1, Military Poliri'SttpjJortfortheAirl..and Betllle, 1988. 

Heraldic Items 

Heraldic items for Army organizations ref1ect history, tradition, ideals, mission, and accomplishments. Shoulder sleeve insignia and disl.inctive unit insignia have been designed so that each is distinctive to the organzation for which 

approved. Both serve as identifYing devices and contribute to unit cohesiveness. 

While the custom of bearing various symbols on shields, helmets, and 

nags existed in antiquity, heraldry was not introduced until the Middle Ages. 

The usc of heraldic devices became more prevalent with the increased use of 

armor and the requirements for insignia to assist in distinguishing friend 

from foe on the battlefield. The designs included mythological beasts, symbols commemorative of incidents of valor, and other identifYing marks to 

which specific symbolism was ascribed. Gradually a formal system of heraldry evolved, complete with rules for design, use, and display. 

The curremly authorized embroidered shoulder sleeve insignia had their 

origin during World Wat· I. They serve the same purpose as the corps of symbols (badges) in use during the Civil War and the War with Spain. The corps 

badges wet·e of simple design; most could be cut from a single piece of cloth, 

e.g., a four-leaf clover, a heart, a star, a winged horsefoot, a caltrop, and a 

spearhead. Such devices were easily remembered and readily identifi ed. Not 

only were they worn by the soldiers on their headgear, but also they were inco,·porated in the organizations' flags. 

The first shoulder sleeve insignia is believed to have been worn by the men 

of the 8lst Division during World War I. On their voyage to France they 

adopted as their insignia the figure of a wildcat that was in use as a disLinctive 

marking for the division's equipment. Wear of the insignia was officially approved October 19, 1918, by a telegram from the Adjutant General, American 

Expeditionary Forces, to the division's commanding general. Insignia for other 

organizations of the American Expeditionary Forces were later authorized 

and designs were officially approved. Designs varied greaLi y. Many had their origin in designs already in use for ot·ganizational and equipment markings; others were based on monograms and geometric figures alluding to designations. 

Symbols associated with traditions, geographical locations, and missions of 

the organizations were also in some designs. 

Since World War I, the authorization of shoulder sleeve insignia has expanded along with organizational and other changes within the Army.* Most 

soldiers now wear shoulder sleeve insignia. Many designs are more elaborate 

than those ofWorld War I. The more complex designs came into being because of an increase in the number of authorized insignia and the availabil-

*Under th<" current system separate brigades and higher echelons are autho.-izcd shoulder 

:.lceve insignia. 
16 MILITARY POLICE 

ity of embroidery machinery for production of various types of textile insignia. During the Vietnam era the policy governing the wear of subdued insignia as well as full-color items was established. 

Distinctive insignia of metal and enamel are authorized for separate battalions and higher echelons. These insignia may be traced to the usc of metal and 

enamel badges authorized to be worn instead of the cloth badges during the 

War with Spain. The type of distinctive insignia currently in use was first authorized during the 1920s for regiments and some other· units. As in the case of 

shoulder sleeve insignia the authorization was expanded as changes in organization of the Army took place. The designs are based on symbols reflecting the 

organization's lineage, battle honors, traditions, and mission. Usually they incorporate the organizaLion's motto, which is often of an idealistic nature. 

Shoulder sleeve and distinctive insignia worn on the uniform and the distinguishing flags are highly visible items of identification. They are significant 

factors in Army esp1il de corps. 
COAT OF AR.\IS 

Shield: 

CrPsl: 

Mollo: 

.~pnbolis m: 

MILITARY POLICE CORPS 

H ERALD IC ITEt\IS 

Vert, a fasces palewisc, axe or and rods proper (brown); 

thereover in less a balance and in saltirc overall a key with 

bow in sinister base and a sword with hilt in dexter base all 

of the second. 

On a wreath of the colors, or and vert, a pair of crossed pisto ls of the firsl. 

Assist, Protect, Defend. 

Green and yellow arc the colors associated with the Military 

Police Corps. The fasces is an ancient symbol of authority 

related to a Roman magistrate. The balance is symbolic of 

equal justice under law and the key signifies security. The 

sword represcn ts the military. 

The crossed pistols are the symbol of the Military Police 

Corps mission: to uphold the law and to keep order. 

DISTINCTIVE l NSICNii\ 

The distinctive insignia is an aclaptation of the shield, crest, and motto of 

the coat of arms. 

J()()th Military Pobre C.Qmmond 

400th Military Police Camp 
40 hi Military Pol ire C.<unjJ 

403d Military Police Camp 
Nth Mditm )' Polia• /Jrig(lrh• 
16th Mililar)' Policl' Brigade 

18th Military Police Brigade 
43d MtlifW)' Polirr Brigadr 

19th Military Potier 811gadr 
89th ,\lilitnry Polin• Bri{!atiP 
177tll A1ilittlr) Police Brigadt 
2201/z Mililar_}' Polia• 81·igade 

22/st l'vfililm)' Police BriglUle 
260tll Militflry Police Brigrulr 

2901/t Militmy Polifl• Brigadf' 
800th Military Poiire /Jrif{tule 

/11 tHilitar)' Police GroufJ 
2d ,\/illtary Poliu CroufJ 

Jd Miltlrn J Potier Croup 

4th J\1/liitary Poli(l• CroufJ 
5th Militar_l' Polirl' Croujl 

6th Military Polirl' GroufJ 

7th Military Polir.r CrouJI 
8tlt Afllllm)' Poliu Grouj1 

9th Afilitmy f>oliu Group 

lith Militar_v Polire Group 
12th 1Hi1Jiflr)' Po/J(I' GroujJ 

42d Mlfllnry Pobrr GroujJ 
---- •••• 

30th Militar) Polur /Ja/1(1/ion 

33d .\filltar) l'ollu llnttalm11 
34th Militm)' Polifl' Battalion 

40th t'vli/itmy Polir~• Balla lion 
45th Mtiltw ~ J>ailrr Battalwu 

49th Mtlitar) Po/irr Battalicm 
51st Military Polirl' JJ a II alum . 

9/.,t Militm ) ' p o!lce . Ball' d 1IIIII · 
92d \l ilitar.~ Poltrt' /latta/ion 

9Jd Mtltuny Poliu B(lttaltoll 
9-Ith ,\lilitftl )' Polia' /Jattalion 
95th Military Po/iu /l(l({(l/ion 
96th Militar) Pobrt' /Jattalum 

97th Militar)• f'olirl' Battrllio11 
IOOtll Militar) Polirf Ballalton 

I 02d JHilitar.v PolirP Ballalion 
I 09/h ,'I<Jilila 1 )' Police lJallalion 

1/2/h Milllar) Poliu Ballaliou 
1 15th MililftrJ Poliff Baualio11 

I I 8th Militar> Polta Balllllwn 
/24th lHilitary Polirt Battalton 

/25th Military Police Ballalion 
14 Jd Mtlitar)' Polio' Battalion 

146th ,\llftlal) Polw· Ballalum 
I 56th MiblarJ Poliu /Jatta!ton 

I 59th Militm)' l~ ire Ballalion 
/60th Militar) Police Hattalion 

16Jd Military Pollet Ballalum 
/65th ,\ltlitary Poltrt• Uallalwn 

/67th Milital\ Polirt• Ballalum 
/68th \filitory PolirP Botudum 

/ 70th Mt/it(ll y Police Brtltolion 
!75th Military PoltrP /Jalfalum 

I 85th Military Polirt' Baualion 
/9Jd Militw \ PoliCI' ilnlla/ioll 

/98th .\fiillnr} Polio• lkllltzlum 
205/lt Mililan' Polu-1' Ballalion 

2101/t i\lfililar)' Potier /Jal/alion 
2 JIst Miliwry Polia 8attalio11 

24 3d Military f>oliu Battalion 
J lOth Military Poliu Batutlum 

J 17th t'vlilitary PolirP Balla/ ion 
321

1/lt Militm y l'olirP Halla lion 

327111 ;\11/ilor; Pollrt' Ballailon 
)36th Military Police Ballalion 

340/h Military Police Battalion 
J72d Military Poliu Btlfiiilion 

J82d Mllttary Poliu &llaliiJII 
385th Ali! ita ry Policl' Balla lion 
387th Military Potier Balta/ion 
392d Military Police Ballllliou 

4 37th Military Poliu Rllllnlion 
496th Militury Po/.ice Battlllion 
502d Milital) J>oliCI• Batffllion 

50Jd Military l'o/icR Baffalion 
504th Military Police 8a/lofio11 
508th Militm}' Policl' Battnlion 
I Iii I ~ .. • • •••• • ,.~ • • ,.. ~ • ,.. ""''III 

51 8th Military Police BMtalion 
5 I 9th ,\1liilarJ Polnr /Jallafwn 

5251/i Mifilal)' l'olire Uallalion 
5J5th Milittuy Polirt> Bnllnlion 

60111 Milttar.\ Pollfl' Unllalum 
604th Military Polirf' ltallalio11 

607th Military Police Batlfllion 
666th Military Polia• Battalion 

685th Military Poliu Battalio11 
70 I st Militm)' Pnhfl' /Jot/alum 

709th Militon• PoliCI' Battalion 
716111 \lilltal) Polio• Ballalio11 

720th ,\llfllar) l'olirt• flallalum 
728th Military Poliu /Jattrll1011 

7591/t Military f>oliCP 8atULli011 
787th Military Police Baualion 
71)Jd Militan' Police Balltthon 

795/lt Alilitnry Polirr BnllaltOII 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

1st MILITARY POLICE COMMAND 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

No ne approved. 

LINFACE AND H ONORS 

RA 

LiNEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 30 March 1967 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I st Military Police Command. Activated 10 May 

1967 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Inactivated 15 May 1970 at Fon 

George G. Meade, Maryland. 

CAMPNGN PARTICIPATION C REDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

21 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

300th MILITARY POLICE COMMAND 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE l~SI GNIA 

Description: On a g1·een shield, arched at the top, a yellow vertical stylized double-bitted key with a pierced trifoliate bow all within 

a yellow border. 

Symbolism: The key is symbolic of authority, command, control, fidelity, 

and wardenship. The double bits refer to the evacuation 

and process of prisoners of war and/or civilian internees 

from field army areas to prisoner of war camps. The stem of 

the key in simulating the letter 'T' also alludes to investigation, interrogation, and internment. The three prongs of 

the bits and the three foils of the bow refer to the organization's mission of providing command, administration, and 

logistical assistance to prisoner of war camps. The open or 

pierced foils of the bow simulate the letter "C," the Roman 

numeral " l 00," the three foils thus signifying the numeral 

"300," the numerical designarjon of the command. The 

end of the key stem is pointed to denote the ability of Lbe elements of the organization to engage in effective, coordinated defense of the unit's area or installation. The colors 

yellow and green are used for the Military Police Corps. 

DISTI~CTIVE NSIG~LA 

22 

Desrription: A gold insignia consisting of a green arched doorway and 

centered thereon a gold key with double bit in base, the 

bow formed by three letter "Cs" conjoined and the key 

stem surmounted by a white five-pointed star. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors associated with the Military 

Police br.rnch. The key and star are symbolic of command and 

control. The doorway suggests the prisoner of war mission, 

and the number of camps that may be serviced (up to ten) is 

indicated by the ten sides of the star. The three "Cs," which 

form the bow, refer to the numerical designation of the unjt. 
Ll EAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 23 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

AR 

LJ:-IEACE (active) 

Constituted 16 April 1959 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 300th Military Police Prisoner of War Command, 

and assigned to the Fifth United States Army. Activated 1 May 1959 at Royal 

Oak, Michigan. Location changed 1 july 1959 to Dearborn, Michigan; on 7 

April1966 to Livonia, Michigan; on 3 November 1980 lO Inkster, Michigan. 

Reorganized and redesignated 16 J une 1982 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 300th Military Police Command. Relieved 1 October 

1984 from assignment to the Fifth United States Army and assigned to the 

Fourth United Slates Army. 

Home Area: Fourth United States Army 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORJ\TIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

lOth MILITARY POLICE PRISONER 

OF WAR CAMP 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 18 April 1967 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, I Oth Military Police Prisoner of War Camp. Activated 1 August 1967 at Fort George C. Meade, Maryland. Inactivated I 5 May 

1970 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

24 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

30lst MILITARY POLICE CAMP 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted l February 1972 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 30 lst Military Police Prisoner of War Camp, assigned to the Fifth United States Army, and activated at Livonia, Michigan. 

Reorganized and redesignated 21 May 1976 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Company, 30lst Military Police Camp. Location changed 20 October 1980 to Inkster, Michigan. Relieved l October 1984 from assignment to 

the Fifth United States Army and assigned to the Fourth United States Army. 

Home Area: Fourth United States Army 

C'..AMPAJCN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

25 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

400th MILITARY POLICE CAMP 

H ERALDIC l TDIS 

DISll~C:TI\ E l~SIG~IA 

26 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of 1wo gold keys in salrire with 

bows in base, the shafts crossing over a gold sword broken 

per chevron, handle and point overlapping a tripaned gold 

scroll bearing the words " Duty llonor Valor" in black letters 

arcing to base from the upper ends of the keys all enclosing 

a green background; cemerecl between the bits of the kc)''\ 

upon a background of gold rays a red and gold heraldic 

rose with grcen barbs. 

S)·mbolism: Green and yellow are the colors associated with Military Police. The broken sword suggests the enemy's capture and 

thus his inability to fight. The keys, symbolic of conu·ol, arc 

placed over the sword indicating the unit's responsibility 

for the incarcerated. The rose was adapted from the insignia or a subordinate unit, which used it as an award for 

certain soldiers in recognition of their outstanding devotion 

to duty. I Jere, it represents esprit de corps and is placed on 

a background that implies sun ray-; from the "Sunshine 

State" where the unit is based. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

LINF:AGE AND HONORS 

LI:--:EACE 

27 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 1 May l 959 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 400th Military Police Prisoner of War Camp, and assigned to the Third United States Army. Activated l j une 1959 at acksom~lle, 

Florida. Location changed 2 February 1968 to Tallahassee, Florida. Relieved 

1 October 1973 from assignment to the Third United States Army and assigned to the First United States Army. Reorganized and redesignated 21 May 

1976 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company. 400th Military Police 

Camp. Relieved 1 October 1983 from assignment to the First United States 

Army and assigned to the Second United States Army. 

Home Area: Second United States Army 

CAMPAIC:--.1 PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

0F.CORATI01'\S 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

40lst MILITARY POLICE CAMP 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

OISTI:>JCTIVE I NSIGNIA 

28 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a gold portcullis with three 

white stars arranged between the points at the base, and 

behind the grill on a green field a dagger with point down 

and pommel protruding above the top bar all gold; suspended from the portcullis hoist rings and encircling the 

points of the grill, a three-section scarlet scroll bearing the 

words "Custody with Dignity" in gold letters. 

Synbolism: The portcullis represents custody and protection of prisoners of war and the security of the country and community. 

The dagger behind the gate is symbolic of the containment 

of a military threat. The tht·ee white stars arc taken from the 

flag of Tennessee where the unit is located. The color scarlet is used to suggest vigilance and courage. The scroll bearing the motto "Custody with Dignity," connected by links to 

the hoist rings of the portcullis, emphasizes the association 

of security with custody and dignity. 
LINEAGES AND HERAI.DTC DATA 29 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 1 May 1959 in the Axmy Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 401st Military Police Prisoner of War Camp, and assigned 

to the Third United States Army. Activated 1 June 1959 at Nashville, Tennessee. Affiliated 22 February 1972 with St. Thomas Hospital, Nashville, Ten ~ 

nessee. Relieved 1 October 1973 from assignment to the Third United States 

Army and assigned to the First United States Army. Reorganized and redesignated 21 May 1976 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 401st Military Police Camp. Relieved 1 October 1983 from assignment to the First 

United States Army and assigned to the Second United States Army. 

Home Area: Second United States Army 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

402d MILITARY POLICE CAMP 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 24 April 1959 in the Army Reserve as the Headquarters and 

I Icadquarters Company, 402d Military Police Prisoner of War Camp, and as--

signed to the Second United States Army. Activated 8 June 1959 at WilkesBarre, Pennsylvania. Relieved I J anuary 1966 from assignment to the Second 

United States Army and assigned to the First United States Army. Reorganized and redesignated 21 May 1976 as Headquarlers and Headquarters 

Company, 402d Milita•·y Police Camp. 

Ilome Area: First U nilcd States Army 

CAMPAJCN PARTICIPATION CR£01 r 

None. 

DF.<:ORATIO:-:s 

None. 

30 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

403d MILITARY POLICE CAMP 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCfNE INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a vertical gold gauntlet grasping a gold horizontal broken sword on a green background 

all enclosed by a wavy gold scroll, the ends passing behind 

the cuff of the gauntlet and inscribed "With a Strong 

Hand" in black letters at the top. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors traditionally associated with 

Military Police. The gauntlet clutching the broken sword 

represents the mission of a prisoner of war camp-holding 

the defeated enemy. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

AR 

~NMa (Kti~) 

Constituted 10July 1959 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 403d Military Police Prisoner of War Camp, and assigned 

to the Fifth United States Army. Activated l September 1959 at Omaha, Nebraska. Relieved l October 1973 from assignment to tl1e Fifth United States 

Army and assigned to the Sixth United States Army. Reorganized and redesignated 21 May 1976 as H eadquarters and Headquaners Company, 403d Military Police Camp. Relieved l October J 984 from assignment to the Sixth 

United States Army and assigned to the Fifth United States Army. 

Home Area: Fifth United States Army 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

31 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

22d MILITARY POLICE CENTER 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

None app,·oved. 

LINEAGE Al'ID HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 10 January 1968 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 22d Military Poli ce Center, and activated at Fort 

George G. Meade, Maryland. 

CMvtPAIGN PART ICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

32 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

14th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEYl~ lNSIGN lA 

Description: On a vertical rectangle arched at the top and bottom with a 

green border, a field divided per saltire green and yellow 

and thereon a red battle-axe and sword in saltire surmounted by a white four-pointed star. 

Symbolism: The compass points st.:md for the four cornet'S of the battlefield and the four following combat missions of the Military Police Corps: battlefield circulation and control; law and order; 

rear battle operations; and enemy p1;soners ofv.rar. The battleaxe and/or fasces and the sword symbolize the magistrate's authority and the unit's combat mission. The number 14 is represented by the crossed background and weapons recaUing 

the Roman numeral "X" for 10 with the 4 points on the compass star adding up to 14. Green and yellow are the branch colors of Military Police, and red is for courage and action. 

0JSTINCTNE I!':SIGNIA 

Description: A gold :insignia consisting of a gold triangle with fourteen 

rays, in base a green circle with center bar between a red triangle and a black inverted triangle, area between circle and 

above scroll ribbed gold, all above a green scroiJ, with black 

lining, inscribed in gold letters, "We Give Our Best." 

Symbolism: The circle witl1 a horizontal center bar signifies "stop-do 

not enter" in international traffic lore and is used here to allude to the unit's mission to protect life and property. The 

chevron shape represents authority (area above red triangle 

and behind upper half of green circle) . The color red is used 

to symbolize courage and awareness and black to typifY prudence and wisdom. Black is also used here as a symbol of the 

Black Forest of Germany, tl1e country in which me unit \·vas activated. The fourteen sun rays allude to leadership and turtl'ler 

distinguish the numerical designation of tl1e organization. 

33 
34 MILITARY POLICE 

Ll NFAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

DN~~ (~ti~) 

Constituted 24 June 1965 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, J 4th Military Police Group. Activated 25 J une 

1965 in Germany. Inactivated 20 June 1972 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Redesignated 16 November 1981 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 14th Military Police Group, and activated in Germany. Reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1986 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Company, 14th Military Police Brigade. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

15th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

H ERALDiC ITEMS 

SHOULDER Su:EVE INSIGNIA 

Description: On a green shie ld within a yellow embattled border, a yellow 

griffin's head erased with red tongue and white eye. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

The griffin, symbol for eternal vigilance, within an embattled border, alludes to the military establishment and refers 

to the mission of a Military Police brigade. The fifteen projections comprising the embattled border allude to the numerical designation, 15th Military Police Brigade. 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGN IA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a gold pike above and surmounting the upper portion of a continuous green scroll bearing t.he 

inscription, "Duty,justice, and Loyalty," in gold letters in base. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

The pike, a weapon used by provosts in the Middle Ages, 

symboli zes the basic mission of the brigade. The three 

points of th e pike further a llude to the organization's three 

missions of command, staff planning, and supervision of 

military poli ce operations in peace and war. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

ConstitUled 24 june 1965 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, lStJ1 Military Police Brigade. Activated 25 June 

1965 in Germany. Inactivated 30 J une 1976 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIOJ\S 

None. 

35 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

16th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIG~IA 

TAB 

36 

Description: On a dark green oblong arched at top and base a light 

green globe with dark green grid lines bearing a five-pointed 

yellow star throughout and issuing from the lower edge of 

the globe to the height of the lateral arms of the star a yellow acute angle bearing a dark green arrowhead throughout its length with the lower edge of its blades coinciding 

with the lower edge of the star, all within a yellow border. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police, 

and a star is emblematic of that branch of service. A star also 

connotes leadership and authority. The arrowhead is a symbol for military preparedness and protection. All of the 

above, along with the globe, symbolize the overall mission, 

capabilities, and operational sphere of the organization. 

Description: Immediately above and touching the shoulder sleeve insignia, 

a black arc tab inscribed "AlRBORNE" in yellow letters. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 37 

DISTINCTIVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a diagonal band divided 

lhroughout by a radiant partition line, gold and scarlet, all 

within a green annulet, the upper part inscribed with the 

motto "Combat Support" in gold letters and the lower part 

surmounted by two gold sprigs of oak leaves; overall an upright white sword, the point between the two words of the 

motto and the pommel extending beyond the leaves and 

the lower part of the annulet. 

Symbolism: The sword surmounting the band of flames represents military justice overcoming the fires of conflict and violence. 

The design refers to the basic mission of the Military Police 

Corps, the maintenance oflaw and order. The white sword, 

used on the insignia of many U.S. Army organizations in 

Vietnam, and the colors red and yellow from the flag of the 

Republic of Vietnam stand for service in that country. The 

oak leaves are for strength and also allude to the state tree 

of Maryland where the unit was originally organized. The 

colors green and yellow are for the Military Police Corps. 
38 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

Llm:AGE (active) 

Constituted 23 March 1966 in lhc Regular Army as I Icadquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 16th Military Police Group. Act.ivated 20 May 1966 at Fort 

George G. Meade, Maryland. Reorganized and redesignated 16 July 1981 as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Military Police Brigade. 

CA:.tPAIC:\ PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

\'mnam 

C'.ountcroffensive. Phase II 

Counteroffensive. Phase Ill 

Tt•t Counteroffensiw 

Countcroffcn.sivc. Phase IV 

Counteroffensive. Pha\e V 

(',ounteroffensivc. PhaM' VI 

Tct 69/ Countcroffcnsivc 

DECORATIONS 

Summcr-F'all 1969 

WitHer-spring 1970 

Sanctmtry Counu·roiTcmiw: 

Countcroffcn~ivc. Ph a_~t· VII 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered \1ET~ M 

1966-1968 (Headquarters and I leadquarters Detachment, 16th Military Police 

Group, cited; DA GO 55, 1968). 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered \'IE~A:.t 

1968-1969 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 16th Military Police 

Group, cited; DA GO 37, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1971 (l 6th Military Police Group cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

18th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNIA 

DescrijJtion: On a shie ld with a yellow border, a green field bearing the 

yellow silhouette of a Roman fasces charged with a green 

sword, point up. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow arc the colors of the Military Police Corps. 

The fasces, an ancient symbol of the magistrates authority, 

and the sword for the military are combined to symbolize 

military law and order. 

DISTINCfiVE J:-..ISJGNIA 

Description: A silver insignia consisting of a square, one point up, divided horizontally, the top half yellow, the bottom half 

black, bearing a red lion's head guardant, mouth black and 

tongue blue, and attached below the square a silver scroll inscribed, "Ever Vigilant," in black letters. 

Symbolism: The background represents the day (yellow/gold) and the 

night (black) over which the strong watchful eye of the military police, here represented by the lion's head, is in constant vigilance. 

39 
40 MILITARY POLICE 

Lr~EAGE A~o o~oRs 

RA 

LI:'\EAGE (active) 

Constituted 23 March 1966 in the Regular Army as I Ieadquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 18th Military Police Brigade. Activated 20 May 

1966 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Inactivated 29 March 1973 at Oakland, California. Redesignated 16 August 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 18th Military Police Brigade, and activated in Germany. 

CA \1PAIG:\ PARTICIP\TIO'\ CREDIT 

\ 'it/IUII/1 

Counteroffcnsh·c. Ph,ISt' II 

Countt·roffcn~h c. Pha,t• Ill 

Tct Countcroffcnsi\'C 

Countcroffcnsiw. Phase IV 

Cuuutcroffcnsive. Phaw V 

Countcroffcnsi\'C, Phase Vl 

Tct 69/ Counteroffensiv-.· 

DECORATIO:'\S 

Summer-F;tll 1969 

\Yinter-Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Couut<:r offt·mivc 

Countcrofft·nsiw, Pha~l' VII 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

Cease-Fire 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIET:\.·\\1 

1966-1967 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 18th Military Police Brigade, cited; DA GO 17, 1968) 

MeritOiious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIE~A~1 

1967-1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 18th Military Police Brigade, cited; DA GO 46, 1969) 

MetitOrious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1968-1971 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 18th Military Police Brigade, cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Su·eamer embroidered YrET~A.\1 

1971-1973 (Heaclqua1·ters and Headquarters Detachment, 18th Military Police Brigade, cited; DA GO 32, 1973) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIET,,\.\1 196~1973(18th Military Police Brigade cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

43d MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

I IERALDlC ITEMS 

Stl0l1LDER SLEEVE ! NSICi"\fA 

Description: On a green shield, overall a yellow wall of two crenelles 

above three green wavy bars, issuing from base and surmounted overall a white pike all within a yellow border. 

Symbolism: The fortification above the wavy bars alludes to the wall surrounding the fifteenth city of Rhodes, capital of the island 

of Rhodes, after which Rhode Island was named. The wavy 

bars also represent Narragansett Bay and the many waterways of the state. The pike, an early weapon used by guards, 

symbolizes the 43d Military Police Brigade's ability to give 

protection and strong support. Green and yellow are the 

colors used for Military Police units. 

0JSTINCflVE INSIGNIA 

Desrription: A gold insignia consisting of a gold anchor vertically bisecting 

a horizontal white wavy band on a green background all encircled by a continuous gold scroll, divided in four folds, the 

upper three inscribed "Protect the Right" in green letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used by the Military Police. 

The gold anchor adapted from the Rhode Island state flag 

and the wavy band simulating the water of Narragansett Bay 

allude to the home area of the organization. 

41 
42 

LINEACE AND HONORS 

MILITARY POLICE 

ARNG 

(Rhode Island) 

Constituted 4 .March 1959 in the Rhode Island Armv National Guard as 

f Ieadquaners and I Ieadquarters Detachment, I 03d Replacement Baualion. 

Organized and rcderally recogni;.ed l April 1959 at Providence. Converted 

and redesignated 18 March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 43d Engineer Group. Convened and redesignated l May I 968 as I leadquarters and llcadquancrs Detachment, 43d Military Police Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1976 as Headquarters and I Icadquarters 

Company, 43d Military Police Brigade. 

I lome Station: Providence 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIO~S 

~one. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

49th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: On a shield, within a yellow border, a field cliviclecl horizontally with yellow above and blue below; on the yellow portion is a reel disc with twelve teeth and a yellow center and 

on the blue portion a yellow vertical diamond. 

Symbolism: The elements of the design symbolize t.he discovery of gold 

in California, alluding to the brigade's state of origin and to 

its numerical designation. The yellow of the background 

refers to California's popular nickname, "The Golden 

State." The reel disc denotes the state's sunny climate and alludes further to Sutter's Mill, a sawmill located on the Alnerican River (represented by the wavy blue area), where the 

first gold nuggets, indicated by the yellow diamond shape, 

were discovered in California in 1849. 

DISTINGIWE l NSIGNlA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a black bear's paw with claws 

pointed upwards in the center of a gold sun on a blue disc 

contained by a circular gold scroll bearing the motto "Pride 

and Power" in black, the lower ends of the scroll connected 

by gold links to a red band about the wrist of the bear's paw. 

Symbolism: The gold sun set in blue is symbolic of the Californians' pride 

in their state. The bear's paw is suggested by the powerful animal on the crest of the California Army National Guard, and 

the band about the wrist denotes reliable conu·ol. 

43 
44 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (California) 

Organized and federally recognized 1 July 1924 in the California National 

Guard at San Jose as Headquarters, 2d Battalion, I 59th Infantry, an element of 

the 40th Division. Location changed 19 September 1940 to Oakland. Inducted 

into federal service 3 March 1941 at Oakland. (159th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941 from assignment to the 40th Division and assigned to the 7th Division [later redesignated as the 7th Infanu·y Division]; relieved 23 August 1943 

from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division.) Inactivated 6 November 1945 at 

Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Consolidated 15 October 1948 with Headquarters 

Company, 2d Battalion, I 59th Infantry (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit reorganized and federally recognized at San Jose as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry, an element of the 49th Jnfanu·y Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 159tl1 Infantry. 

Reorganized and redesignated l March 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 49th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 4 December 1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

49th Infantry Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 49th Infantry Division. Consolidated 29 January 1968 with the 49th Administration Company (organized and federally recognized 4 December 1965 at Alameda) and 

consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

49th Infantry Brigade, at Alameda. Consolidated 1 November 1971 with the 

149th Aviation Company (organized and federally recognized 8 August 1971 

at Alameda) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 49th Infantry Brigade. Converted and redesignated 1 

February 1976 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 49th Milimry Police Brigade. Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1976 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 49th Military Police Brigade. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 45 

Al'\NEX 

Organized and federally recognized 20 February 1937 in the California 

National Guard at San Jose as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, !59th 

Infantry, an clement of the 40th Division. Redesignated I May 1940 as Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry. Inducted into federal 

service 3 March 1941 atSan .Jose. (159th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941 

from assignment to the 40th Division and assigned to the 7th Division [later 

redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division]; relieved 23 August 1943 from assignment to the 7th Infarnry Division.) Reorganized and redesignmed 25 July 

1942 as Headquaners Company, 2d Baualion, l59th Infantry. Inactivated 6 

November 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New.Jersey. 

Home Station: Alameda 

CAMPAJG:\1 PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War// 

Aleutian-Islands 

European-African-;'.liddlc Easteru The-ater. Streamer without ins('ription 

DECORAT IO;:-.!S 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

89th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SiiOli.OER SLEE\'E (:'\SIG:'\1 \ 

Description: On a disc with a yellow border, nine vertical alternating green 

and yellow stripes and centered thereon a scarlet eightpointed star, bearing at center overall a white sword, point up, 

surmounted by a yellow dragon's head. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors associated with Military Police. The star is symbolic of courage and law enforcement. 

The eight points and the nine stripes suggest the unit's numerical designation. The sword represents military justice, 

law, and order. The dragon represents authority and 

guardianship and alludes to the unit's original activation in 

the Republic ofVietnam. 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

46 

Desrription: A gold insignia consisting of a green oriental dragon's head 

grasping in its mouth a stalk of gold bamboo fired a red 

name at bo1h ends and supponing an arched black scroll 

bearing the inscription, "Pro\'cn in Saute," in gold letters. 

Spnbolism: Green and vellow are Lhe colors u~ed for Military Police. 

The dragon, a fie1·cc adversary, is the heraldic symbol for defender of the lawful leader and denotes the Republic of 

Vietnam where the unit was originally activated. The black 

scroll represents law, jwisdiction, and jurisprudence, and 

the flames allude to the unit's many combat engagements. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 47 

Lt:\EAGE t\.'\0 H ONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 19 February 1966 in the Regular Army as 1 Ieadquarters and 

Ileadquaners Detachment, 89th Military Police Group. Activated 15 March 

J 966 in Vietnam. Inactivated 2 1 December 197 J at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

Activated 13 September 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Reorganized andredesignated 16 July 1981 as lleadquarters and Headquarters Company, 89th 

Militarr Police Brigade. 

CA\II'r\1(.~ PARTICIPATIO' CREDI I' 

t'it/11(/111 

ounwroffcn~ivc 

Counteroffensive, Pha,c II 

Cmuncroffcnsivc, Pha.~c Ill 

T\·t Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phasr· 1\' 

Countcroffcn~ivc, Phase \'. 

Cuuntcrolfcn~ivc. Phase \'I 

OE<.ORATIO'-=S 

T<·t 69/ Countcrolft·u,iH· 

Summer-Fall 1969 

Wintcr-Spr~ug 1970 

Sanctuarr Countcroff('llsivc 

Counteroffcnsin·, Pha\t' VII 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

Meritor;ous Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered \'IET'A~I 

1967-1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachmcm, 89th Military Police Group, cited; DA GO l, 1969) 

Republic of Vietnam Cmss of Gallantry with Palm, Su·camcr embroidered 

VIET:--lAM 1966-197 J (89th Military Po lice Group cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

I 77th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: A yellow circular insignia edged with a green border, consisting of a twelve-spoke green gear wheel bearing two yellow keys 

in bend addorsed, the sinister inverted, and interlaced with 

two yellow keys in bend sinister addorsed, the sinister inverted. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors associated with Military Police. The gearwheel suggests the heraldic term "embattled" 

representing a fortress and reflects the unit's involvement in 

defense. The keys allude to the organization's mission of 

protection and law enforcement. The gear wheel also represents Detroit, the "Motor City," present location of the unit. 

DISTINCTIVE I NSIGNIA 

48 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a green background bearing at 

each side a gold snow-capped mountain peak and at base a 

blue backround bearing two white wavy bars, overall a vertical double-warded gold key bearing a black gear whee l 

charged with a white five-pointed star, all enclosed by a continuous four-folded gold scroll inscribed at side, top, and 

side, " Protect Defend Preserve," all in green letters. 

Symbolism: The snow-capped mountain peaks symbolize the organization's war service in the Aleutian Islands during World War 

II. The upright key alludes to the unit's mission of protection and apprehension. The five-pointed star, a symbol of 

achievement and authority, was suggested by the state flag of 

Alaska and the city flag of Detroit. The gear wheel also represents Detroit, the "Motor City," and present location of 

the unit. The wavy blue and white bars represent Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and other waters 

around the upper and lower peninulas that make up the 

state of Michigan. Green and yellow are colors used for Military Police units. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 49 

Ll=--b\GE AND HONORS 

ARG 

Ll~b\CE (Michigan) 

Organized and federally recognized 14J une 1921 in the Michigan National Guard at Detroit as l lcadquancrs Detachmem, 1st Separate Squadron, 

Cavalry. Redesignated 1 July 1921 as Headquaners Detachment, lst 

Squadron, l06th Cavalry, an clement of the 22d Cavalry Division. ReorganiJ.ed and redesignated 10 April 1929 as Troop I, 106th Cavalry. Converted 

and redesignated 20 September 1940 as Battery E, 21 Oth Coast Artillery, 

and relieved from assignment to the 22d Cavalry Division. Inducted into 

federal service 24 February 194 I at Deu-oit. Reorgani1.cd and redesignated 

14 February 1944 as Ballery A, 593d Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic 

Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 1. November 1944 at Camp IIowze, Texas. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 20 January 1947 at Deu·oit as 

llcadquarters and Headquarters Battery, 46th Division Artillery. Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Battery, 46th Infantry Division Artillery. Ordered into active federal service 

24July 1967 at Detroit; released 2 August 1967 from active federal service 

and reverted to state control. Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 

1968 as I Ieadquarters and I Ieaclquarters Battery, !57th Artillery Group, and 

relieved from assignment to the 46th Infamry Division. Redesignated 1 

February 1972 as Headquaners and Headquarters Battery, I 57th Field Artillery Group. 

Converted and redesignated 1 April 1976 as llcaclquarters and Headquarters Company, I 77th Military Police Group. Reorganized and redcsignatecl7 November 1985 as I Ieaclquartcrs and Headquarters Company, I 77th 

Military Police Brigade. 

Home Station: Detroit 

C' .. A\IP\1(.~ PARTICIPATIO~ CRFDIT 

\\infd \\or II 

,\lt·utian !\lands 

0FCORA1 IO~S 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

220th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE ~S GI"LA 

Description: On a yellow disc, overall a green annulet issuing from green 

pikes from within, interlaced saltirewisc with points up, all 

within a yellow border. 

Symbolism: The pikes, former weapons used by guards, are interlaced to 

symbolize strength and protection within the law. The pikes 

"two" then "two" with the annulet further distinguish the 

organization's numerical designation "220." The annulct 

also alludes to the unit's speed and mobility in carrying out 

its mission. Green and yellow are the colors used for Military 

Police units. 

DISTINCTIVE l~SIG:--IIA 

50 

Description: Gold insignia consisting of a disc divided horizontally, the 

upper half of green wit.h four gold lateral lines evenly spaced 

throughout, the lower half of black: overall and extending 

beyond top and base the head of a two-bladed gold halberd 

bearing a green five-pointed star, and inscribed around the 

lower portion of the disc left of the ferrule, "Support," and 

right of the ferrule, "By Doing," all in gold letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for the Military Police 

Corps. Heraldically, the color black typifies constancy and fidelity, both necessary to orderly processes. The halberd 

through tradition connotes vigilance, and a star is emblematic of leadership and authority; together they represent 

the overall mission of the organization. The blades of the 

halberd refer to offensive and defensive capability, while 

the disc simulates a wheel connoting mobility. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 51 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 3 April 1959 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 220th Militat·y Police Group, and assigned to the Second United States Army. Activated 25 May 1959 at Washington, D.C. Location changed 23 July 1960 to Rockville, Maryland. Relieved 1 January 1966 

from assignment to the Second United States Army and assigned to the First 

United States Army. Location changed 17 April 1970 to Gaithersburg, Maryland. Reorganized and redesignated 10 December 1971 as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 220th Military Police Brigade. Reorganized 

and redesignated 16 April 1980 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 220th Military Police Brigade. 

Home Area: First United States Army 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

22lst MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

S!!Ol LDER SLEEVE ll\SIG:"IA 

Desrrif>lion: On a gr-een shield a gold gdffin 's head above a gold sun rising 

in splendor from a wavy blue base all within a green border. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for the Military Po lice 

Corps. The mythological griffin, symbol of strength, vigilance, agility, and protection, refers to the overall mission of 

the organit.ation. Also, through association, a griffin has 

historical significance to the organiation and legendary association to California, the unit's pre ent home area. The 

sun, revcalcr of truth and symbol of authority, is symbolic of 

jurisprudence and with the wavy blue base simulates a coast, 

further indicating the unit's present location. 

OISTJNCT!VE 1:-JS!Gl\LA 

52 

De~rription: A gold insignia consisting of a blue elise with an undulating 

edge bear-ing a gold sun emitting twemy rays alternately w-avy 

and straight, all surmounted by a green star, one point up and 

each point terminatjng on a smaJJ gold disc, on the star a griffin's head, white with gold eye, beak, and tongue; all abo\·e a 

gold scroll inscribed "Command and (',ontrol" in green letters. 

S)•mbolism: The star has long been used in the United States as an emblem of police authority; it refers to the unit's mission. The 

griflin is a mythological creature particularly famed for the 

attributes of vigilance, courage, and strength and as such alludes l<> the brigade. In addition, the griffin is associated 

with the state of California where the unit was activated, 

which was named for a fictitious island believed to have 

been inhabited by griffins and abounding in gold. The radiant gold sun is taken from the Cali{()J'nia state flag. The 

blue disc with the wa\y edge alludes to the Pacific Ocean. 

The colors green and yellow arc us<.·d for Military Police organintions. White stands for integrity. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 53 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

AR 

LI:--:EACE (active) 

Constituted 2 April 1959 in the Armr Reserve as I leadquarters and l leadquarters Detachment, 221 st Militarr Police Group, and assigned to the Sixth 

United States Army. Activated I May 1959 at San .J ose, California. Location 

changed l June 1961 to Sunnyvale, California; on 20 September 1962 to 

San J ose, California. Reorganized and redesignated 10 December 197 1 as 

1 Icadquaners and Headquarters Detachment, 221st Military Police Brigade. 

Redesignated I .January 1976 as Headquarters and I Icadquartcrs Company, 

22lst Military Police Brigade. 

Home Area: Sixth United States Army 

CAMPAIGN PAin JCtPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIO'\'S 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

260th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

SIIOIJI.DER SI.EE\ 'E ~SIC:-: I.\ 

Dt>.mijJtion: On a vertical rectangle arched at the lOp and bouom with a 

yellow border, on a white field a green sword bearing near 

its point a green balance bar and scale pans, all in from of 

two hori1onLal red bars and arched overall three reel stars. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow arc the branch colors of the Military Police Corps. The combination of the sword and scales of justice represents the dualiry of the Militarr Police mission, 

armed security duties and the upholding of the law. The 1·ed 

stars and ban. on a white background arc taken from the 

flag of the District of Columbia, home area of the unit. The 

flag of the District of Columbia in turn was based on the 

Washingwn family coat of arms. 

DISTINCTIVE ~SIGNit\ 

De.wifJlion: A gold insignia consisting of a gold cluster of trees surmount<.·d by a green equilateral triangle bearing three scale 

pam in the apex and two hori1ontal bars across base. all 

gold. and surmou1Hing the green triangle throt.ghout a 

gold in\'crt<:d <.·qui lateral triangle bearing a blue fieur-de-lis, 

all abo\'c a three-pan gold scroll inscribed, "Peace. Law, 

Order" in black. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow arc the colors used ((>r the Military Police 

Co1·ps, and balance pans are symbolically relmed to justice. 

The Oeur-dc-lis refers to France, and the three areas of the 

green triangk simulate Lhe three rocks on the coat of arms of 

St. Mihkl and represent the unit's participation in that World 

War I campaign. The cluster of trees is used to refer to the Argonne for{'st and denotes the Meuse-Argonnc campaign participation b' the organization. The three scale pans and two 

bars arc US('d w ~uggest the three stars and two bars on the flag 

of tJw Disu·ict of' Columbia and allude to the unit's home area. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 55 

LINEAGE Al'lD HONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (District of Columbia) 

Organized 17 September 1888 in the District of Columbia Militia at 

Washington as the Light Battery. Reorganized 31 December 1888 in the District of Columbia National Guard as Battet·y A, Light Artillery. Disbanded 7 

November 1900 at Washington. Reorganized 30 June 1903 in the District of 

Columbia National Guard at Washington as the 1st Battery, Field Artillery. 

Redesignated 5 August 1915 as Battery A, Field Artillery, Battery B, Field AJ·-

tillery, organized 5 October 1915 in the District of Columbia National Guard 

at Washington. Batteries A and B, Field Artillery, mustered into federal service 6 July 1916 at Fort Myer, Virginia; mustered out of federal service 8 

March and 16 February 1917, respectively, at Washington. Mustered into 

federal service 31 July 1917 at Sea Gin, New Jersey; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 18 September 1917 as Battery A, 112lh Field Artillery. Redesignated 27 November 1917 

as Battery A, 11 Oth Field Artillery, an element of the 29th Division. Demobilized 4.June 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia. 

Reconstituted 17 June 1924 in the District of Columbia National Guard; 

concurrently consolidated with Battery D, 60th Artillery (see ANNEX 1); the 

5th Company, Coast Defenses of the Potomac (see ANNEX 2); and Batteries B 

and C, llOth Field Artillery (see ANNEX 3), to form the 260th CoastAJ·tillery. 

Organized 17 June 1924-1 April 1939; Headquarters federally recognized 20 

December 1935 at Washington. Inducted into federal service 6January 1941 

at Washington. 

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 260th Coast Artillery, converted 

and redesignated 10 September 1943 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Battery, 260th Antiaircraft AJ·tillery Group (remainder of 260th Coast Artillery-hereafter separate lineage). Inactivated 9 November 1944 at Camp 

Maxey, Texas. Reorganized and federally recognized 3 October I 946 at Washington. Ordered into active federal service 11 September 1950 at Washington; released 10 September 1952 from active federal service and reverted to 

District control. 

Convened and redesignated 1 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 260th Military Police Group. Reorganized and redesignated I May 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 260th 

Military Police Brigade. 

ANNEX 1 

Organized and federally recognized 28 December 1915 in the Disu·ict of 

Columbia National Guard at Washington as the lst Company, Coast Artillery 

Corps. Mustered into federal service 26July 1917 at Washington; drafted into 

federal sen~ce 5 August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1918 

as Battery D, 60th AJ·tillery (Coast AJ·tillery Corps). Demobilized 24 February 

1919 at Fort Washington, Maryland. 
56 MILITARY POLICE 

ANNEX 2 

Organized and federally recognized 18 July 1917 in the District of 

Columbia National Guard at Washington as the 2d Company, Coast Artillery 

Corps. Mustered into federal service 26July 1917 at Washington; drafted into 

federal service 5 August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated 8 January 1918 

as the 5th Company, Coast Defenses of the Potomac. Disbanded 18 December 1918 at Fort Washington, Maryland. 

ANNEX 3 

Organized and federally recognized 27 April 1916 in the District of 

Columbia National Guard at Washington as Troop A, lst Squadron of Cavalry. Mustered into federal service 6 July 1916 at Fort Myer, Virginia; mustered out offederal service 3 March 1917 at Washington. Troops B, C, and D, 

1st Squadron of Cavalry, organized 10 November 1916, 16July 1917, and 20 

July 1917, respectively, at Washington. 1st Squadron of Cavalry mustered 

into federal service 25-28 J uJy 1917 at Washington; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Consolidated, converted, and redesignated 18 September 

1917 as Batteries Band C, 1 12th Field Artillery. Redesignated 27 November 

1917 as Batteries B and C, 11 Oth Field Artillery, elements of the 29th Division. 

Demobilized 4 J une 1919 at Camp Lee, Virginia. 

Home Station: Washington 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

IVorUI Wor I 

St. Mihicl 

Meusc-Argonnc 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

290th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

H ERJ\LOIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE li':SIG!\:IA 

De.vrijJlion: On a g1·een nonagon, one point up, a yellow disc with embanled circumference bearing two green partizans, the 

upper shafts issuing saltirewisc from rwo crenelles in base. 

Spnbolism: Green and yellow are colors used for the Milit.a1·y Police 

Corps. The circular embattled central area indicates prisoner of war camps and military security facilities whose operations are commanded, planned, and supervised by the 

brigade. The interior area also simulates the sun. symbolic 

of the dissemination of knowledge, and refers to the subordinate prisoner ofwar/ civilian internee information center. 

The partizans, medieval weapons associated with guards, 

denote the guards provided for prisoners in confinement 

and for the security of military installations and facilities; 

the partizans are crossed to suggest control of the entrance 

and exit involved in the reception, search, and processing 

functions. Additionally. the two partizans (2), nine sides of 

the nonagon (9), and the circular center (0) allude to the 

numerical designation of the brigade. 

DIST I!\:CTIVE lr-:SIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a gold nonagon one point up, 

charged at the top with a green embattled disc bearing a 

gold acom sprig, and issuing saltirewise from the nonagon 

base the upper shafts of two green partizans with blades 

touching on the disc and extending over both the nonagon 

and a g•·een encircling scroll that terminates below the top 

point of the device and is inscribed in gold letlers below the 

blades, "Custody with Honor." 

~)'mbolism: The basic design was suggested by the shoulder sleeve insignia for the 290th Military Police B1·igade. Green and yellow are the colors used for the Military Po lice Corps; the 

57 
58 MILITARY POLICE 

embattled circular area refers to the prisoner of war 

camps and military secw·ity facilities whose operations arc 

commanded, planned, and supervised b)' the brigade; the 

radiam projections also symbolize the dissemination of 

knowledge and refer to the subordinate prisoner of war/ 

civilian internees information center. The partizans, medieval weapons associated with guards, denote the guards 

provided for prisoners in confinement and for the security 

guard of military installations and facilities; the partizans are 

crossed to suggest control of the entrance and exit involved 

in the reception, search, and processing functions. The oak, 

an emblem signif)~ng honor, alludes to the organization's 

motto; it also refers to the "Treaty Oak" in Cherokee Park, 

Nashville, Tennessee, and indicates the unit's origin and 

former location. Additionally, the two partizans (2), nine 

sides of the nonagon (9), and the disc (0) allude to the numerical designation of the brigade. 

LJ NJ·j \GE A.'lD HO:'\ORS 

AR 

Ll ~E.ACE (inactive) 

Constituted 1 ovcmbcr 1971 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and 

lleaclquarters Company, 290th Military Police Brigade, assigned to the Third 

United States Army, and activated at Nashville, Tennessee. Relieved 1 October 1973 from assignment to the Third United States Army and assigned to 

the First United States Army. Relieved 1 October 1983 from assignment to 

the First United States Ann)' and assigned to the Second United States Army. 

Inactivated 15 October 1985 at Nashville, Tennessee. 

CA~tP\IC:--: PARTIC:IPATIO:--: CREDI r 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

SOOth MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

SHOULDER SLEEVE INSIGNiA 

Description: On a yellow axe-head shape with a green border, a green 

oak leaf surmounted by a yellow sword, hilt down. 

Symbolism: The axe-head shape of the insignia symbolizes authority and 

security. The oak leaf is a reference to the oak trees at Fort 

Ord, Cailifornia, where the unit was first activated. The sword 

symbolizes duty, military strength, and law enforcement. 

DISTINCTIVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blazoned; vert, on a 

bend or a sprig of oak leaves with two acorns bendwise of 

the field, and attached below the shield a gold scroll doubled green and inscribed Vires in Arduis (Strength in Difficulties) in green letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors of the Military Police. The 

acorns and live oak leaves symbolize the original activation 

of the organization under the live oak trees at Fort Ord, California; the acorns also symbolize growing strength, endurance, courage, and firmness of purpose. 

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60 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

AR 

LINEI\GI~ (active) 

Constituted 31 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the SOOth 

Military Police Battalion. Activated 4 J une 1942 at Ford Orcl, California. Inactivated 31 May 1947 in J apan. Redesignated 25 J anuary 1949 as the 333d 

Military Police Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps. Assigned 15 February 1949 to the Fjrst Army (later redesignated as the First 

United States Army). Activated 25 February 1949 at Buffalo, New York. Location changed l9January 1950 to New York, New York. (Organized Resenre 

Corps redesignated 9 J uly 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Inactivated 15 August 

1952 at New York, New York. Redesignated 24June 1953 as the SOOth Military 

Police Battalion. 

Headquarters, 800th Military Police Battalion, redesignated 22 April 

1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 800th Military Police 

Group (remainder of battalion concurrently disbanded). Activated 1 May 

1959 at Hempstead, New York. Location changed 15 J une 1959 to Garden 

City, New York; on 31 January 1966 to Hempstead, New York. Ordered into 

active military service 24 March 1970 at Hempstead, New York; released 26 

March 1970 from active military service and reverted to reserve status. Reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 800th Military Police Brigade. 

Home Area: First United States Army 

CAMI'AJGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

IVorld ~'<'I r II 

New Guinea 

Luzon 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

1st MILITARY POLICE GROUP 

HERALDIC lTE.\IS 

01~1 1:'\CTIYE I:"SIC:'\IA 

DescrijJlion: A gold insignia consisting of a gold-backed green scroll inscribed with the words "First and Foremost" in gold letters 

and enclosing a gold castle tower centered between two 

roundels, each composed of four wavy bars alternately of 

white and blue, and centered upon the ca~Lle tower with point 

up and gold handle crossing in front of the scroll a black Okinawan sai (an ancient Okinawan Royal Police weapon). 

SJmbolism: The colors green and yeUow are used by the Military Police 

Corps. The gold castle tower signifies the unit's postwar service 

in Germany and the Okinawan sai denotes the group's service 

in the Ryukyus. The sai, an ancient Royal Police defensive 

weapon, is placed at front and center to emphasize the unit's 

motto, ''First and Foremost." The two white and blue roundcls, 

or wate,- symbols, represent the two oceans that separated the 

group from the United States dudng iL-; aclive sen~ce. 

LI~EAGE A .. "m Ho:-.:oRS 

RA 

L1:-..~ .. AC:E (inacti\'e) 

Constituted 14 May 1946 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Ileadquaners Detachment, lst Military Police Service Group. Activated I J une 1946 in Germany. Inactivated 20 J une 1948 in Germany. Redesignated 6 February 1964 as I lcadquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

lst Military Police Group, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 25 

March 1964 on Okinawa. InaCtivated 29June 1973 on Okinawa. 

C\\11'\IG'\ PARTICIPATIO~ CRFI)II 

None. 

OfCORAfiO~S 

None. 

61 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

2d MILITARY POLICE GROUP 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

DesoifJlion: A gold insignia consisting of a gold vertical halberd in front 

of a white twin-turreted medieval castle with gold markings 

and red gateways on a green background, all encircled by a 

black scroll, the upper part surmounted by the prongs of 

the halberd and the lower area bearing the inscription 

" Pride with Honor" in gold letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

The medieval German castle symbolizes the location in 

which the group once served and the two turrets to the 

areas stretching from Kassel to the north and Berchtesgaden to the south, representing the scope of police and 

criminal investigation responsibilities. The halberd used by 

guards on pau·ol during the Middle Ages further alludes to 

military police activities, and the three prongs of the halberd to command and control, staffing planning, and control operations of the group's subordinate units. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

RA 

Lli'\EAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 25 May 1964 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 2d Military Police Group. Activated 1 July 1964 in Germany. Inactivated 13 September 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Redesignated 

16 November 1981 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Military Police Group, and activated in Germany. Inactivated 15 August 1985 in Germany. 

Cfu'viPAIGN PARTICIPATIO:-..J CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

62 
3d MILITARY POLICE GROUP 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINC1'1\'E INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a gold balance standing in a 

black area above two gold steps and between two gold 

columns, each charged with a green sword, point up, their 

capitols joined by a gold arch of three pieces indented at 

top, and charged with three green five-pointed stars; the 

whole surrounded by a curving green scroll inscribed in 

gold with the words "justice" at the top and "Will Prevail" 

at the bouom. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow arc Lhe colors of the Military Police Corps. 

The columns and arch were suggested by the seal of the 

state of Georgia, the group's location in active service. The 

scales represent equal justice, and the swords on either side 

signify military security. The three stars on the arch above 

denote legal authority and refer as well to the unit's numerical designation. The darkness in the center represents 

the mystery sutTounding crime, which must be cleared up 

tJ1rough criminal investigation, a m<~or part of the organization's mission. 

L!t-:EAGE Al'ID HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 9 March 1965 in the Regular Army as the 3d Military Police 

Group. Activated 24 March 1965 at Fort McPherson, Georgia. Inactivated 15 

February 1972 at Fort McPherson, Georgia. 

CAMPAIG:'>J PARTICIPATIO!'\ CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

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4th MILITARY POLICE GROUP 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

0ISTINCI'IVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a circular green scroll inscribed 

in gold with the words "Offense Against Crime" and containing a red quau·efoil surmounted by two swords in saltire, 

points up, with hilts gold and blades white and centered 

thereupon a gold book charged with a green star. 

Symbolism: The colors green and yellow are used by the Military Police 

Corps. The book at center charged with a green star represents the law and military authority. The crossed swords 

refer to the motto "Offense Against Crime," and the red 

quatrefoil alludes to the Fourth Army area within which the 

group once operated. 

LI NEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 9 March 1965 in the Regular Army as the 4th Military Police 

Group. Activated 24 March 1965 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Inactivated 30 

June 1971 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATJOI\: CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

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5th MILITARY ·POLICE GROUP 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

D ISTINCTIVE NSIG~IA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a pair of scaJes in front of two 

crossed swords and surmounted by a magnifying glass, all 

gold. Encircling the device and surmounted at its top by the 

points of the sword blades a green scroll bearing the inscription "Truth,Justice, Equality" at its base in gold letters. 

Symbolism: Green a nd yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

The upper section s of the crossed swords simulate the 

Roman numeral "V" for five and allude to the Fifth United 

States Army and with the magnifying glass encircling the 

area symbolize the 5th Military Police Group (criminal investigation) in providing investigative support within the 

Fifth U.S. Army geographic boundaries. The scales, a symbol 

for justice, refer to supervising, coordinating, and controlling Army criminal investigations, physical security, crime 

prevention surveys, and character investigations. 

LINFACE AND H ONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 9 March 1965 in the Regular Army as the 5th Military Police 

Group. Activated 25 March 1965 at Chicago, Illinois. Inactivated 23 March 

1972 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 

CAMPAJGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

65 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

6th MILITARY POLICE GROUP 

I IERALDIC lTDIS 

DISTI"'CTIYE I>:SIG"'lr\ 

1Jesr1iption: A gold insignia consisting of a green semi-circular background 

of six pointed rays surmounted in center by a vertical gold 

sword supporli ng a pair of gold scales all above a semi-circular 

gold scroll inscr·ibcd ''Seek the Truth" in black letters. 

Symbolism: The upright sword is a symbol of vigilance, strength, and security. T he supported scales of justice represent lhe goal of 

lhc law enforcement program and the criminal in\"estigativc 

suppon given by the group. The six rays rcprcsem the unit's 

numerical designation and also allude to the group's home 

area, the Presidio of San Francisco, California; California is 

often referred to as the "Sunny State." Green and yellow 

arc colors used by Military Police uni1s. 

Ll:-iEAGE AND O~ORS 

LI>:~:. \Cl:. 

RA 

(i nactive) 

Constituted 9 March 1965 in the Regular Army as the 6th Military Polic<' 

Group. Activated 25 March 1965 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. 

Inactivated 29 March 1972 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION Ciu:nrr 

None. 

D ECOR.\ no:-:s 

one. 

66 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

7th MILITARY POLICE GROUP 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a gold dragon's head, the neck 

encircled with a scarlet collar bearing a white four-leaf 

clover with stem, all issuing from the lower, inner rim of a 

green annulet and extending over and slightly beyond the 

upper, outer rim; the annulet inscribed "Patience, Justice, 

Truth" in gold letters. 

Symbolism: The dragon, as a symbol of authority and guardianship, 

stands for the military police function of preserving order 

and security. In addition, the armored dragon alludes to 

armor organizations served by the group. The colors green 

and yellow are used for units of the Military Police Corps. The 

scarlet collar bearing the white four-leaf clover refers to the 

shoulder sleeve insignia of the Fourth United States Army to 

which the 7th Military Police Group was once assigned. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 10 May 1967 in the Regular Army as H eadquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 7th Military Police Group. Activated 25 August 

1967 at Ford Hood, Texas. Inactivated 31 Decembet· 1970 at Ford Hood, 

Texas. Activated 31 july 1971 in Korea. Inactivated 1 june 1972 in Korea. 

C.\.VIPAJCN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

67 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

8th MILITARY POLICE GROUP 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTM INSIGNIA 

68 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a green octagon bearing a gold 

chevron and at the top a gold sunburst extending above the 

octagon, surmounted overall by a sword, point up, terminating on the sun with gold hilt and details, all above a gold scroll 

bearing the inscription "Find the Truth" in black letters. 

Symbolism: The chevron is used to represent the unit's authority to provide crime prevention, survey support, and criminal investigation. The crusader's sword touching the sunburst alludes to the unit's ability to find the light of the truth, the 

single sword in this instance also referring to the unit once 

being the only U.S. Army criminal investigation group in 

the Republic ofVietnam. The octagon is used to further distinguish the organization's numerical designation. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 69 

Ll'IEACE A:"\D Ho~oRs 

RA 

LI'IFJ\CE (inactive) 

ConstituLCd 8 April 1967 in the Regular Army as lleadquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 8th Military Police Group. Activated 26 J uly 1967 at 

Fort Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 18 December 1967 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Activated 24 August 1968 in Vietnam. Reorganized and reclcsignatecl 22J anuary 

1970 as Headquarters and llcaclquaners Company, 8th Military Police 

Group. Inactivated 1 July J 972 in Vietnam. 

c.\ \I P.\IC\1 PARTICIPATIO~ CRJ-Dll 

\tr/110111 

CounR·mncnsi,·c. Ph<t~e \' 

Count<·roffensive. Pha.-,e VI 

l'c1 69/ Coumcroffensi\'{· 

Sumnwr-Fall 1969 

Winter-Spring 1970 

D~:CORAfiO~S 

Sannuan Coun t<·• oftt·n,iH· 

CountcroffcmiH·, l'h<L'<' \'II 

Consolidalion I 

ConsQlichuion II 

Cease-Fire 

Mel"itorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered \ 'IEDA.\1 

1968-1969 (8th Military Police Group cited: DA GO 43, 1970, as amended by 

DA GO 9, 1979) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross or Gallanu·y with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

I~. I 'IA\1 1968-1972 (8th Militar)' Police Group cited; DA GO 6, 1974, as 

amended by DA GO 9, 1979) 
9th MILITARY POLICE GROUP 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE i NSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a continuous gold scroll forming an equil ateral triangle and inscribed in black letters 

with the words "Truth" at left, " Honor" at right, and 'justice" in base and containing centered within, a white ninepointed star in front of a green balance stand with pointer 

at the apex of the triangle and with crossbar and scalepans 

extending beyond the scroll at either side. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used by the Military Police 

Corps. The white star is reminiscent of the sheriffs star but 

with nine points alludes to the unit's numerical designation. The star, togethei- with the balance for Justice, represents the unit's mission of law enforcement. 

LI NEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 15 May 1969 in the Regular Army as the 9th Military Police 

Group and activated in Germany. Inactivated 15 May 1972 in Germany. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

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11th MILITARY POLICE GROUP 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE l NSIGNLA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a green scroll on two gold 

rollers, unrolled vertically and bearing two upright gold 

ionic columns all with a continuous gold motto scroll passing behind the green scroll at the sides and a1·ced across the 

top and base, inscribed on the top arc "Command" and on 

the lower arc "Plan and Control," all in black. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police organizations. The scroll, ancient symbol for a legal document, is emblematic of the laws, decrees, and edicts to be 

maintained by the organization. The two columns symbolize 

order out of chaos and signify the embodiment of the unit's 

operation and jurisdiction. The columns also simulate the 

numeral eleven and allude to the unit's designation. 

LI NEAGE AND H ONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 29 December 1966 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, l lth Military Police Group. Activated 25 February 1967 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 3 J anuary 1972 at Fort 

Bragg, North Carolina. 

Ct\MPAIG1 PARTICIPATIOi'\ CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

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H ERALDIC ITEMS 

D1s II'\<. m ·E I~s1c~1A 

72 

f)pscription: A gold im.ignia con i ting of a gold twelve-point star upon 

the remer of an open book with white pages, edged gold, 

and red binding, the book extending over the base of a 

gold pair of scales, all in front of gold rays ,-adiating from 

the base; upon a green scroll draped over the front of 1 he 

arms or the scale at the top, extending in back of the pans at 

the sides, and encircling the base, the inscription " Honor" 

at the LOp and "Law and justice" in base in gold letters. 

SJmbolism: Green and rellow are colors used for the Military Police 

Corps. The book alludes to the Uniform Code of Military 

justice and the group's capabilities for providing services required £or the prevention and investigation of crime among 

military personnel and other persons subjcCL to the code. 

The red color on the binding refers to the courage required 

in performance of the unit's mission. The gold rays in the 

background further indicate the penetrating light of investigation. The color gold represents honor, and the scales arc 

an emblem of justice. Together with the star, which denotes 

law and military atahority, they signify the spirit of the unit 

and its motto. Additionally, the twelve points of the star allude to the numerical designation of the group, and the vertical stand of the scales connotes a" I" referring to the unit's 

activation at Fort George C. Meade, Maryland, t.he headquarters of the First United States Army. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 73 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 9 March 1965 in the Regular Army as the 12th Military Police 

Group. Activated 24 March 1965 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Inactivated l5 February 1972 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

42d MILITARY POLICE GROUP 

I IERAI.DIC ITEMS 

Ots tt:-..CTtVE 1:--:stc:--:tA 

DescrifJtion: A gold insignia consisting of a gold portcullis, the chain 

arched above, and surmounted vertically throughout by a 

gold sword, the pommel extending beyond the chain and 

circumscribed in base by a green scroll extending from the 

terminal links of the chain and inscribed "Integrity of Action" in gold letters. 

SJmbolism: Green and )'ellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

The portcullis represents all entry and exit points under 

the unit's jurisdiction. While the sword denotes the military, it also simulates a pivot and symbolizes command and 

control. The chain and scroll, in forming a circle, refer to 

the cooperation between civilian and military in the supervision of mutual activities. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

RA 

~Nf~E (Kti~) 

Constituted 25 January 1968 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 42d Military Police Group, and activated in Germany. Reorganized and redesignated 21 October 1977 as I Ieadquaners and 

I leadquarters Company, 42d Military Police Group. 

CA\IPAIG:'-: PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

0FCORATIO:'-:S 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer cmbmidered GER.\IAXY 

1968 ( 42d Military Police Group cited; DA GO 42, 1969) 

74 
30th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

COAT OF AA\15 

Shield: 

Crest: 

Motto: 

Symbolism: 

HEIW.DIC ITEMS 

Vert, issuing from chief throughout and terminating in 

nombril point a portcullis or in base a bar wavy gold. 

None approved. 

Our Country First. 

The portcullis guarded medieval forts by opening or barring castle entrances. It is used as a symbol of control and 

refers to the Military Police mission. The gold portcullis 

and the wavy bar allude to the Golden Gate su·ait on which 

San Francisco, where the unit was activated, is located. 

Green and yellow arc the Military Police branch colors. 

DISTINCTIVF. INSIGNIA 

The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 21 December 1965 in the Regular Army as the 30th Military 

Police Battalion. Activated 24 January 1966 at the Presidio of San Francisco, 

California. (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 11 January 1971 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California.) Battalion (less companies A, B, and C) inactivated 31 July 1972 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. 

CA~11'AIGi'\ PARTICIPATIO;-.J CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIOt'\S 

None. 

75 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS COMPANY 

33d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC lTE~IS 

OISII:\CTfVE. l~SIG~IA 

76 

0f'.lrrijJtion: A gold insignia consisting of a white four-sided fort with two 

bastions, one up and one down, bearing two blue horiontal 

bands surmounted by a scarlet six-pointed star; issuing from 

the fon six arrows with gold shafts and scarlet heads, three 

to the right and three to the left, all surmounting a green 

disc within a gold encircling scroll, the upper part inscribed 

"We Serve" and the lower "\\'e Protect" in red letters. 

SJ1nbolism: The fort rcprcscnL'i Fon Dearborn, the United States military garrison that protected the sculcmcnts that later became Chicago, headquarters of the 33d Military Police Battalion. The blue bands and scarlet six-pointed star are from 

the flag of Chicago. The six arrows radiating from the fort 

stand for military protection: they arc divided into two 

groups or three each in reference to the battalion's nwnerical designation. The arro·ws also allude to the six tribes of 

the Illinois I nclians, first inhabitants of the area. The green 

backgound stands for the Great Plains of lllinois, long called 

the "Prairie State." The colors green and yellow arc used 

for the Military Police Corps. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 77 

LlNE.\GE A.~D HONORS 

AR.i"JG 

Lt)I;F.ACE (Illinois) 

Organized 22 june 19 17 in the lllinois National Guard at Chicago as 

Company C, lst Engineer R<"giment. Drafted into federal service 5 August 

1917 at Chicago. Reorganit.cd and redesignated 11 September l917 as Company C, 1 08th Engineers, an clement of the 33d Division. Demobilized 9 June 

1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Reorganized and federally recognized 14 j uly 

1924 in the Illinois National Guard at Chicago as Company C, I 08th Engineer 

Battalion, an element of the 33d Di,•ision (later redesignated as the 33d Infan u·y Division). Reorganit.ed and redesignated 1 March 1929 as Company C, 

I 08th Engineers. Inducted into federal service 5 March 1941 at Chicago. Reorganized and redesignated 2 1 February 1942 as Company C, l 08th Engineer 

Battalion. Redesignated I August 1942 as Company C, l08th Engineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated 5 February 1946 in Japan. Reorganized and federally recognized 13 March 1948 at Chicago. Reorganit.cd and redesignated 

1 February 1953 as Company C. l08th Engineer Battalion. 

Consolidated I February 1968 with Company D, 1 08th Engineer Battalion (see \:-\:-\EX 1), and consolidated unit converted and redesignated as the 

633d Military Police Company; concurrently relieved from assignment to 

the 33d Jnfanu·y Division. Consolidated 8 J anuary 1972 with Headquarters 

and J Icadquaners Dett<chment, 33d Military Police Battalion (see A.:-;:-: Ex 2), 

and consolidated unit t·corgan ized and redesignated as l leadquarters and 

lleadquaners Company. 33d Military Police Battalion. Ordered into aclive 

federal service 12July 1980 al Chicago; released 26July 1980 from active federal service and reverted to state control. 

t\:-\'\;f:X 1 

Organized and federally recognized 30 January 1930 in the Illinois National Guard at Chicago as Company D, 108th Engineers, an element of the 

33d Division. Inducted imo federal service 5 March 1941 at Chicago. Reorganiled and redesignated 2 1 February 1942 as Ileadquaners and Service 

Company, 181st Engineer Battalion; concurremly relieved from assignmen t 

to the 33d Division. Redesignated 1 August 1942 as Headquarters and Service Company, 181st Engineer J Ieavy Ponton Battalion. Disbanded 5 August 

1945 in Germany. Reorganized and federally recognized 2 1 April 1949 in the 

lllinois Army National Guard at Chicago as Company D, 108th Engineer 

Combat Battalion, an element of the 33d Infantry Division. Reorganized 

and redesignated 1 February 1953 as Company D, l 08th Engineer Battalion. 

Consolidated 1 April 1963 with Company C, 108th Engineer Battalion (organit.ed and federally recognit.cd 5 May 1959 at Chicago), and consolidated 

unit designated as Company 0, l08th Engineer Battalion. 
78 MILITARY POLICE 

-..~~EX 2 

Constituted 18July 1917 in the National Army as the 108th Train Headquarters and Military Police and assigned to the 33d Division. Organized 12 

October 1917 at Camp Logan. Texas, with personnel from the Illinois National Guard. Demobilized5 June 1919 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Reorganized 

and federally recognized 29 October J 923 in the Illinois NaLional Guard at 

Chicago as the 33d Military Police Company and assigned to the 33d Division. 

Inducted into federal service 5 March 1941 at Chicago. Reorganized andredesignated 21 February 1942 as the Military Police Platoon, Headquarters and 

Military Police Company, 33d Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 August 1942 

as the Military Police Platoon, 33d Infantry Division. Inactivated 5 February 

1946 in Japan. Redesignated 5 July 1946 as the 33d Military Police Company. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 16January 1947 at Chicago. Reorganized and redesignated I. March 1959 as the Military Police Detachment, 

Headquarters Company, 33d Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1963 as the 33d Military Police Company. Consolidated 1 February 1968 with Headquarters and Service Battery, lst Battalion, 122d Artillery 

(see Ai'>:NEX 3), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 33d Military Police Battalion; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 33d Infantry Division. 

AN:--!EX 3 

Organized and federally recognized 11 November 1921 in the Illinois 

National Guard at Chicago as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, lst 

Battalion, 1st Field Artillery. Reorganized and redesignated 13 December 

1921 as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 1st Battalion, 122d Field Artillery, an elemenL of the 33d Division (later redesignated as the 33d Infantry 

Division). Reorganized and redesignated 1 July 1940 as Headquarters Battery, 

1st Battalion, 122cl Field ArLillery. Inducted into federal service 5 March 1941 

at Chicago. Reorganized and redesignated 21 February 1942 as Headquarters 

Battery, 122d Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivatecl5 February 1946 in japan. 

Reorganized and federally recognized 18 December 1946 at Chicago. Consolidated 1 March 1959 with the Service Battery, 122d Field Artjllery Battalion 

(see AN!'\EX 4), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Howitzer Battalion, 122d Anillery, an element of the 33d Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 

1963 as Headquarters and Service Battery, 1st Battalion, 122cl Artillery. 

AN!'\EX 4 

Organized 21 February 1942 in the Illinois National Guard while in active 

federal service at Camp Forrest, Tennessee, as the Service Battery, 122d Field 

Artillery Battalion, an element of the 33d Infantry Division. Inactivated 5 

Februar·y 1946 in japan. Organized and federally recognizecl3 October 1947 

at Chicago. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

Home Station: Chicago 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World \IYlr I 

Somme Offcnsh·e 

Me use-Argonne Lorraine 1918 

DECORATIONS 

\Vorld ~~r If 

Nc"•Guinea 

Luwn 

:-.lonnandy 

Nonhern Fr-ance 

Rhineland 

Ardcnncs-Aisace 

Cemr-al Europe 

79 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered LUZON (108th 

Engineer Combat Battalion cited; WD GO 29, 1946) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Su·eamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER 1944-1945 (108th Engineer Combat Battalion; Service Battery, 122d 

Field Artillery Battalion; and Military Police Platoon, 33d Infantry Division, 

cited; GOs 124, 126, and 128, 33cl Infantry Division, l4J une 1945) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Su·eamer embroidered PACifiC 

THEATER 1945 (108th Engineer Combat Battalion and Service Battery, 122cl 

Field Artillery Battalion, cited; GO 306, 33cl Infanu·y Division, 19 October 1 945) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

J 944 TO 4 JULY 1945 (33d Infanu·y Division, 1 08th Engineer Combat Battalion, and 122d Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
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HERALDIC ITEMS 

DrSTINCTrvE INSIGNIA 

80 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a vertical sword, point down, 

with gold blade and green hilt, and suspended from the 

cross-guard a pair of green scales all in front of a black base 

charged with a gold wavy horizontal bar, and at the top of 

the device a curved chain of three gold links, the hilt extending through the center link; a green scroll, suspended 

from the outer links enclosing the sides and base of the device, inscribed "Strength" on the left, "with" in base, and 

"Justice" on the right, all letters gold. The areas between 

the chain, scroll, and scales are pierced. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are colors used for the Military Police 

Corps. The scales, an emblem of justice, are supported by 

the cross-guard of the sword and denote the effective protection provided by the unit in the performance of its mission. The links forming a chain signify su·ength and together with the scales allude to the battalion's motto. The 

organ ization's former location in Des Moines, Iowa, is indicated by the black area for the city's recognition as a large 

printing center and for Iowa 's great natural resource, the 

deep layers of black, fertile soil; the wavy bar is for the Des 

Moines river. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 

LrNEAGE AND HONORS 

LI~EAGE 

81 

ARNG 

(Iowa) 

Constituted 15 December 1967 in the Iowa Army National Guard as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 34th Military Police Battalion. Organized and federally recognized 1 January 1968 at Des Moines. Ordered into 

active federal service 28June 1980 at Des Moines; released 12J uly 1980 from 

active federal service and reverted LO state control. Location changed 1 June 

1983 to Grimes. 

Home Station: Grimes 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIP,\TION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
40th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTI!':CTfVE INSIGNIA 

82 

DescrijJtion: A gold insignia consisting of three gold bamboo u·ees with 

green leaves, on the center leaf a gold star, all between t'vo 

elephants (head and forelegs) one facing right, the other 

facing left, in base a fountain (wavy gold and blue), below 

all a black scroll with a green reverse side, bearing the inscription " Peace,justice, Freedom" in gold letters. 

Symbolism: The two elephants of equal size symbolize fairness and justice. The elephant, a beast of burden in the Far East, represents the su·ength and ability of the 40th Military Police Battalion to perform its mission. The bamboo tree, with its 

young shoots and large leaves, alludes to the overall police 

protection and training of personnel. The gold star refers to 

leadership, guidance, and the high ideals of the unit. The 

fountain represents the unit's overseas service and also the 

many 1·ivers and waterways of the Far Easl. Green and yellow 

are the colors used for the Military Police. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 83 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

~N~~ (~~~) 

Constituted 11 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 40th Military Police Service Battalion. Activated 6 July 1945 in China. Inactivated 31 March 1946 in China. Activated 16 February 1948 in Korea. Inactivated 25 January 1949 in Japan. 

Activated 1 J une 1949 on Okinawa. Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular 

Army. In ac~vated 19 March 1953 on Okinawa. Redesignated 30 September 

1966 as Headquaters and Headquarters Detachment, 40th Military Police 

Battalion. Activated 25 November 1966 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Inactivated 30 

December 1970 in Thailand. Headquarters transferred 16 September 1986 

to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and organized 

at Fort McCLellan, Alabama. 

CAMPAIGN PARTLCJPATI0:-1 CREDIT 

Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Streamer without inscription 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Su·eamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (Headquarters a nd Headquarters Detachment, 40th Milita,·y Police 

Service Battalion, cited; GO 90, U.S. Forces, China Theater, 21 April 1946) 
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H 1.-.RALDIC lTD IS 

DIS 11;\;CTI\'E 1:-.:SJC"llA 

84 

DPsrription: A gold insignia consisting of a white five-pointed star above 

a red hexagon, bearing throughout three white arrowheads 

with points conjoined at center with the vertical point of the 

star surmoun ting the lower portion of a quartered green 

and white lozenge charged with a Kot·ean taeguk, all in 

front of a yellow circular Indian shield with t\vo white, redtipped feathers pendant at the side ; all above and bet\veen 

a green scroll, doubled gold, arced in base, the ends cun'ing 

upward and terminating behind the corners of the lozenge 

inso·ibcd "Our Fame Shall le,·er Die" in gold letters. 

S)'lnbolism: Green and ye llow are the colors used for the Militar)' Police 

Corps. The star, taken from the state seal of Oklahoma, together with the Indian shield from the state nag, refer to the 

home area or the organization. The star further alludes to a 

sheri£T's badge and refers to the basic mission of the organitation. The tacguk with the quarterecllolcnge represents 

the four campaign uedits in Korea and also refers to th<.' 

award of the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. 

The hexagon rcpresems six of the campaigns earned in Europe during World War II, and th<:· thn:c arrowheads allud<.' 

to assault landings. The colors reel and green also refer to 

the French Croix de Guerrc with Palm, awarded the uni1 

during World War II. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 85 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Oklahoma) 

Organized and federally recognized 4 August 1920 in the Oklahoma National Guard at Pittsburg as Battery B, 1st Field Artillery. Reorganized andredesignated 14 October 1921 as Battery B, l60th Field Artillery, an element of 

the 45th Division (later redesignated as the 45th Infantry Division). Location 

changed 12 May 1923 to McAlester. Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at McAlester. Reorganized and redesignated 23 February 1942 as 

Battery B, !60th Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 24 November 1945 at 

Camp Bowie, Texas. Redesignated 12June 1946 as Battery B, 17lst Field Artillery Battalion, an element of the 45th Infantry Division. Reorganized and 

federally recognized 16 September 1946 at McAlester. Ordered into active 

federal service 1 September 1950 at McAlester. (Battery B, 171st Field Artillery Battalion [NGUS], organized and federally recognized 2 December 

1952 at McAlester.) Released 30 Aprill954 from active federal service andreverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from 

Battery B, l7lst Field Artillery Battalion (NGUS). 

Consolidated l May 1959 with Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 

!80th Infantry (see Al'\NE:X), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 180th Infantry, an clement of the 45th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 

1963 as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 180th Infantry. 

Converted and redesignated 1 February 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 45th Military Police Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 45th Infantry Division. Ordered into active federal service 17 

May 1980 at McAlester; released 31 May 1980 from active federal service 

and reverted to state control. 

ANNEX 

Organized and federally recognized 19 September 1946 in the Oklahoma National Guard at McAlester as Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 

180th Infantry, an element of the 45th Infantry Division. Ordered into active 

federal service 1 September 1950 at McAlester. (Headquarters Company, 3d 

Battalion, 180th Infantry [NGUS], organized and federally recognized 16 

October 1952 at McAlester.) Released 30 Apt·il 1954 from active federal service and reverted to state conu·ol; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn 

from Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 180th Infantry (NGUS). 

Home Station: McAlester 
86 

C.A:\IP,\JG;>: PARTJCIPATJO:-.: CREDIT 

\\orld \\ar II 

Skil) {with arrowhead) 

Naples.-Foggia {'"ilh arro\v)wad) 

i\nt.io 

Rome-Arno 

Southern France (with arrowhc.·ad) 

Rhineland 

i\rdennes-Aisacc 

Central Europe 

0ECORATIO:"\S 

MILITARY POLICE 

}(qrean U'tu 

Second Korcau Winwr 

Korea, Summc.·r-Fall 1952 

Third Korean Wint<·r 

Korea, Sumnrc.·r 1953 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered TL'MYO:>\G-DO;>:G 

(3d Battalion, I 80th lnfan1.ry, cited; DA GO 21, 1953) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Su·camcr embroidered 

ACQliAFONDATA (I 60th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Republic ofKor·ea Presidential Unit Citation, Su·eamcr embroidered KOREA 

(!80th Jnfanlry and l7lst Field Artillery Battalion cited; DJ\ GO 30, 1954) 
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HERALDIC ITEMS 

DtSTI:-.JCf!VE I NSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a vertical gold sword, point up, 

on a white background bearing at the center of the blade a 

gold lleur-de-lis on a green and red vertically di\'ided disk, in 

front of in base two wavy concentric blue bands curving upward and terminating along center sides of the disk and all 

beneath a green scroll, arched at the top, the ends curving 

inward and terminating behind the sides of the blue bands 

inscribed "Duty for Service" in gold letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

The sword with the divided disk bearing the fleur-de-lis alludes to war service in Europe during World War l and 

World War II, and the wavy blue bands simulating water 

refer to service in the Aleutian Islands during the Iauer period. The blue wavy bands also refer to the San Francisco 

Bay and to Alameda, former home station of the organization. The green and red disk further signifies control and 

refers to the basic mission of the battalion. 

87 
88 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE ANI) H ONORS 

ARNG 

L I:-:E.\CE (California) 

Organitcd 3 J anuary 1898 in the California National Guard at Berkeley as 

the Sanitary Corps, 5th Infamry Regiment. Mustered into federal service 28 

.J une 1916 at Sacramento as the Sanitary Detachment, 5th Infantry Regiment; 

mustered out of federal service 7 October 1916 at Sacramento. Mustered 

into federal service 8 April 191 7 <H Berkeley; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Rcorganit.ed and rcdcsignatecl24 September 1917 as the Medical 

Detachment. I 59th Infantry, an ckment of the 40th Division. Demobilized 1 

May 1919 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California. Reorganized and federally recognit.ed l4June 1922 in the California National Guard at Berkeley 

as the Medical Dcpartmenl Det.<'\chment, I 59th Infan try, an clement of the 

40th Division. Location changed I 0 April 1936 LO Oakland. Redesignated 1 

May 1940 as the Medical Detachmem, 159th lnfanLr y. Inducted into federal 

service 3 March 1941 at Oakland. (159th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941 

from assignment to the 40th Division and assigned to the 7th Division [later 

redesignated as the 7th Infantr y Division]; relieved 23 August 1943 from assignment to the 7th lnfanu·y Division.) Inactivated 4 November 1945 at Camp 

Shanks, New York. Reorgan ized and federally recognized 3 June 1947 at 

Alameda as an clement of the 49th Infantry Division. Reorganb:ed and redesignated l December 1948 as the Medical Company, 159th n(~mtry. 

Consolidated I May 1959 with the Service Company, l59th Infantry (see 

\:-:~EX), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as I leaclquarters 

Company. lst Battle Group, 159th Infantry, an element of the 49tll Infantry Division. Convened and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Headquarters Company, 

249th Supply and Transport Battalion, an element of the 49th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 4 December 1965 as Headquaners Detachment, 49th Support Battalion, an elemem or the 49th Infanu·y Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 13 January 1974 as Headquaners and Ileadquarters Detachment, 49th Military Police Battalion. and relieved from assignment to the 49th In fan u·y Division. Location changed 1 May 1978 to \Val nut 

Creek. 

ANI'\ EX 

Organized in J uly 1916 in the California National Guard while in federal 

service as the Supply Company (Provisional), 5th Infantry Regiment. Mustered out of federal service 7 October 1916 at Sacramento. ~1ustet ed in to 

federal service 8 April 1917 at Oakland; drafted into federal service 5 August 

1917. Consolidated 24 September-! NO\·ember 1917 wi th the Supply Company, 2d l nfantry Regiment (California National Guard), and consolidated 

unit reorganized and redesig nated as the Supply Company, l 59th lnfanu·y, 

an element of the 40th Division. Demobilized I May 19 19 at the Presidio of 

San Francisco. California. Former Supply Company, 5th lnfanu·y Regiment, 

reorganit.ed and federally recognitc-d 16 November 192 1 in the California 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 89 

National Guard at Oakland as the Service Company, I 59th Infantry, an clement of the 40th Division. Inducted into federal service 3 March 1941 at 

Oakland. (l59th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941 from assignment to the 

40th Division and assigned to the 7th Division [later redesignated as the 7th 

Infantry Division]; relieved 23 August 1943 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division.) Inactivated 4 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. 

Reorganized and federally rccognit.ed 14 April 1947 at Alameda. 

I lome Station: Walnut Cn:ck 

C\.\IPAIG;>.. PARTICIPATIO:'\ CRH)IT 

1\illltl 1\ar I 

Slrc,nncr wilhouL inscrip1ion 

m11'1t1\\llr II 

AlcULian Islands 

Europcan-African-Micldlt· Ea-.L<'rn Thcall'l", Streamer "'ilhouL in~< 1 ip1ion 

DECORATIO:-IS 

None. 
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I I ERALDIC lTDIS 

OISll:\CTI\'1: l:'\SIG:'\1,\ 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of two gold rays issuing from base 

diagonally to the left and right saltirewise terminaling in a 

convex arc across the top, each bearing a green mace sal tirewise, spiked heads at the top, and between the rays at the 

top upon a blue arched interstice a white crescent with 

horns to upper lcfl, and curved around green interstices at 

the side~ and base of the rays a gold scroll inscribed "Ready 

to Respond" in green leucrs. 

S)'lltbolism: Gt·ecn and yellow are colors used for the Military Police 

Corps. The white nescem on the blue was suggested by the 

flag or South Carolina to denote the unit's location and assignment to the South Carolina Army National Guard. The 

crescent also signifies growing brightness and, together with 

the gold rays, t·efers to the battalion's investigation and 

crime prcvention mission. The rays, which simulate beams 

of light, also allude to the battalion's origin in the Coast Artilleq (!!arbor Defense). The maces, historic weapons used 

by warriors and guards as hand armo;, represent the protective scn icc~ provided by the ot·ganitation. 

L!NE.ACE AND H ONORS 

ARNG 

Ll:'\b\CF (Somh Carolina) 

Organized and federally recogni;.ed 6 December 1926 in the South Carolina National Guard at Florence as Batter)' A, 263d Coast Artillery Batt.:'1lion. 

Reorganit.ed and redesignated lO June 1930 as Battery A, 263d Coast Artillery. Inducted imo fcckral service 13 January 194 J at Florence. Reorganitcd and redesignated I October 1944 as the 248th Coast Artillery Battery. 

90 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 91 

Inactivated 10 November 1944 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Consolidated 

with Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 263d Coast Artillery (see ANNEX 1), 

and consolidated unit reorganized and federally recognized 21 March 1947 

at Florence as Battery D. 713th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Ordered 

into active federal service 15 August 1950 at Florence; released 14June 1952 

from aCLive federal service and reverted to state control. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Battery D, 713th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. 

Consolidated 1 April 1959 with Company I, I 18th In fan try (organized 

and federally recognized 10 Aprill947 at Florence as an element of the 51st 

Infanu·y Division), and the Medical Section, Headquarters Battery, 713th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion (see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit reorganized 

and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 3d Baule Group, 118th Infantry, an element of the 51st Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 1 J anuary 1963 as Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, ll8th Infantry, and relieved from assignment to the 51st Infantry Division. Converted 

and redesignated 1 January 1968 as H eadquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 51st Military Police Battalion. 

ANNEX 1 

Organized and federally recognized 15 Aprill940 in the South Carolina 

National Guard at Florence as Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 263d 

Coast Artillery. Inducted into federal service 13 January 1941 at Florence. 

Disbanded l October 1944 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Reconstituted 25 

August 1945 in the South Carolina National Guard. 

AN:-.IEX 2 

Organized and fede1·ally recognized 3 January 1949 in the South Carolina National Guard at Florence as the Medical Detachment, 713th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion. Ordered in to active federal service 15 August 

1950 at Florence; released 14 June J 952 from active federal service and reverted to state control. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the Medical Detachment, 7l3th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 13 May 1958 as the Medical Section, Headquarters Battery, 713th 

Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. 

Home Station: Florence 

CAMPAJGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

ECORATIO~S 

None. 
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HERALDIC ITEMS 

COAT OF' AA'vlS 

ShiPld: Vert, a rudder or. 

None approved. 

Honor Above All. 

Cmt: 

Motto: 

Symbolism: The shi eld is in the colors of Military Poli ce. The heraldic 

rudder is an allegorical representation of the basic functions of the organization, control and guidance. 

0JSTJ:-\GffYE NS C~lA 

The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. 

92 
LINEAGES A 0 HERALDIC DATA 93 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 8June 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters 

and Headquarters Detachment, 9lst Military Police Baualion. Activated 13 

June 1945 in France. Inactivated l 4 October 1945 at Camp Claiborne, 

Louisiana. Activated 20 Scptem ber l 950 in Korea. Allotted 25 October 1951 to 

the Regular Army. Inactivated 24J une 1955 in Korea. Activated l August 1962 

at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. Inactivated 25 March 1964 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATIO:"\ CREDIT 

Korean ll'arUN Offensive 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-Fall OO'cnsivc 

DECORATIONS 

Second Korean \<\"inter 

Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer 1953 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1953-1954 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 91st Military Police Battalion, cited; DA GO 32, 1954) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KORF ~ 

1950-1952 (9lst Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 33, 1953) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Su·eamer embroidered KORF.A 

1952-1953 (91st Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 23, 1954) 
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H ERALDIC ITEMS 

0JSTINCTNE I NSIGNIA 

94 

DescrifJlion: A gold insignia consisting of a gold sword interlaced with 

two wihite Oriental phoenixes addorsed. 

Symbolism: The two white Oriental phoenixes are from the flag of the 

President of the Republic of Korea. They stand for the two 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citations awarded to 

the battalion. The phoenix is fabled to emerge from the 

ashes of destruction, to rebuild in auspicious times the rule 

of law and order. The sword represents military power and 

justice. The interlacing of the charges refers to the maintenance of law and order by means of military justice. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 95 

LINEAD£ AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 8 june 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 92d Military Police Battalion. Activated 

23June 1945 in France. Inactivated 25 February 1946 in Belgium. Allotted 14 

September 1950 to the Regular Army and activated in Korea. Inactivated 20 

March 1953 in Korea. Activated 15 September 1961 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Inactivated 5 Febmary 1970 in Vietnam. 

CAJ\1PAIGN PARTICIPATIOl'\ CREDIT 

Km-ean War 

UN Defensive 

UN Offcnsi,·e 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Counteroffensive 

CCF Spring OfTcnsi,•e 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

D ECORATIONS 

Vi~l1Will 

Counteroffensive 

Countcroffensi,·e. Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase 111 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

\..ountcroffcnsivc, Phase VI 

Tet 69/Coumeroffensivc 

Summer-Fall 1969 

Winter-Spring 1970 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SAJGON 

AREA 1966-1967 (Headquarters and Headquaners Detachment, 92d Military Police Battalion, cited; DA GO 17, 1968) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Su·eamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967-1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 92d Military Police 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 48, 1969) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950-1952 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 92d Military Police 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 33, 1953) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952-1953 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 92d Military Police 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 23, 1954) 

Republic ofVietnam Cross ofCallanu·ywith Palm, Su·eamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 196&-1970 (92d Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 
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H ERALDIC ITEMS 

OtSTI~C'Jl\'E ~SIG~IA 

96 

DescrijJLion: A silver insignia consisting of a quatrefoil shaped background of military green; divided horizontally and vertically 

into four segments and charged with a vertical silver column 

behind two gold crossed keys. 

Symbolism: The military green background is dhided into fom repeating segments alluding to the four campaign streamers 

awarded to the battalion in the Korean War. The silver column represents strength, and the gold colored keys represent security, both clements being the concern of a military police battalion. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 97 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 8 J une 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 93d Military Police Battalion. Activated 

l3June 1945 in France. Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France. Allotted 27 

September 1951 to the Regular Army. Activated 28 October 1951 in Korea. 

Inactivated 20 March 1953 in Korea. Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Inactivated 21 December 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Activated 

16 October 1986 in Germany. 

CAJvlPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

Korean 1*1r 

UN Summer-Fall OITensi"c 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

DECORATIONS 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase IV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive. Phase VI 

Tet 69/ CounteroiTensi'"c 

Summer-Fall 1969 

Winter-Spring 1970 

Sanctuary CountcroiTensivc 

CounteroiTensivc. Phase Vll 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNMvl 

1967-1968 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 93d Military Police 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 72, 1968) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950-1952 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 93d Military Police 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 33, 1953) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Su·eamer embroidered KOREA 

1953 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 93d Military Police Battalion, cited; DA GO 23, 1954) 

Republic ofVietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Su·eamer embroidered 

VlETNAM 196&-1971 (93d Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 

Republic ofVietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Oass, Streamer embroidered VIETNA,\11]970-1971 (93d Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 32, 1973) 
94th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

Co' r OF AR~1s 

Shield: 

Crt>sf: 

Mollo: 

.~)'mbolism: 

I IERJ\L.OIC ITEMS 

\'en, in pairk rc\'ersed three chains Lhroughom or o\·crall a 

bctant engrailcd of eight points bc·aring a Korean tacguk 

(gules and at.urc) in canton a flcur-de-lis of the second. 

On a wreath of the colors, or and \'Crt, a dcmi-bear argc·nt 

collared with a wreath of three twists gules, azure, gules, 

grasping in his dexter claw two palm branches of the third 

and holding palewise a staff with banner flotant of the like 

charged with a cross throughout sable. 

When in :"Jeccl. 

The three chains represent control and refer to the .\lilitary 

Police function; they also allude 10 the battalion's three 

years of service in Korea during the Korean War, the red 

and blue Korean taeguk on the roundcl of eight points a)-

hiding to the eight Korean campaigns in which the unit 

partici patcd. The Ocur-de-lis allude-; LO the activation of the 

battalion in Paris. France. 

The design commemorates the organit.ation 's two Republic 

of Korea Presidential Unit Citations. They arc represented by 

the two branches of palm held b)' the bear, honored in Korea 

as the progenitor of the Korean race. The red and blue of 

the wreath combined with the white of the bear allude to the 

colors of the Korean national flag. The banner with the long 

su·eamcr (a German type of banner called a srhwenkel) bears 

the cross from the arms of the city or Bonn, capital of the 

Federal Republic of Germany, in reference to the reactivation or the battalion in Germany in 1959. 

OISTI:-.JCTIVE l l\:SICNIA 

The distinctive insignia is the crest and motto of the coat of arms. 

98 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 99 

Ll EAGE 1\."!D HONORS 

RA 

Lt~EAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 8 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 94th Military Police Battalion. Activated 

13June 1945 in France. Inactivated 25 February 1946 in France. Allotted 24 

October 1950 to the Regular Army. Activated 30 October 1950 in Korea. Inactivated 20 March 1953 in Korea. Activated 24June 1959 in Germany. (Companies A, B, and C constituted 30 March L97l in the Regular Army and activated in Germany.) Battalion inactivated 21 June 1976 in Germany. 

CA~IPAIC:--: PARTICIPATIO:-.: CRF.DIT 

K()Tean \\hr 

UN Offt·n<.i\'C 

CGF l ntt•rvcrHion 

First UN CountcrofTcnsivc 

CCF Spring Offensh·t• 

UN Summer- Fall Offen\t\l' 

Second Kur(•an \\'inter 

Korea, Summer-Fall H152 

Third Korean Winter 

DECORATIONS 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. Streamer embroidered KORF.\ 

1951-1952 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 94th lilitary Police 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 33, 1953) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952-1953 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 94th Military Police 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 23, 1954) 
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COAT OF AR.\1S 

Shield: 

Crest: 

Motto: 

Symbolism: 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

Vert, on a bend wavy or between two griffins' heads couped 

of the last an oriental sword sable. 

On a wreath of the colors, or and vert, a rocky mound of the 

last and thereon a bamboo portcullis (gate) of three perpendicular bars proper spiked gules. 

Security, Law, Order. 

Green and yellow are the colors used for the Military Police 

Corps. The griffin is a mythological creature famed for the attributes of vigilance, courage, and strength and alludes to the 

unit. The color black suggests the robes of justices, and the 

sword denotes leadership and the military. The griffin heads, 

wavy bend, and oriental sword together refer to the unit's 

three activations overseas, two in Europe and one in Asia. 

The bamboo portcullis alludes to Asia, and the red spikes 

represent Meritorious Unit Commendations, one for Korea 

and t:wo for Vietnam. The rocky mound and portcullis symbolize the adverse terrain, guerrilla attacks, and transient 

camps during the unit's service in Korea. The portcullis 

and spikes also refer to security at the Long Binh Ammunition Depot and the establishment of law and order· for the 

post at Long Binh during the Vietnam conflict. 

DISTINCTIVE I NSIGNIA 

100 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a green four-pointed star surmounted by two gold clamps in saltire. 

Symbolism: Green and ycllmv are the colors used for Military Police. 

The crossed clamps designating a restrictive or restraining 

force and the star for guidance symbolize the mission of 

the battalion. 
LINEAGES A: D HERALDIC DATA ] 01 

Lll':~:,\GE AND HO~ORS 

RA 

L!NEACE (active) 

Constituted 8 june 1946 in the Army of Lhe United States as Headquarters and I leadquarters Detachment, 95th Military Police Battalion. Acti\'ated 

8 July 1945 in Germany. I nactivated 24 June 1946 in Germany. Allotted 24 

October 1950 to the Regular Army. Activated 30 October 1950 in Korea. Inactivated 15 August 1954 in Korea. Activated 25 November 1965 at Fort Riley, 

Kansas. Inactivated 13 April 1972 at Fort Lewis, \\'ashington. Acti\'ated 21 

March 1973 in Germany (Companies A, B, and C concurrently constituted 

and activated; inactivated 30Junc 1976-21June 1977 in Germany). 

C' ..AMI'AICJ'\ PARTICIPATI0:-1 CREDIT 

1\omw I lw r 

Ut'\ ()ff .. nsivc 

CCF lntcrvcnlion 

Fir ~l UN Countcroffcn,in· 

CCF Spring Offcnsi"c 

UN Summer-fall OffcnsiH· 

~tond Korean \\'inter 

Korea, ~ummcr-Fall 1952 

lhird Korean \\'imer 

1\on·<~. Summer 1953 

DECORATIONS 

l'ietn(lln 

Coun tcrofft·nsivt· 

Counteroff(onsivo:. Ph.rw II 

Cournerofft·mivo:, Pha~c Ill 

Tct Countt·roff{'ll\ivt· 

Countcrofft·n'i't'. l'IM\l' l\' 

Countcroflen,iH:. l'h,tM· \' 

C-ourHcroffcn>ht•, Pha-e \ 'l 

Tct 69/ Counu·roflt·n,l\1' 

Summer-Fall 1969 

\\'inter-Spring Hl70 

Sanctuar) Coumt•rofft'lhiH' 

Countcrofkn;iw. Pha-<· \'ll 

Consolidatiou l 

Consolidation ll 

Cease-Fire 

Meritorious Unit Cornmendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

(I lcadquartcrs and Headquarters Detachment, 95th Military Police Battalion, cited; DA CO 62, 1952) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Su·eamcr embroidered \1£T)'.;A\t 

1967 (Headquarters and I Icadquarters Detachment, 95th Military Police Battalion, cited; DA CO 54, 1968) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered \'lET:-.JAJ\1 

1968 (I Icadquarters and H eadquarters Detachment, 95th Military Police Battalion, cited; DA GO 39, l970) 

Republic ofVietnam Cross or Gallanu·y with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

\ 'tF.Ti'IA\1 1966-1972 (95th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 
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H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTI l(;TTVE I NSIG:-.IIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a gold buckle, tongue pointing 

up, above a green scroll inscribed with the unit's motto in 

gold letlers, "Unity is Our Strength." 

Symbolism: The buckle stands for fidelity in authority and for security. The 

colors green and yellow are those used for the Military Police 

Corps. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 8 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 96th Military Police Battalion. Activated 

13 June 1945 in France. Inactivated J 2 November 1945 in Belgium. Allotted 

14 December 1950 to the Regular Army and activated in Korea. Inactivated 

20 March 1953 in Korea. Activated 20 December 1965 at Fort Benning, Georgia. Inactivated 21 june 1974 at Oakland, California. 

CAi'viPAICN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

Korean War 

CCF Intervention 

First UN Countcrofrensiw 

CCF Spring Offensive 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer- Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

DECORATIONS 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950-1952 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 96th Military Police 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 33, 1953) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Su·eamcr embroidered KOREA 

1952-1953 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 96th Military Police 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 23, 1954) 

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HERALDIC !TDIS 

DISTINCTIVE 1:-..'SIG:\IA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a cenu·al vertical sword, point up-

\vards, flanked on each side by a curved feather, all intertwined 

with two annuleL">. Around the base of the device is a motto 

scroll bearing the legend "Take Charge" in black letters. 

Symbolism: The sword is a symbolic representation of the Army, as well 

as signif)'ing the sword ofjustice. The two feathers represent 

written military Jaw, together with orders and regulations 

which Military Police can enforce. The two an nulets refer to 

two of the foreign theaters in which the battalion has been 

active (Europe and Korea); they also represent the continuous flow of traffic, stragglers, individuals, and prisoners, all 

of which arc concerns of Military Police. 

FLAC D EVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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104 MILITARY POLICE 

L INEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 8 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 97th Military Police Battalion. Activated 

13June 1945 in France. Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France. Allotted 27 

September 1951 to the Regular Army. Activated 28 October 1951 in Korea. 

Inactivated 20 March 1953 in Korea. Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Lewis, 

Washington. Inactivated 30 April 1972 at Oakland, California. 

CAMPAIGN P ARTICIPATION CREDIT 

Korean War 

UN Summer-Fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea, Summer-Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winter 

DECORATIONS 

Vietnam 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive. Phase IV 

Counu:roflcnsivc, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Pha.~e VI 

Tct 69/ Counteroffcnsivc 

Summer-Fall 1969 

Winter-Spring 1970 

Sanctuary Counteroffensi\'c 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

Cease-Fire 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1967-1968 (Headquarters and Headqua1·ters Detachment, 97th MilitaJ·y Police Battalion, cited; DA GO 55, 1968) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950-1952 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 97th Mi)jtary Police 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 33, 1953) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952-1953 (Headquarters and Headquaners Detachment, 97th Military Police 

Battalion, cited; DA GO 23, 1954) 

Republic ofVietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Su·eamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1966-1972 (97th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 
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H ERALDIC ITEMS 

0ISTINC.IIVE INSICNLA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a gold ancient Roman plumed 

helmet in front of a green laurel wreath open at the rigl1l side 

and all enclosed at the sides and base with a three-fold gold 

scroll inscribed 'Justice, Loyalty, Honor" in green letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors for the Military Police 

Corps. The ancient Roman helmet refers lo the centurions 

chosen for their personal physical and moral merits and 

noted for their loyalty and devotion to duty. Together with 

the laurel wreath, an emblem borne at the top of the legion's standard, they connote the spirit of the organization. 

The protective function of the helmet also signifies the security and guard mission of the unit. The open laurel wreath 

simulates the character "C," the Roman numeral for 100, 

and alludes to the numerical designation of the battalion. 

105 
106 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

RA 

LI:-JEAG£ (inactive) 

Constituted 8 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, lOOth Military Police Battalion. Activated 1July 1945 in Germany. Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France. Redesignated 31 March 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 

I OOth Military Police Battalion, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to 

the Fourth United States Army. Activated I April 1959 at Fort Worth, Texas. 

Inactivated 27 March 1963 at Fort Worth, Texas. Redesignated 27 September 

1966 as Headquarters and Headq uarters Detachment, lOOth Military Police 

Battalion; concurrently withdrawn from the Army Reserve and allotted to the 

Regular Army. Activated 25 November 1966 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

Inactivated 19 June 1972 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. 

CA~IP CN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
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H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a gold three-post portcullis 

bearing horizontally two blue fleurs-de-lis and pendant from 

its rings a green scroll bearing the inscription "Serving State 

and Nation" in gold letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

The portcullis is a medieval symbol of authority to traverse, 

guard, open, and/ or close a gateway or door; it alludes to the 

unit's home state, New York, through the term "Gateway to 

the New World." The three posts of the portcullis represent 

the Eastern Mandates, Western Pacific, and Ryukyus campaigns in which the unit participated during World War II; 

the fleurs-de-lis refer to service in World War I. 

LINEAGE Al'JD H ONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (New York) 

Constituted 21 March 1898 in the New York National Guard as the 16th 

Battalion and organized from existing companies in Utica, Malone, Watertown, and Ogdensburg. Reorganized and redesignated 19 April 1899 as the 

4th Infantry Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1905 as the 1st 

Battalion, lst Infantry Regiment. Mustered into federal service 17-29 July 

1917 at home stations; drafted into fede ral service 5 August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1918 as the 1st Battalion, 1st Pioneer Infantr·y. Demobilized 13 July 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. Consolidated 15 February 1922 with companies of the lOth Infantry, New York 

Guard (organized 3 August 1917 to replace units of the lOth Infantry in federal service), and consolidated unit reorganized in the New York National 

Guard as the 3d Battalion, lOth Infantry. (lOth Infantry assigned 26January 

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108 MILITARY POLICE 

1927 to the 93d Infanu·y Brigade.) Inducted into federal service 15 October 

1940 at home stations. Redesignated 11 December 1940 as the 3d Battalion, 

I 06th Infantry, an clement of the 27th Division (later redesignated as the 27th 

Infantry Division) . Inactivated 31 December 1945 at Fort Lawton, Washington. (I 06th Infantry relieved 17 May 1947 from assignment to the 27th Infantry Division.) 

Reorganized and federally recognized 30 October J 947 as the 336th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion with Headquarters at Utica. Ordered into 

active federal service 15 May 1951 at home stations; released 14 Ma1·ch 1953 

from active federal service and everted to state control. Converted and redesignated 15 March 1953 as the 3d Battalion, lOlst Armored Cavalry. 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 1 Olst Armored 

Cavalry, converted and redesignated 16 March I 959 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachm.ent, I 02d Military Police Baualion (remainder of 3d 

Battalion, 1 Olst Armored Cavalry-hereafter separate lineage). 

Home Station: Utica 

C'..A~'IPAICt-: PARTICIPATI0:-1 CRWIT 

\\orld \\o r 1 

Ai~ne-~larne 

Oi~e-Aisnc 

~It-use-Argonne 

II ilriLI \\a r II 

Eas1ern ~hmd.lle\ (\\ilh arrowhead) 

\\'estern P.1cifk 

Ryukyu' 

Headquarters Detachment (Utica) additionally entitled to: 

I lor/d 11¥lr I 

&>mme Offensive 

Ypres-l .ys 

Fl;mdcrs 1918 

0ECORATIO:-.:S 

World 1\hr J/-I:JIMH 

Normand)' 

Northern Fa-;uacc 

Rhineland 

Ardcnaw.,.AJs.lfl' 

Centrall::uropt• 

Headquarters Detachment (Utica) entitled to Belgian Fourragere 1940 

(80lst Tank Destroyer Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950), Cited in the Order 

of the Day of the Belgian Army for action at the SIEGFRIED u.:-:E (80Ist Tank 

Destroyer Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950), and Cited in the Order of the 

Day of the Belgian Army for action at ELSENBORN CREST (80lst Tank Destroyer 

Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
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HERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a green background with five 

battlements at top bearing two crossed gold pikes with 

points upward and extending slightly beyond the outer 

edge of the background, overall above center a blue (ultramarine) triangle charged with a gold lion 's head, in base a 

triangular area between the pikes of scarlet bearing a gold 

disc charged with a stylized white dogwood blossom with a 

green center, a gold bayonet, point up, extending diagonally from each side of the disc to slightly beyond the outer 

edge of the background; all above a semicircular gold scroll 

folded back at each end and inscribed " Inspired by Need" 

in blue letters. 

Symbolism: The green background simulates the green fields of Europe, the five battlements alluding to the five campaigns of 

Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, 

and Central Europe during World War II. The blue triangle 

bearing the gold lion's head alludes to the unit's three campaigns, Somme Offensive, Ypres-Lys, and Flanders 1918, 

with the British in France and Belgium during World War I. 

The two bayonets extending from the scarlet field symbolize 

the unit's service as combat engineers during World War II. 

The red and green colors represent the unit's two decOl·ations, the French Croix de Gerre with Palm, World War II; 

and the Belgian Fourragere 1940. The crossed pikes, ancient weapons used by sentinels and patrols, allude to the 

unit's current designation. The unit's present location is 

represented by the dogwood blossom, the state flower of 

North Carolina. Green and yellow are colors used for the 

Military Police Corps. 

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LJNf.AGt~ AND HoNoRs 

MILITARY POLICE 

ARJ\!G 

(Nonh Carolina) 

Organi;cd 24 March 1888 in the Nonh Carolina State Guard at Asheville 

as Company F (Ashe,~llc LigiH Infantry), 4th Regiment of Infantry. Redesignated in 1898 as Company G, 2d Regiment of Infantry. Mustered imo federal service 9-27 May 1898 at Raleigh as Company 11, 2d North Carolina Volunteer Infantry; muslered out of federal scn·irc 7 November 1898 at 

Ashe~lle. Rcorgani1.ed in 1899 <H Asheville as Company I, 3d Regiment oflnfantry. (North Carolina State Guard redesignated in 1903 as the Nonh Carolina National Guard.) Redesignated in 1904 as Company K, 1st Regiment of 

Infantry. Mustered into federal service 5 j uly 1916 at Camp Glenn, North 

Carolina; mustered out of federal service 12-17 February 1917 at Asheville. 

Mustered into federal service 26 July-4 August 1917 at Asheville; drafted 

into federal service 5 August 1917. Disbanded 12 September 1917 at Camp 

Sevier, South Carolina, and personnel transferred to the 55th Depot Brigade 

(and subsequently to various units in the 30th Division). 

Former Company K, I st Regiment of Infantq, consolidated with the former Company F, I st RegimenL of Infantry (see ,\:-..:-:Ex I), and Company B, 

l 15th Machine Gun Battalion (sPe A~i'\F.X 2), and consolidated unit reorganized and federally recognized 26 j uly 1920 in the North Carolina National 

Guard at Asheville as Troop B, Cavalry. Redesignated 23 December 1921 as 

Troop E, l 09th Cavalry, an elemcm of the 23d Cavalry Division. Rcdesigmued 20 April 1922 as Troop F, I 09th Cavalry. Redesignated 30 March 1929 

as Troop K, l 09th Ca\'alry. Com erted and redesignated 1 April 1938 as Company E, 1 05th Engineers, an clement of the 30th Division (later redesignated as the 30th lnfant.ry Division). Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at Asheville. Reorganized and redesignated 7 February 1942 as 

Company B, 105th Engineer Battalion. Redesignated I August 1942 as Company B, 105th Engineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated 16 November 1945 at 

Fort jackson, South Ca1·olina. Reorganized and federally recogni;ed 3 june 

1947 at Asheville as the Service Company, I 20th Infantry, an clement of the 

30th Infantry Division. Reorgani;cd and redesignated 1 April 1959 as Company B, 2d Battle Group, 120th Infantry. ReorganiLcd and redesignated 10 

March 1963 as I Icadquarters Company, lst Battalion, l20th (nfantry. 

Converted and redesignalCd I January 1968 as I lcadquarters and Headquarters Detachment, I 09th Military Police Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 30th Infantry Division; location concurrently changed to 

West Ashe,•illc. 
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Al'\JNEX 1 

Organized in 1898 in the North Carolina State Guard at Asheville as 

Company F (Blue Ridge Rifles), 2d Regiment of Infantry. Mustered into federal service 2 May 1898 at Raleigh as Company F, 1st North Carolina Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of federal service 22 April 1899 at Savannah, 

Georgia. Reorganized in 1899 at Asheville as Company F, 1st Regiment of Infamry. (North Carolina State Guard redesignated in 1903 as the North Carolina Army National Guard.) Disbanded in 1915 at Asheville. 

Reorganized in 1916 in the North Carolina National Guard at Asheville as 

Company F, 1st Regiment oflnfantry. Mustered into federal service 5 july 1916 

at Camp Glenn, North Carolina; mustered out of federal service 12-17 February 1917 at Asheville. Mustered into feder,:\1 service 26 july-4 August 1917 at 

Asheville; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Disbanded 12 September 

1917 at Camp Sevier, South Carolina, and personnel transferred to the 55th 

Depot Brigade (and subsequently to various units in the 30th Division). 

Al'\JNEX 2 

Organized 5 October 1912 in the North Carolina National Guard at 

Asheville as Troop B, Cavalry. Redesignated 26 May 1917 as Troop B, 1st Separate Squadron, North Carolina Cavalry. Mustered into federal service 26 

July-4August 1917 at Asheville; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. 

Reorganized and redesignated 12 September 1917 as Company B, 115th 

Machine Gun Battalion, an element of the 30th Division. Demobilized in 

April 1919 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. 

Home Station: Asheville 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War/ 

Sommc Offensive 

Ypres-Lys 

Flanders 1918 

DECORATIONS 

Worl<l IVa r II 

Normandy 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

AJ·dcn n cs-Aisace 

Cenwdl Europe 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

FRANCE (30th Infantry Division cited; DA GO 14, 1959) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (105th Engineer Combat Battalion cited; DA 

GO 43, 1950), Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action 

in BELGIUM (105th Engineer Combat Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950), and 

Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDE ~ES (105th Engineer Combat Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
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H ERALD£C ITEMS 

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DfscrijJtion: A silver insignia consisting of a red and blue arrowhead surmounted by a spearhead of white affixed to a green shaft overall two silver barongs in saltire. Attached below the device a silver scroll inscribed "Guardians of Honour" in black letters. 

,S)•mbolism: The arrowhead alludes to New Guinea, a campaign in which 

the unit fought in World War 11. The spearhead, representative of the arrowhead on the campaign streamer, is indicative 

of the battalion's participation in the assault landing on New 

Guinea. The crossed barongs refer to service in the Philippines during World War 11. The colors red, white, and blue 

represent the Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, awarded 

the unit for service during World War II. The blue area is also 

commemorative of the Distinguished Unit Citation (now 

called the Presidemial Unit Citation lArmy]) awarded the 

battalion. Green and yellow is the color for the Military Police 

Cor·ps. The upright position of the spear further alludes to 

the capabilities of the battalion in its current mission. 
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LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Mississippi) 

Constituted in April l 917 in t.he Mississippi National Guard as Company 

A, Mississippi Engineers. Organized and mustered into federal service 26 

June 1917 at Camp Jackson, Mississippi; drafted into federal service 5 August 

1917. Reorganized and redesignated 27 September 1917 as Company A, 

114th Engineer Regiment, an element of the 39th Division. Demobilized 2 I 

May 1919 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. 

Expanded and reorganized 1921-1924 in the Mississippi National Guard 

as the 114th Engineer Regiment (less 2d Battalion allotted to the Florida National Guard) and assigned to the 39th Division; Headquarters federally recognized 9 June 1922 at Drew. Redesignated 29 January 1924 as the 1 06th Engineer Regiment (less 2d Battalion allotted to the Florida National Guard); 

concurrently relieved from assignment to the 39th Division and assigned to 

the 31st Division (later redesignated as the 31st Infantry Division). (Location 

of Headquarters changed 2 July 1925 r.o Jackson.) Inducted into federal 

service 25 November 1940 at home stations. Reorganized and redesignated 

(less 2d Battalion) 26 February 1942 as the 1 06th Engineer Battalion (2d Battalion, 106th Engineer Regiment-hereafter separate lineage). Redesignated 

1 August 1942 as the 106th Engineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated 21 December 1945 at Camp Stoneman, California. Expanded 1947-1950 to form 

the 106th Engineer Combat Battalion, an element of the 31st Infantry Division, and the 114th Engineer Combat Battalion (1 06th Engineer Combat 

Battalion-hereafter separate lineage). !14th Engineer Combat Battalion 

organized and federally recognized 23 J anuary 1950 with Headquarters at 

J ackson. Ordered into active federal service 11 September 1950 at home 

stations. ( 11 4th Engineer· Combat Battalion [NGUS] organized and federally 

recognized 26 September 1952 with Headquarters atJ ackson; redesignated 

1 March 1953 as the I 14th Engineer Battalion [ GUS].) Redesignated 8 

June 1953 as the 114th Engineer Battalion. Released 17 January 1955 from 

active federal service and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the ll4th Engineer Battalion (NGUS) . 

Headquarters, 114th Engineer Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 1 

May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, I 14th Engineer 

Battalion (remainder of ll4th Engineer Battalion-hereafter separate lineage). Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, !1 4th Engineer Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 4 January 1960 as Headquarters, Headquarters and Service Company, ll4t.h Engineer Battalion (organic elements 

concurrently organized from existing units). ll4th Engineer Battalion ordered into active federal service 30 September 1962 at. home stations; released 

5 October 1962 from active federal service and reverted to state conu·ol. 
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Headquarters and Headquaners Company, I 14th Engineer Battalion, 

convened and redesignated I May 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Detachment, 112th Military Police Baualion (remainder of I 14th Engineer 

Battalion-hereafter separate lineage). 

I lome Station: jackson 

CAMJ>AIG:-.: PARTICJPATIO:-\ CRH)IT 

1\htld \\ilr I 

\ICU\C·Argonnc: 

DH ORATIO:\S 

\\arid \\Ia II 

:\t·" Guint-a (lqth .u mwhc:ad) 

Southern l'lulippiuc~ 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ~11:\DA.'~AO (1 06th 

Engineer Combat Bau.alion cited; WD GO 81, 1946) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer cmbroideJ·ed 17 ocronER 

1944 to 4JUI.Y 1945 ( 106th Engineer Combat Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
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HERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE lr-:SICNIA 

Desoiption: A gold insignia consisting of a bottony cross parted quarterly red and white with a pair of green scalepans suspended 

from a beam arced across the top and surmounting the 

cross with point up, a blue arrowhead bearing a gold Oeurde-lis, all above a green scroll arced from the outer lateral 

arms and inscribed, "Maryland's Finest," in gold letters, all 

open areas within the design of brick red. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for the Military Police 

Corps, and the cross indicates Maryland Army National 

Guard. The scalepans connote equal justice in lawful processes in the overall mission of the organization. The fleurde-lis refers to France and the central European areas where 

the unit participated in two campaigns during World War I 

and four campaigns during World War II. The arrowhead 

denotes the assault landing at Normandy during the latter 

war, and blue refers to the award of the Presiden tal Unit Citation (Army) and red and green to the French Croix de 

Guene. The brick red color, suggested by the organization, 

reflects attached units. 

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116 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Maryland) 

Organized 10 April 1901 in the Maryland National Guard at Salisbury as 

Company I, 1st Regiment of lnfanu·y. Mustered into federal service 28 June 

1916 at Salisbury; mustered out of federal service 4 November 1916 at Salisbury. Mustered into federal service 25 July 1917 at Salisbury; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1917 as 

part of Company I, 115th Infantry, an element of the 29th Division. Demobilized 2-7 j une 1919 at Camp Meade, Maryland. Reorganized and federally recognized 20 November 1 920 in the Maryland National Guard at Salisbury as 

Company I, lst Infantry, an element of the 29th Division. Redesignated 1 J anuary 1941 as Company I, 115th Infantry, an element of the 29th Division (later 

redesignated as the 29th Infantry Division). Inducted into federal service 3 

February 1941 at Salisbury. Inactivated 17 J anuary 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New 

Jersey. Reorganized and federally recognized 16 December 1946 at Salisbury. 

Consolidated 1 March 1959 with Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 115th 

Infantry (organized and federally recognized 16 December 1946 at Salisbury), 

and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 115th Infantry. Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 

1963 as H eadquarters Company, 2d Battalion, I 15th Infantry. 

Converted and redesignated 21 J anuary 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, I 15th Military Police Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 29th Infantry Division. Ordered into active federal service 7 

Aprill968 at Salisbury; released 12 April 1968 from active federal service and 

reverted to state control 

Home Station: Salisbury 

CAMPAJGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World Wnr/ 

~h:use-Argonnc 

Alsace 1918 

D ECORATIONS 

World War If 

1'\ormandy (with arrowlwad) 

Northern France 

Rhineland 

Central Europe 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered ST. LAURENTSUR-MER (ll5th Infamry cited; WD GO 14, 1945) 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Su-eamer embroidered 

BEACHES OF NORI\1ANDY (115th Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
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COAT OF ARMS 

Shield: 

Crest: 

Motto: 

Symbolism: 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

Gules, a distaff palewise argent. 

That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Rhode 

Island Army National Guard: On a wreath of the colors, argent and gules, an anchor paleways or. 

Facta Probant (Deeds Prove Us). 

The shield is red with the charge in white, represenling the 

Corps of Engineers, the former branch of the unit. The 

distaff is used to symbolize that the city of Pawtucket, Rhode 

Island, is reputed to be the birthplace of the texlile industry; 

one of the battalion's former elements was organized in 

that city. 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

The distinctive unit insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. 

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I 18 MILITARY POLICE 

LlNJ.'J\GI-: A, 0 HONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Rhode Island) 

Constituted 20.January 1926 in the Rhode Island National Guard as the 

I st Battalion, 118th Engineers, an clement of the 43d Division. Organized 

and federally recognized 8 December 1926 with Headquarters at Providence. 

Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 1 March 1929 as the ll8th Engine<-rs, with Headquarters at Providence. Inducted into federal service 24 

February 1941 at home stations. Regiment broken up 19 February 1942 and 

iL'\ clcmenLS reorganized and redesignated as the 1 18th Engineer Battalion, 

an clement of the 43d Innmtry Division, and the 2d Battalion, 177th Engineers (hereafter separate lineage). 1 l 8th Engineer Bau.alion redesignated 1 

April 1942 as the 118th Engineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated 26 October 

1945 at Camp Stoneman, Ca lifornia. Reorganized and federally recognized 

15 October 1946 with Headquarters at Providence. Ordered into active federal service 5 September 1950 at home stations. (I 18th Engineer Combat 

Battalion [NGUS] organized and federally recognit.ed8 October 1952 with 

Headquarters at Providence; redesignated 1 April 1953 as the 118th Engineer Battalion [NCUS] .) Redesignated 5 June 1953 as the !18th Engineer 

Battalion. Released 15 June 1954 from active federal service and reverted to 

state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 118th Engineer Battalion (NGUS). Relieved 18 March 1963 from assignment to the 

43d Infantry Division. 

Converted and redesignatNI l May 1968 as the !18th Military Police 

Battalion. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, I 18th Military Police Battalion, reorganized 1 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters 

Detachment, 118th Military Police Battalion (remainder of the ll8th Military Police Battalion-hereafter separate lineage). 

I lome Station: ProYidencc 

C'..A,\IPAJG:-.: PARTJCIPATIO:\ CREDI1 

\\i>rld \\nr 11 

Guada\canal 

Nc" Guinea 

Northern Solomons (with armwhcad) 

l.u1.on (with arrowlwad) 

D~ CORATIO~S 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACifiC 

fiiE.\TER (Headquarter and Service Company, I 18th Engineer Combat Battalion, cited; GO 802, 43d Infantr)' Division, 30 September 1945) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 ocrOBER 

1944 TO 4JULY 1945 (43d Infantry Division cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
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HERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGl'\lA 

Df'scription: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blazoned: or, touching a base 

wavy vert a tornado cloud sable charged with a sword in pale surmounting in chief a pair of scales all of the first Attached below 

the shield ascroll sable inscribed SemjJeru_x (Always the Law) or. 

Symbolism: The colors green and yellow are for the Military Police. The 

black cloud represents a tornado symbolizing disaster during which the organization would maintain law and order. 

The sword and scales are traditional symbols oflaw and justice. The wavy base is symbolic of the water surrounding 

the island on which the organization is based. 

FLAG DEVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

LI EAGE AND H ONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Puerto Rico) 

Constituted 5 December 1950 as the 124th Military Police Battalion. Allotted 3 January 1951 to the Puerto Rico Army National Guard. Organized and 

federally recognized 28 January 1951 with Headquarters at San Juan. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 124th Military Police Battalion, reorganized 1 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 124th 

Military Police Battalion (remainder of battalion-hereafter separate lineage). 

Ordered into active federal service 28June 1980 at San juan; released 12.July 

1980 from active federal service and reverted to commonwealth control. 

Home Station: Sanjuan 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

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H ERALDIC lTEi\IS 

OtSTI:--:CTI\'F. 1:-.~ICXIA 

DesaifJLion: On a gold shield two red bars wavy, overall three blue piles, 

two billeue of white, one reversed and charged with a bastion with sentry box issuant from base, of gold. Attached 

below the shield a two-segmented gold scroll inscribed "We 

Serve" on the dexter segment and "The Fighter" on the 

sinister segment in blue letters. 

Symbolism: The wedge-shaped areas allude to the control mission in 

Jaw enforccmem; the billets referring to the dispersal, restriction, or containment of clements in opposition to the 

regulations for the preservation of tranquility and order establi hed by law. The two reel wavy bars allude to the two 

campaign in World War II in which the unit sen·ccl as an element of the 296th Infantry, indicated by the gold bastion 

with sentrr bartitan upon a blue background taken from 

the shield of the coat of arms of that organization. It also denotes the unit's assignment in Puerto Rico. 

FLAG DEVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Puerto Rico) 

Organi~ecl and federally rccognit.ed 15 January 1922 in the Pueno Rico 

National Guard at Ponce as lleadquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 1st Regiment of Infan try. Redesignated 23 January 1923 as Headquarters Company, 

2d Battalion, 295th Infantry. Redesignated 1 J une 1936 as Headquarters 

Company, 2cl Battalion, 296th lnfamry. Redesignated 1 May I 940 as I lead120 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 121 

quarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 296th Infantry. Inducted into federal 

service 15 October 1940 at Camp Tortuguero, Puerto Rico. Reorganized 

and redesignated 1 April 1942 as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 

296th Infantry. Inactivated 12 March 1946 at Camp O'Reilly, Puerto Rico. 

Consolidated 13 October 1946 with Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 296th Infantry (organized and federally recognized 25 August 1940 at 

Ponce); consolidated unit concurrently reorganized and federally recognized at Ponce as Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 296th Infantry. Ordered into active federal service 10 September 1950 at Camp Tortuguero, 

Puerto Rico. (Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, 296th Infantry [NGUS], 

organized and federally recognized 28 June 1953 at Ponce.) Released 19 

November 1954 from active federal service and reverted to commonwealth 

control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters 

Company, 3d Battalion, 296th Infantry (NGUS). 

Converted and redesignated 15 February 1959 as Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 125th Armor. Consolidated 1 September 

1959 with the Medical Detachment, 1st Tank Battalion, 125th Armor (organized and federally recognized 15 February 1959 at Ponce), and consolidated 

unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarter Company, 1st Medium 

Tank Battalion, 125th Armor. (1st Medium Tank Battalion, 125th Armor, assigned 1 May 1963 to the 92d Infantry Brigade). Converted and redesignated 

1 May 1964 as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 296th Infantry, an element of the 92d Infantry Brigade. Converted and redesignated 31 December 

1967 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 292d Supply and Service 

Battalion; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 92d Infantry Brigade. 

Converted and redesignated 1 March 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 125th Military Police Battalion. Ordered into active 

federal service 17 May 1980 at Ponce; released 31 May 1980 from active federal service and reverted to commonwealth control. 

Home Station: Ponce 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATIO:-J CREDIT 

WorM War J/ 

Nllcl·ican Theater, Su·eamer without inscrip1ion 

Asiatic-Pacific Theater. SLrcamer wi1hout insc-ription 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
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HERALDIC ITEMS 

OISTJ:-.lCTrVE I:-.lSICNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of three horizomal wavy blue bars 

between a gold demi-sun at the tOp and a light green mound 

in base, all surmounted vertically by a red ragged staff, and 

saltirewise by rwo gold spears, and arced around base from 

the spearheads, passing over the ferrules of the spear staffs, 

a green scroll inscribed "Flying Steel" in gold letters. 

S)'mbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for the Military Police 

Corps. Scarlet and gold allude to the unit's origin as artillery, and blue refers to the unit's infantry assignment. 

The sun symbolizes knowledge and vigilance, and a spear is 

emblematic of leadership, protection, and guidance; together they represent the overall mission and capabilities of 

the organization. The sun, spears, green mound, and wavy 

blue bars, the latter a symbol for water, were suggested by 

the great seal of the state of California and refer to the allocation of the organization. The design also suggests the 

bay area of San Francisco and alludes to San Mateo, California, the unit's home. 

FJ.A(, DEVICE 

The nag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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Ll:-./J-j \GE ,\:--:o Ho:-roRS 

ARNG 

LlNtAGE (California) 

Constituted 5 August 1946 in the California National Guard as Battery A, 

68lst Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Organized and 

federally recognized 5 January 1948 at Redwood City. Reorganized and redesignated 1 February 1949 as Battery A, 149th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. an clement of the 49th Infantry Division. Redesignated I October 1953 as Battery A, I 49th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. 

Converted and redesignated I Ma>· 1959 as Battery A, 6th I IowiLLer Battalion, 

143d Artillery, an clement of the 49th lnfanu·y Division. Redesignated I 

March 1963 as Battery A, ~d Battalion, 143d Artillery. (3d Battalion, 143d Artillery, assigned 4 December 1965 to the 49th Infantry Brigade.) Consolidated 29 January 1968 with Company B, 49th Signal Battalion (see ANNEX), 

and consolidated unit designated as Battery A, 3d Bau.alion, 143d Artillery. 

Redesignated l May 1972 as Bauery A, 3d Battalion, l43d Field Artillery. Reorganited and redesignated I june 1973 as Headquaners Battery, 3d Battalion, 143d Field Artillerv. 

Com·erted and red~signated 13 January 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, l43d Military Police Battalion, and rclie,·ed from assignment to the 49th Infantry Brigade; locat.ion concurrently changed to San Mateo. 

Constituted 5 August 1946 in the California lational Guard as Battery D, 

68 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion. Organized and 

federally recognized 7 February 1948 at Men lo Park. Reorganized and redesignated L February 1949 as Battery D, I 49th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion, an clement of the 49th Infantry Division. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as Bancry D, I 49th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion. 

Comened and redesignated I May 1959 as Company B, 49th Signal Battalion, an clement of the 49th lnfanu·y Division. Location changed I lovembcr 

1962 to Redwood City. 

I lome Station: San Mateo 

C -\MI'AlCN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

Dt-<:ORArtO~S 

None. 
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H ERALDIC ~tS 

DtSTit'I:CfM ~SIG:-IIA 

Descriptiou: A gold insignia consisting of a green area crossed horizontally by two narrow wavy bars all within a gold scroll, lined 

black, double-arched across the top, curving inwardly along 

the sides and then outwardly across the base, all surmoun ted throughout vertically by a gold Roman sword, grip 

between scroll ends, pommel extending beyond base and 

blade between the inscription "Vigilance" and "For Peace" 

in black letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colo rs used for Military Police. 

The sword, symbol of military authority, is upright to represent guidance and vigilance. The wavy lines symbolize both 

a continual flow, to denote the unit's mission of providing 

military police services, and water, to represent the Gnmd 

and Cedar Rivers at Lansing, the organization's former 

homesite. The design also simulates an uncial "M" and 

refers to both the military and Michigan. 

FLAG D EVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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LI:-.:EAGE AND HOi\ORS 

AR1'JG 

LJNF.ACE (Michigan) 

Constituted 13 February 1959 in the Michigan Army National Guard as 

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 46th Infantry Division Trains. 

Organized and federally recognized 15 March 1959 at Grand Rapids. Location changed 14 March 196 I 10 Lansing. Reorganii'Cd and redesignated 15 

March 1963 as Headquarters, I lcadquarters Company and Band (less Band), 

46th Infanu·r Division Support Command. Ordered into active federal service 24 July 1967 at Camp Grayling, Michigan; released 2 August 1967 from 

active federal service and reverted to state control. 

Converted and redesignated l February 1968 as l leadquancrs and Headquarters Detachment, 146th Military Police Batta lion; concurrently relieved 

from assignment to the 46t.h Infantry Division. Ordered into acLive federal service 2 Augustl980 at. Lansing; released 16 Augustl980 from active federal service and reverted to state control. Location changed 1 April 1985 to Owosso. 

Home Station: Owosso 

CAMI'i\IG:'\ PARTICIPATJO:'\ CREDJ1 

None. 

ECORAT O~S 

None. 
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HERALDIC lTDIS 

OIS"II!'\CTI\'E I:-.ISI(.:-;1,-\ 

Description: A silvt"r insignia consisting of a shield cmbl:uoncd: aLUrc, 

on a shield argent, a fillet saltire gules, overall a plate 

charged with a linden leaf vert veined of the second. The 

motto i!> l~ n Route (On the Way). 

Symbolism: The colors blue and white a1·e used for infantry units. The 

saltircs. suggested by the Alabama state flag, arc used to indicate Alabama, the home area of the battalion. The linden 

leaf alludes to Linden, the unit's headquarters. 

FL\(. DE\'lCE 

The flag device is the same as the d istinctive insignia. 

LI:-:FJ\CE AND HONORS 

AR.l'JG 

LI'\L· \G£ (Alabama) 

Organized and fedcrall) recognii'ed I September 1981 in the Alabama 

Army National Guard at Linden as Headquarters and I leadquarters Detachmem, 156th Military Police Battalion. 

llomc Station: Linden 

.~\~ I'AIGi\ AIUICIPATIO~ CREDIT 

None. 

DH ORATIO'\S 

None. 

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HERALDIC lTDlS 

~'TI~CTIVE l~SIG:\IA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of two gray Indian elephants 

standing back to back on a light green mound in front of a 

red chevron with a gold "Wheel of Law" on a blue background surmounting the lowe,- portion of a continuous 

green scroll, arched at the top and divided in three folds inscribed "Bastion of Liberty" in gold lcners. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police 

units. The elephants allude to India and are a reference to 

service on the India-Burma border during World War 11. 

The chevron represents support, and together with the ancient Indian "Wheel of Law" refers to law enforcement, the 

basic mission of the organization. 

Ft.i\C DEVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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UNFAGE AND HONORS 

AR 

Ltl"EAGF (active) 

Constituted 30 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headqua1·ters Detachment, 159th Military Police Service Battalion. Activated 5 September 1944 in India. Inactivated 27 October 1945 in 

India. Redesignated 4 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 159th Military Police Battalion, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the First U nitcd States Army. Activated 25 May 1959 at Hamden, 

Connecticut. Inactivated 1 March 1963 at Hamden, Connecticut, and relieved from assignmen t to the First United States Army. Redesignated 15 

April 1976 as Headquaners and Headquarters Detachment, I 59th Military 

Police Battalion, assigned to the Fifth United States Army, and activated at 

Kansas City, Missouri. Location changed I February 1981 to Richards-Gebaur 

Air Force Base, Missouri. 

Home Area: Fifth United States Army 

Cfu\1l)AJCN PARTICIPATIO~ CREDIT 

World \\ , If 

A~i:uk Pa ific Tlwau:r. Streamer witltout inscr-iption 

DECORt\TIO:--:S 

None. 
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l l ERALDIC ITEMS 

DrsTr:-:cr!\'E 1:-:src:-:rA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of two erect gold keys addorscd and 

conjoined at the bows and surmounted at the center· of the 

shanks by a reo heraldic rose all in front of and between a pair 

of scales, the balance beam black and the scalepans gold, and 

issuing above the balance beam a tapered white dome between the tops of two smaller dome · (a representation of the 

Taj Mahal) all above a green scroll, the ends cun~ng inward 

behind the pendant supports for the scalepans inscribed Honorem Resliluimus (We Restore Honor) in gold letters. 

S)1mbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

flAG DEVICE 

The two keys denote custody and restoration and together 

with the scales for justice symbolize the organinnion 's basic 

mission in the rehabilitation of military offenders. The rose 

alludes to the unit's special awar·d for outstanding devot.ion 

to clury. The T<~j Mahal refers to the unit's service in India 

during World War II. 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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LINEAGE AND HONORS 

AR 

Lt:-:F.ACE (active) 

Constituted 30 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, l60th Military Police Service Battalion. Activated 5 September 1944 in India. Inactivated 15 J anuary 1946 in 

India. Redesignated 1 May 1959 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 160th Military Polic(' Battalion, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the Third United States Army. Activated 1 June 1959 at Tallahassee, 

Florida. Relieved 1 October 1973 from assignment to the Third United States 

Army and assigned to the First United States Army. R<.'lieved 1 October 1983 

from assignment to the First United States Army and assigned to the Second 

Vnited States Army. Reorgani1ed and redesignated J 6 October 1984 as I leadquarters and Headquar-ters Detachment, 160th Mili tary Police Battalion. 

I lome Area: Second United States Army 

CAMPAJG;-.. PARTICIPAfiO:-.:: CREDIT 

World Hvr II 

Asiatic-Pacific Tlw.ucr. Stn:anwr ,,ithout m~ ription 

D t-.CORATIONS 

None. 
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163d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITE\IS 

OISTIJ'\CTIVE 1\SIC~IA 

Description: A silver insignia consisting of a shield, blazoned: argent, 

bordered gules, a chief azure. The shield on and within a silver garter bearing the motto Nihil Ti.memus (We Fear Nothing) in black letters. 

S)'mbolism: The white shield and blue chief are representative of the infantry 

colors, while the C-orps of Engineers' colors arc shown by the red 

bordet· and white shield. It is most approptiate that the combination of these colors produces the national colors inasmuchas 

the bauaJjon is a District of Columbia National Guard unit. 

FLAC D EVJCE 

The flag device is the same as 1 he distinctive insignia. 

LINEt\ GE A:--10 HONORS 

ARNG 

LI:-.:EACl (District of Columbia) 

Consthuted 3 May 1802 in the District of Columbia Militia as the First Legion, Columbian Brigade. Organized June-July 1802 to include volunteer 

militia companies in the OistriCL of Columbia north of the Potomac River. Expanded 17 Aprill813 as the lst Brigade, Columbian Division, to comprise 

two regiments. Mustered into federal service 15 july 1813; mustered out of 

federal service 31 J uly 18 J 3. Mustered into fed eral service 19 July 1814; mustered out of federal service 8 October 1814. Expanded about 1830 to form 

the 1st and 3d Brigades, Distric t of Columbia Militia. 

(Maryland and District of Columbia Foot Volunteers organized in part 

from volunteer militia companies of Washington and mustered into federal 

service 30 March J 846 at Washington; mustered out of federal service 30 May 

1847 at Tampico, Mexico.) 

Volunteer foot companies reorganized in J anuary-February 1861 with 

personnel sympathetic to the Union to fot·m the 1st-8th Battalions of 

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Tnf~unry, District of Columbia Volunteers. Mustered into federal service in 

April 1861 at Washington; mustered out of federal service in July 1861. Reorganized as the 1st District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry Regiment and 

mustered into federal service July-October 1861. Consolidated 28 February 

1865 with the 2d District of Columbia Volunteer Infantry Regiment (organit.ecl 26 February 1862 at Washington) and consolidated unit designated as 

the 2d District of Columbia Volunteer lnfanu·y Regiment. Mustered out of 

federal sen~ce 12 September 1865 at Washington. 

Reorganized 18Julr 1887 in the District of Columbia National Guard as the 

1st (\Vashington Light Infantry Corps; organized 21 August 1836 at WashingtOn), 2d, 3d, and 4th Battalions of Infantry. Reorganit.ed 31 March 1888 as the 

lst and 2d Regiments of Infanu·y. Mustered into federal service 10-17 May 

1898 at Washington as the 1st Disu·ict of Columbia Volunteer Infantry; mustered 

out of federal service 20 November 1898 at Washington and reorganized as the 

1st and 2d Regiments ofi11fantry. Consolidated 3 August 191 5 to form the 3d 

Infanu·y Regiment. Mustered into federal service 28-29.July 1916 at Fon Myer, 

Virginia; mustered out of federal service 12 March 19 L 7 at Washington. Mustered into federal service 25 july-3 August 1917 at Washington; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Regiment broken up 12 October 1917 and its element reorganized and redesignated as e lements of the 41st Division. 

Demobilized by elements February-March 1919 at Camp Dix, New J ersey. 

Former 3d Infantry Regiment consolidated 1 January 1921 with the 5th 

Infantry Regiment (organized 5 March 1918 at Washington) to form the Engineer Regiment and reorganized in the District of Columbia National Guard 

at Washington. Redesignated 19 January 1922 as the 12lst Engineers and assigned to the 29th Division; llcadquarters federally recognized 5 February 

1924 at Washington. Inducted imo federal service 3 February 1941 at Washington. Regiment (les 2d Battalion) reorganized and redesignated 12 March 

1942 as the I 21st Engineer Battalion, an element of the 29th Infantry Division; 2d Battalion concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 2d Battalion, I 35th Engineers, and relieved from assignment to the 29th Division. 

I 21st Engineer Battalion reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1943 

as the 121st Engineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated 17 January 1946 at 

Camp Kilmer, New J ersey. 

2d Battalion, 135th Engineers, reorganized and redesignated 1 June 

1943 as the 135th Engineer Combat Battalion. Inactivated 12 December 

J 945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. 

12lst and !35th Engineer Combat Battalions consolidated 23 May 1946 

witl1 the Military Police Platoon, 29th Infantry Division (organized 5 February 

1924 at Washington as the 29th Military Police Company), and consolidated 

unit converted and redesignated 23 May 1946 as the 163d Military Police 

Battalion, a nondivisional unit. Reorganized and federally recognized 1 October 1946 at Washington. Ordered into active federal service 3 September 

l 950 at Washington; released 1 July 1952 from active federal service and reverted to district control. 
LINEAGES Al'\'0 HERALDIC DATA 133 

llcadquarters and Headquarters Detachment rcorganitcd Februar)' 

1972 as Headquarters and lleadquarters Detachment, 163d Militar)' Police 

Battalion (remainder of banal ion-hereafter separate lineage). 

I lome Station: Washington. D.C. 

CA\11' \IG~ PARTICIPATIO~ CREL>ll 

lli'u of 1812 

l\l;uh:n,burg 

\l,u\land 1813 

\lrxutm 1\{n 

\lt)llll'r('\ 

\ ',•r.l Crut 

Cn•tllli1r 

~1,uu\'~"' 

Wa~hingwn 186~ 

110t \Vith SfJt~in 

S:urtiago 

0FCORAriO:'\S 

\\i1r 1\nr 1 

Str~anwr without ;,,_, 1 iptiun 

II orld Har II 

:'\ormand' (\\ith '"'o"h<·.ld) 

:'\onhern Fr.mn· 

Rhineland 

. ,, cf('llll('<;-AI~I( ,. 

Ccnu~rl EuroJW 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered :-iORTHER~ 

FRA'\('E ( 121 st Engineer Combat Battalion cited; 'A'D GO 24, 1946) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Su·eamcr embroidered ECROPE.:\ '\Til EATER (121 st Engineer Combat Battalion cited; GO 66, 29th Infantry 

Division, 26 February 1945) 

French Croix de Guenc with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

BEACHES OF NORMANDY ( 121 st.Enginecr Battalion and Military Police Platoon, 

29th Infan try Division, cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
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H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTit\CTIVE INSIGNIA 

Desoiption: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blazoned: per pale or 

and vert, palewise throughout a double-bladed fasces 

charged at honor poim with three roundels in Cess all countcrchanged. Attached below the shie ld a scroll or inscribed 

Auxilium Guulius Est (Service is our Sword) in sable letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors of the Military Police Corps. 

The double-headed fasces, inspired by the badge of authority of 

Roman magistrates, symbolizes the enforcement of law and order 

and maintenance of high disciplinary standards (the basic mis.-

sion of the Military Police Corps). The three roundels arc 

adopted from tJ1e crest of the Pennsylvania National Guard. 

FlAG DEVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

LrNEAGl': AND H ONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Pennsylvania) 

Constituted 24 May 1946 in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard as tJ1e 

165tJ1 Military Police Battalion. Organized and federally recognized 9 November 

1949 with Headquarters at Lehighton. Ordered into active federal service 15 October 1961 at home stations; released 11 Augustl962 from active federal service 

and reverted to state control. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment reorganized 17 February 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, I 65th 

Military Police Battalion (remainder of battalion-hereafter separate lineages). 

Home Station: Lehighton 

CAMPAIG!\: PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 

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H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCflVE l t'\SICNLA 

DescrifJlion: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blazoned: vert, a pale 

or, overall in fess on a pomme fimbriated of the second two 

bars beneath three mullets arched all of the last. Attached 

below Lhe shield a scroll ven inscribed Vigiles Libnlatis 

(Guardians of Freedom) in gold letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Mililary Police. 

FLAG DEVICE 

The stars and bars are an adaptation of the coat of arms of 

George Washington. They are used to allude to Washington, 

North Carolina, headquarters of the battalion. 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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136 

Ll:'\tAGE .\:\() OJ'\OR~ 

MILITARY POLICE 

ARNG 

(Nonh Carolina) 

Constituted 16 February 1953 in the Nonh Carolina Army National Guard 

as the 295th Field Artillerr Hattalion. Organized and federally recognized 27 

April 1953 from new and existing units in eastern 'orth Carolina with Headquarters at Washington. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1959 as the 4th 

I lowiv.er Battalion, ll3th Artillery, an element of the 30th Infantry Division. 

Redesignated 10 i\1arch 1963 as the 4th Battalion, I 13th Artillery. 

C01wened and rcdc!)ignatcd I J anuary 1968 as the I 67th Military Police 

Battalion and relieved from assignment to the 30th Infantry Division. Headquarters and Headquart<·rs Detachment t·eorgani1.cd and redesignated I December 197 1 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 167th Military 

Police Battalion (remainder of baualion-hercaft_cr separate lineage). 

I lome Station: Washington 

CA\tPAJG~ PARTICIPATIO~ CRJ· I)J I 

I leadquarters Com pan\ (\'\'ashington) entitled to: 

1\orftl ll ~r 11- E:I.\11: 

\:n rn1.1nd' 

:"'\otthe rn France 

Rhineland 

At den nes-Alsacc 

Cemral Europe 

L) ~ CORATIONS 

I Icadquartcrs Company (Washington) entitled to: 

French Croix de Guerrc with Palm, World War II , Streamer embroidered 

FRAr-:U (30th Infantq• Division cited; DA GO 14, 1959), 

Belgian Fomraget"<' 1940 (I 13th Field Artillery Baualion cited; DA GO 43, 

I 950), Cited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Arm) for action in B~J.Git.:\t 

(I 13th Field Artillery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950), and Cited in the 

Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDE:"\i\ES ( 113th Field 

Artillery Battalion cited ; DA GO 43, I 950) 
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168th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINGffVE JNSIGNlA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of three gold swords, hilts to base, 

one vertical between two crossed saltirewise, extending over 

the top and sides of a green equilateral triangle, point up 

and base concavely arched, and extending from the horizontal arms of a gold star at the apex above the sword a series 

of blue truncated pyramids with tops outward and forming a 

border on the left and right terminating at the sides of a gold 

scroll curved across the base inscribed ''Serving," all above a 

longer parallel gold scroll inscribed "Those Who Serve." 

Symbolism: The organization served as infanu·y in World War II. Blue, 

the color for infantry is also the color of the Presidential Unit 

Citation su·eamer awarded the unit for action in penetrating 

the Siegfried Line, symbolized by the truncated pyramids 

simulating tank obstacles ("dragon's teeth"). The gold 

swords over the truncated pyramids denote French and Belgian awards. The five points of the star allude to the unit's 

participation in five campaigns in World War II. The colors 

green and yellow are used for the Military Police Corps. 

FLAG DEVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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138 ~IILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE A.'JO HONORS 

ARNG 

LINI·j\CF (Tennessee) 

Organized and federally recognized 18 April 1932 in the Tennessee National Guard at Dyersburg as Company I, 1 17th Infamry, an clement of the 

30th Division (later redesignated as the 30th Infantry Division). Inducted 

into federal service 16 September 1940 at Dyersburg. Inactivated 17 'ov<.•mber 1945 at Fort jackson, South Carolina. 

Expanded, reorganitecl, and fedcrallyrecognit.ed IS.July 1947 at Dyersburg 

as I kadquaners Company, 3d Battalion, 1 17th Infanu·y, and Company I, !17th 

lnfanlf)'· Headquarters Company, 3d Battalion, and Company I, I J 7th Infanu·y, 

consolidated 27 October 1954 and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters and Service Company, I 17th Armored Infanu·y Battalion, 

an clement of the 30th Armored Division. Consolidated I March 1959 with the 

Medical Detachment, !17th Armored Battalion (organized and federally recognized 21 March 1955 at Dyersburg), and consolidated unit reorganized and l·edcsignated as Headquarters Company, 3d Armored Rifle Battalion, I 17th Infantry, an element of the 30th Armored Division. Rcorganited and redesignated 

I Apdl 1963 as Headquartcn; Company, 3d Battalion, ! 17th Infantry. 

Converted and redesignated 1 February 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, !68th Military Police Battalion; concurrently relieved 

from assignment to the 30th Armored Division. 

I lome Station: Dyersburg 

CAMPAICN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

llot/d \l'ilr 11 

Normandv 

N011hern 'France 

Rhindand 

Ardcnn<'s-Alsace 

(A.•ntr.ll Europe 

DF<.ORATIO:o-:s 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered UBACII (3d 

Battalion, l 17th Infantry, citC(l; DA GO 53, 1948) 

French Croix de Guerrc with Palm, World War Jf, Streamer embroidered 

FRA:-.iCE (ll7th Infantry cited; DA GO 14, 1959) 

French Croix de Guerre with Silver Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered SCHERPE:o-:SHJ (!17th Jnfanu·y cited; DA GO 48, 1950) 

Belgian Fourragere 1940 (I 17th Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950): Cited in 

the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in BELGID1 (I 17th Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950); and C'...ited in the Order of the Day of the Belgian Army for action in the \RDE:o-::-\ES (117th Infantry cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 

Cited in the Orde1· of the Day of the Belgian Army for action along the 

~1El SF RIVER (Company l, I 17th lnfanu·y, cited; DA GO 43, 1 950) 
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I 70th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a gold Gothic arch, the opening divided vertically green and scarlet and beari ng 

throughout a gold OeUJ·-de-lis surmounted at cen ter by a 

black disc behind a pair of gold scales with a wavy beam 

level, end extending beyond disc and the scalepans tenninating at base of arch, the arch inscribed at top ''First in 

Peace and War" in black letters. 

S)'mbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

FL<\C DEVICE 

The Gothic arch is symbolic of areas comprising the Ardennes-Alsace, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns 

and is used to represent the unit's participation there during World War Il. Red and green refer to the French Croix 

de Guerre awarded the unit for action along the Moselle 

ruver, represemed by the wavy beam. The Oeur-de-lis is symbolic of France and refers to both the Normandy and 

Northern France campaigns. The black disc simulates a cannon ball and together with the colors scarlet and gold (yellow) alludes to artillery, the unit's former branch. A doorway implies protection and barrier and with the scale of 

justice refers to the overall mission of the organization. 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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LINEAGE AND HONORS 

ARNG 

Ll~EAGE (Georgia) 

Organized and federally recognized 5 March 1924 in the Georgia National Guard at Atlanta as Headquarters Company, 1st Baualion, 200th Infantry, and Company C, 200lh Infantry. Redesignated 9June 1924 as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 122d Infantry, and Company C, 122d 

Infantry. 

Converted and redesignated 1 July 1939 as Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, 1st Battalion, !79th Field Artillery. and Battery C, 179th Field Artillery. (Headquarters Battery and Combat Train, I st Bau:alion, I 79th Field Artillery, redesignated l July 1940 as Headquarters Battery, l st Battalion, l 79lh 

Field Anjllcry.) Inducted into federal service 24 February 1941 at Atlanta. Reorganized and redesignated 8 Fcbruar} 1943 as Headquarters Battery and 

Battery C, I 79th Field Artillery Battalion. Inactivated 9 December 1945 at 

Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. (179th Fielci Artillery Battalion assigned 5 July 

1946 to the 48th Infantry Division.) Reorganized and federally recognized 2 

May 1947 at Atlanta. Reorganized and redesignated 1 November 1955 as Headquarters Battery and Bauery C, !79th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, elements of the 48th Armored Division. Reorganized and redesignated l .July 

1959 as Headquarters Battery and Battery C, 1st Rocket Howitze1· Baua lion. 

179th Artillery. Reorganized and redesignated 16 April 1963 as Headquarters 

and Service Battery and Battery D. lst Battalion, !79th Artillery. 

Consolidated 1 January 1968 and consolidated unit converteci and redesignated as Headquarte,·s and Headquarters Detachment, 1 70th Military 

Police Battalion; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 48th A.rmo1·cd 

Division. 

Horne Station: Atlanta 

CM PAlG~ PARTICIPATIO:"\ CREDIT 

World \l~n· II 

Norm;mch 

:'\onhcrn 'france 

Rhint•laud 

Ardc·rrrrt·~-Alsan· 

Cemn1l Europe 

0ECORATIO;..;s 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War II, Streamer embroidered 

MOSELLE RIVER (179th Fie ld Artill ery Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
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175th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DJSTINCfiVE lNSIGNlA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blazoned: per chevron, 

or and vert, in base the scales of justice of the first; on a canton gules a "houn' dawg" statant of the first. Attached below 

the shield a tripanated scroll or and inscribed "Su·ength 

and justice" in gules. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors of the Military Police. The 

scales of justice are symbolic of the function of the organization. The "houn' dawg" on the canton shows the battalion's descent from the 203d Coast Artillery. 

FlAG DEVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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LINEAGE AND HONORS 

ARNG 

LlNF.ACE (Missouri) 

Constituted 1 April 1942 in the Missouri National Guard as the 3d B<utalion, 203d Coast Artillery. Organized 15 June 1942 while in active federal 

service at Fort McDowell, California. Reorganized and redesignated 12 

February 1944 as the 299th Antiaircraft Artillery Seachlight Battalion. Inactivated (less Battery C) 9 September 1944 in Alaska (Battery C inactivated 30 

December 1944 at Camp Swift, Texas). 

Reorganized and Federally recognized 16 February 1948 as the !75th 

Military Police Battalion with Headquarters at Columbia. Ordered into active 

federal service 11 September 1950 at home stations. ( l75th Military Police 

Battalion [NGUS] organized and federally recognized 10 March 1954 with 

Headquarters at Fullon.) Released 9 February J 955 from active federal service and reverted to state control with Headquarters at Fulton; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from the 175th Military Police Battalion 

(NGUS). Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment reorganized 1 March 

1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, I 75th Military Police 

Battalion (remainder of battalion-hereafter separate lineage). Ordered 

into active federal service 12July 1980 at Fulton; released 27 July 1980 from 

active federal service and reverted to state control. 

Home Station: Fulton 

CAMl'AJGN A.RTICIPATIO~ CREDIT 

World \\ r II 

Aleutian Isla11ds 

DE ORATIO~S 

None. 
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HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

185th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTI~CTIVE li\'SICi\'IA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of two blue swo1·ds crossed salt irewise surmounted by a green four-pointed star bearing at its 

center a yellow roundel charged with a blue fleur-de-lis and 

all encircled by a continuous green snoll divided in four 

folds; the upper folds inscribed "Forged from Freedom" in 

gold leaers. 

S)'mbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

FLAG DEVICE 

The unil's sen,ice as an infantry organization during World 

War li in the Aleutians and in France is symbolized by the 

two blue swords, a polar star, and a fleur-de-lis. The star is 

further reference to the badge of the early law enforcement 

office and alludes to the basic mission of the organization. 

The gold rounclel or bezant refers to the nickname of the 

state of California, known as the "Land of Gold," and home 

area of the battalion. 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

LlNt:AGE A~D HONORS 

ARNG 

LI:-!EAGE (California) 

Organized and federally recognized 27 December 1927 in the California 

ational Guard at Alameda as Company D, I !>9th Infantry, an c lement of the 

40th Division. Location changed 1 March 1934 to Oakland. Inducted into 

federal service 3 March 1941 at Oakland. (l59th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941 from assignment to the 40th Division and assigned to the 7th Division [later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division].) Inactivated 4 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, lew York. (149th Infantry relieved 5 August 

1946 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division and assigned to the 49th 

Infantry Division.) Reorganized and federally recognized13January 1948 at 

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Piusburg. Reorganized and redesignated l May 1959 as Company D, 1st Battle Group, 184th Infantry, an clemem of the 49th Infanu·y Division. Consolidated l March 1963 with Company E, lst Battle Group, !84th lnfamry (see 

A:-.::"\EX l), and consolidated unit" reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, I 84th lnfamry. Consolidated 29 January 

1968 with Company B, 2d Battalion, I 84th Infantry (see ANNEX 2), and Company C, 2d Battalion, !84th Infantry (organiLed and federally recognized 4 

December L 965 at Pittsburg), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, l59th Infantry; concurrently relieved from assignment to the 49th Infamry Division. 

Converted and redesignated 13 January 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 185th Military Police Battalion. 

Al'.:NEX 1 

Organized and federally recognized 31 August 1931 in the California National Guard at Oakland as Headquarters Company, lst Battalion, 159th Infantry, an clement of the 40th Division. Reorgani;.cd and redesignated 1 

May 1940 as Headquarters Detachment, lst Battalion, 159th Infantry. Inducted into federal service 3 March 1941 at Oakland. (159th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941 from assignment to the 40th Division and assigned to 

the 7th Division [later redesignated as the 7th lnfanu·y Division].) Inactivated 4 November 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. ( I 59th Infantry relieved 

5 August 1946 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division and assigned to 

the 49th Infantry Division.) Reorganized and federally recogni7ed 10 December 1947 at Pittsburg as Headquarters Company, lst Battalion, I 59th Infantry. Consolidated 1 May 1959 with the Medical Detachment, 1st Battalion, 

!59th Infantry (organized and federally recognit.ecl 30 November J956 at 

Pittsburg), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company 

E, lst Battle Group, 184th Infantry, an element of the 49th Infantry Division. 

A~:"\EX 2 

Organized and federally recognized 21 February 1955 in the California 

Army National Guard at Walnut Creek as Company B, 159th Infantry, an element of the 49th Infantry Division. Reorganized and redesignated J May 

1959 as Company B, 1st Battle Group, !84th Infantry, an clement of the 

49th Infamry Division. Re.organitecl and redesignated l March 1963 as Company B, 2d Battalion, 184th Infantry. 

Home Station: Pittsburg 

C\~1PAJG:--: P\RTI<.rPATro:-~ Cru::or r 

\\'t>rld \\ar 11 

Aleutian bland~ 

European- All it"an- Middlc Eastt'rn rtwatcr, Streamer with()ut insc:ription 

ECORATIO~S 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

193d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE [ NSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a gold vertical lightning flash, 

point up, extending over and in front of three stylized green 

white-capped mountains, the larger center segment rising in 

back of two below, all in front of a gold sun with rays arched 

around the mountain peaks; overall upon a threefold gold 

scroll forming three arcs, one above the other to base, the 

inscription "Loyalty, Patience, Integrity" in black letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

F LAG DEVICE 

The lightning flash refers to the unit's swift apprehension 

and performance in emergency situations. The gold sun 

with rays indicative of penetrating knowledge alludes to the 

battalion's crime investigation capabili ties and the command and control required for correctional duties. The sun 

also alludes to Golden, Colorado, where the unit is located. 

The snow-capped mountains suggested by the state seal denote the organization's assignment to the Colorado Army 

National Guard. The vertical flash, the combined three 

mounlaiins, the three-segmented flash and th reefold scroll, 

and the triple snow-capped peaks connote the numerical 

designation of the battalion. 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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146 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

ARNC 

LII'\EACE (Colorado) 

Constituted 18 Augustl961 in the Colorado Army National Guard as Battery A, 4th Howitzer Battalion, 157Lh Artillery. Organized and federally recognized 2 September 1961 at Colden. Reorganized and redesignated 1 

March 1963 as Headquarters Battery, 3d Howitzer Battalion, 157th Artillery; 

location concurrently changed to Denver. Redesignatedl6 November 1965 

as Headquarters Battery, lst Howitzer Battalion, 157th Artillery. Location 

changed 1 April 1966 to Aurora. 

Converted and redesignated 31 January 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachmenl, 193d Military Police Baualion; location concurrently 

changed to Colden. 

Home Station: Colden 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

198th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

(Louisville Guards) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

D ISTINCTIVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a horizontally divided gold and 

red fasces bearing a white arrowhead in base on a horizontally divided red and blue background, all encircled by a 

continuous green scroll inscribed "Service, Integrity, and 

Honor" in gold letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

FLAG DEVlCF. 

The fasces, an ancient badge of authority used by Roman 

magisu·ates, symbolizes the enforcement of law and order 

and the maintenance of high disciplinary standards, the 

basic mission of the organization. The arrowhead and the 

colors blue, white, and red of the Philippine Presidential 

Unit Citation commemorate the unit's service as an artillery 

organization in the Pacific Theater during World War IL Yellow and red are also a reference to the national flag of the 

Republic of Vietnam and allude to service in that country. 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Kentucky) 

Organized 30 January 1914 in the Kentucky National Guard at Richmond as Company M, 1st Regiment of Infantry. Mustered into federal service 25 June 1916 at Fort Thomas, Kentucky; drafted into federal service 5 August 1917. Converted and redesignated 15 October 1917 as Company G. 

113th Ammunition Train, an element of the 38th Division. Demobilized 8 

January 1919 at Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky. 

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148 MILITARY POLICE 

Reorganized and federally recognized 10 May 1922 in the Kentucky National Guard at Louisville as I Ieadquarters Battery and Combat Train, 2d Battalion, 138th Field Artillery, an clement of the 38th Division. Reorganized and 

redesignated 1 j uly 1940 as Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, !38th Field AJ.·-

tillery. Inducted into federal service 17 January 1941 at Louisville. Reorganit.cd and redesignated I March 1942 as Headquarters Baucry, J 98th Field Artillery Battalion, and rei icvcd from assignment to t.he 38th Division. Inactivated 

21 Januar·y 1946 at Camp Anza, California. Reorganit.ecl and federally rccognited 4 November 1947 at Louisville. Ordered into active' fC'deral service 1 May 

1951 <ll Louisville. (I l cadquarters Bauery, I 98th Field Artillery Battalion 

[ GUS], organized and federally recognized 1 May 1953 at. Louisville.) Released 2 December 1954 from active federal service and reverted to state control; federal recognition concurrently withdrawn from Headquarters Bauery, 

I 98th Field AJ.·tillery Battalion (NGUS). Reorganized ancl redesignated 1 October 1959 as Headquaners Batter y, 2d Howitzer Battalion, I 38th Artillery. Reorganized and redesignated I May 1968 as Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 

138th Artillery. Ordered into aclive federal service 13 May 1968 at Louis,ille; 

released 21 October 1969 from active federal sen ·ice and reverted to state 

control. Redesignat.ed 1 Ma)' 1972 as Headquarters Battery, 2d Bat.talion, l38t.h 

Field Artillery. Reorganit.ed and redesignated 1 August 1972 as Headquarters 

Bauery, 5th Battalion, 138th Field Artillery. 

Converted and redesignated 1 May 1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, J 98th Milita,·y Police Battalion. Or-dered into active 

federa l service 8 August 1980 at. Louisville; re leased 22 August. 1980 from active federal service and reverted to state control. 

I lome Station: Louisville 

C.\\1PAIC:>: PARTICIPATIO:>: CRFDI r 

Stc;uncr ''it hom imuipuon 

l\i11fd 1\izr II 

l.t'\tt· (,,;th .trro"hc..td) 

Rntl..\m 

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Couutcroffensive. Pha'e V 

Couutcroff<'nsivc, Ph;~•c \'1 

Tt•t 69/ CountcroffcnsinSummcr-Fall 1969 

DFCORi\TIO"S 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citat.ion (Army), Streamer embroidered 17 

<><.TOllER 1944 TO 4 JLU' 1943 ( 198th Field Artillery Battalion cit.ed; DA GO 

47, 1950) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

205th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE lNSICt'\IA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a white stylized cloud formation behind two gold arrows saltirewise with points upward, 

surmounted by a green annulct bearing in center a white 

disc charged with a five-pointed blue star, all above in base 

a green concave scroll with ends folded back on each side 

and inscribed "Serve and Protect" in gold letters. 

Symbolism: The cloud formation with the arrows alludes to the unit's 

historical background as an element of a missile battalion. 

The annulet symbolizes justice, control, and protecrjon. The 

single star, in blue symbolic of independence, represents Independence, Missouri, where the unit's headquarters was originally organized; Lhe star is also an emblem of authority. Green 

and yellow are colors used for Military Police units. 

FLAG DEVICE 

The flag device is tl1e same as the distinctive insignia. 

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150 MILITARY POLICE 

LI:-.:EAGE AND Ho~oRs 

ARNG 

l.INEACE (Missouri) 

Organized and federally recognized 22 May J 962 in the Missouri Army 

National Guard at Independence as Headquarters Battery, 3d Missile Battalion, l28th Artillery. Location changed 1 November 1963 to Lonej ack. Reorganized and redesignated I January 1966 as Headquarters Battery, 3d Battalion, I 28th Artillery. 

Converted and redesignated 1 March 1969 as I Ieadquartcrs and Headquarters Detachment, 205th Military Police Battalion. Location changed I 

March 1972 to Pleasam Hill; on I 0 July 1973 to Kansas City. Ordered into active federal service 31 May 1980 at Kansas City; released 15 .June 1980 from 

active le dcral service and reverted to state control. 

Home Station: Kansas City 

CAMPAIC:-\ PARTICIPAT I0:-.1 CRFOIT 

None. 

0ECORJ\T O~S 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

210th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE TNSIC!'\IA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of four red fleurs-de-lis radiating 

from between the lobes of a green quatrefoil bearing a pair 

of gray scales surmounted by the blade of a vertical gold 

sword, point up, and all encircled by a continuous green 

scroll with a fold in base and arched at the top inscribed "Of 

and For the Troops" in gold leuers. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Po lice. 

FL.AC DEVICE 

The quatrefoil adapted from the arms of Count Pontchartrain of France, who was instrumental in the founding of 

the city of Deu·oit, refers to the home area of the organization. The fleurs-de-lis allude to the four campaigns credited 

the unit for service in Europe during World War ll. The 

sword and scales arc symbolic of law enforcement, the basic 

mission of the 210th Military Police Battalion. 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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152 ~HLITARY POLICE 

Ll:-\F.A(.E A:-\0 HONORS 

ARt G 

LINEAGE (Michigan) 

Organized and federally recognized 14 October 1940 in the Michigan 

ational Guard at Detroit as I Ieadquaners Battery, 2d Battalion, I 77th Field 

Artillery. Inducted imo federal service 7 April I 94 J at Detroit. Reorganized 

and redesignated l March 1943 as Headquarters Batter)', 943d Field Artillery Battalion. lnaclivated 28 1

0\'Cmber 1945 at Camp Shanks, New York. 

Reorganized and federally rccogni7cd 2 December 1946 at Detroit as Headquarters Battery, l 77th Field Artillery Battalion, an clement of the 46th Infantry Division. Reorgani;.ed and redesignated 15 March 1959 as H eadquarters Bauery, 2d Howitz<.•r Battalion, 182d Artillery, an clcmcm of the 46th 

I nfamry Division. Reorganized and redesignated 15 March 1963 as Headquarters and Service Battery, 2d Battalion, 182d Artillery. Ordered into active 

federal service 24 July 1967 at Detroit, released 2 August 1967 from active 

federal service and reverted to state control. Reorganized and redesignated 

l February 1968 as Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 182d Artillery, and relieved from assignmem lO the 46th Infantry Di,·ision. Redesignated 1 Februarv 1972 as Headquarters Bauery. 2d Battalion, 182d Field Artiller y. 

Converted and redesignated I April 1976 as I {('adquarters and Headquancrs Detachment, 2 1 Oth Military Police Battalion. Ordered into actiw 

federal service 2 August 1980 aL Detroit, released 16 August 1980 from active 

federal service and reverted to state control. 

!lome Station: Detroit 

CA~IPAIGl\: PARTICIPATtO:-: Ctu:nt r 

\\inld \lf1r II 

\;onher n Franct• 

\1 d CIIIIl''-· \(<;<t(t• 

Rhineland 

Cemral Europe 

01· CORXI'IO\;S 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

23lst MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

HERALDfC ITEMS 

DISTINCTfVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold bnsignia consisting of a gold sal tire, the ends couped 

at right angles, bearing at the center a black disc charged 

with a gold five-pointed star, all within and surmounted by a 

green annulet inscl'ibed at base " In Trust" in gold letters. 

Areas between the sal tire and the annulet are pierced. 

Symbolism: The saltire was suggested by the state flag of Alabama and 

symbolizes support and confidence. The annulet is symbolic 

of complete control. The gold star represents authority, 

while the black disc refers to prudence and wisdom. Green 

and yellow are colors used for Military Police units. 

FLAG DEVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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154 MILITARY POLICE 

LI:'\F.AGE \..'\0 HO:'\ORS 

ARNG 

LINF.ACI-. (Alabama) 

Organized and federally recogn ized 11 November 1925 in the Alabama 

National Guard at PratLville as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 1 67th 

Infantry, an element of tlw 31st Division. Reorganized and redesignated 30 

J une 1929 as Headquarters Company, 62d Infantry Brigade, an element of 

the 31st Division. Inducted into federal service 25 November 1940 at 

Prattville. Disbanded 25 February 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas. Reconstitmed 

25 August 1945 in the Alabama National Guard. Reorganized and federally 

recognized 21 February 1947 at Prattville as Company M, 200th Infantry, an 

clement of the 31st Infantry Division. Ordered into active federal service 16 

J anuary 1951 at Prattville. (Headquarters Company, Jst Battalion, 200th Infantry [NGUS], organized and federally recognized 6 April 1953 at 

Prattville.) Released 15 June 1954 from active federal service and reverted to 

state control; concurrently reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters 

Company, lst Battalion, 200th Infantry, and federal recognition withdrawn 

from I lead quarters Company, J st Battalion, 200th Infantry (NGUS). 

Converted and redesignated 2 May 1959 as lleadquaners and Headquaners Company, 131st Transportation Battalion, and remajned assigned to 

the 3 1st Infantry Division (organic elements concurrently organized from existing units). Reorganit.ed and redesignated 15 April 1963 as the I 31st Supply and Transport Battalion and remained assign ed to the 31st Infantry Division. Ordered into active federal service 11 June 1963 at home stations; 

released 23 J une 1963 from active federal service and reverted to state control. Ordered into active federal serYice 10 September 1963 at home stations; released 12 September 1963 from active federal sen~cc and reverted to 

state control. Headquarters and Headquarte1·s Company and Company A 

(organit.ed and federally recognited l NO\·ember 1965 at Prau:ville) consolidated, reorganized, and redesignated 15 January J 968 as the 229th Hea\'y 

Equipment Maintenance Company and relieved from assignment to the 3 1st 

Infantry Division (remainder of I 31st Supply and Transport Battalionhereafter separate lineage). 

229th Heavy Equipment Maintenance Company convened and redesignated I November 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 

I 56th Military Police Battalion. Redesignated l September 1981 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 23lst Military Police Battalion. 

I lome Station: Pram·ille 

C.\~IP\IC\; PARTICIP.-\TIO:\ ClnDI r 

None. 

DFc:OR\ no--:s 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

243d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC lTDIS 

OtSTI~CTI\'E I~SIG:'\IA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a white anchor in front of a 

gold sallirc on a green background. Crossing above the 

nukes of the anchor and the lower portion of the saltirc, a 

red scroll, the ends curling inwards and upwards and terminating beneath the top inner corners of the saltire, inscribed "Stand Ready" in gold letters . 

. \)·mbolism: Green and rellow are the colors used for the Military Police 

Corps. The anchor is taken from the seal of Rhode Island 

and refet·s to the unit's home state. The saltire. simulating 

crossed cannons, alludes LO the artillery background of the 

battalion. 

FtJ\C; DEVICE 

The nag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

Lf'\;I·.AGE ,\,'\;0 H O:'\ORS 

ARJ'\C 

(Rhode Island) 

Constituted 1 October 1923 in the Rhode Island National Guard as the 

2d Battalion, 243d Artillery (Coast Artillery Corps), and organit.ed with 

headquarters at Providence. Redesignated 11 j uly 1924 as the 2d Baualion, 

243d Coast Artillery. Inducted into federal service 16 September 1940 at 

home stations. Battalion broken up in 1944 and its cknwnts reorganized and 

redesignated as follows: Headquarters and Headquartct·s Battery inactivated 

10 April 1944 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee; Batteries E and H reorganized 

and redesignated 7 October 191<1 as Bauery A, I 89th Coast Artillery Battalion, and Battery D, I 88th Coast Artillery Baltalion, respectively (remainder 

of baualion-hcreaftcr separate lineage). 

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156 MILITARY POLICE 

Headquarters and H eadquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 243d Coast Artillery, disbanded 7 October 1944. Reconstituted 25 August 1945 in the 

Rhode Island National Guard. 

Battery A, l89th Coast Artillery Battalion, inactivated 1 April 1945 at 

Fort Wetherill, Rhode Island. 

Battery D, 188th Coast Artillery Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 

1 April 1945 as Battery D, Harbor Defenses of Narragansett Bay. Inactivated 

30 June 1946 at Fort Church, Rhode Island; concm-rently redesignated as 

Battery D, I 88th Coast Artillery Battalion. 

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Battalion, 243d Coast Arti llery; Battery A, I 89th Coast Artillery Battalion; and Battery D, l88th Coast 

Artillery Battalion, consolidated 2 j uly 1946 with Battery I, 243d Coast Artillery (organized in 1940 at Natick), and Battery K, 243d Coast Artill ery (organized in 1865 at Providence), and consolidated unit redesignated as the 

705th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalio n. Reorganized and federally recognized 4 December 1946 with Headquarters at Providence. Ordered into active 

federal service 14 August 1950 at home stations; released 13 July 1952 from active federal service and reverted to state control. Redesignated 1 October 

1953 as the 705th Amiaircraft Artillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 April 1959 as the lst Automatic Weapons Battalion, 243d Artillery. 

Converted and redesignated 1 May 1962 as the 243d Engineer Battalion. 

Headquarters and Headquarters Company convened and redesignated 1 

J anuary 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 243d Military 

Police Battalion; location concurrently changed to Pawtucket (remaindet· of 

243d Engineer Battalio n-hereafter separate lineage). Location changed L 

March 1972 to Providence; on 1 August 1980 to Warwick. 

Home Station: Warwick 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

310th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE 1:-.JSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a shield divided per bend wavy 

yellow and green; on the yellow, a green fleur-de-lis; on the 

green, a gold pruning knife. Attached below the shield a 

gold scro ll inscribed "justice to All" in black letters. 

Symbolism: The colors green and yellow are used for Military Police. 

FLAG DEVICE 

The f1eur-de-lis represents service in France, and the pruning knife service in the Rhineland. The wavy partition line 

symbolizes service along the Rhine River. 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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158 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE A.'JO Ho, ORS 

AR 

LtNf:.AG£ (active) 

Constituted 15 February 1922 in the Organized Reserves as the 310th Military Police Battalion. Organized in 1922 in New York. Redesignated 11 june 

1940 as the SlOth Military Police Battalion. Ordered into active military service 1 May 1943 and reorganized at Camp Maxey, Texas. Disbanded 15 November 1944 in the Netherlands. Reconstituted 6 March 1947 in the Organi/ed Reserves as the 310th Military Police Battalion and assigned to the First 

Army (later redesignated as the First United States Army). Activated 21 March 

1947 with Headquarters at New York, New York. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as th<' 

Army Reserve.) (Location of I Icadquarters changed 9 July 1951 to Long Island City, New York.) Ordered into active military service 15 October 1961 at 

home stations; released 5 August 1962 from active military service and reverted tO reserve status. (Location of Headquarters changed 1 November 

l964to Fort Totten, New York; on 31 January 1966to Hempstead, New York.) 

Ordered into active military service 24 March 1970 at home stations; released 

26 March 1970 from active military service and reverted to reserve status. 

(Companies A, B, and C inactivated 22 February 1972 at Hempstead, 

Fort Hamilton, and Fort Totten, New York, respeclively.) Headquarters and 

I Ieadquarters Detachment, 31 Oth Military Police Battalion, ordered into active military service 16 August 1980 at Hempstead, New York; released 30 August 1980 from active military service and reverted to reserve status. 

I lome Area: First United States Army 

CAMPAICt\ PARTICIPATION CREOIT 

1\orld ll'tlr 11 

:-:onhern Franc<.-

Rhineland 

ECORATIO~S 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

317th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

I E~\LDIC ITD·IS 

Drslr~cTrYF 1:--:srCNIA 

OesmfJtion: A gold insignia consisting of a shield bla1.0ned: vert, two 

submachinc gun barrels issuing from dexter and sinister 

base saltirewisc or. Attached below the shield a gold Lripartated set·oll inscribed "Be just and Fear Not" in black letters. 

Spnbolism: In the green and yellow of Military Police, the submachine 

gun ban·cls arc representative of police functions of the 

battalion. to bar the way to unauthori;C'd people, to stop the 

transgressor, and to maintain order and obedience to law. 

The motto is expressive of the personnel in the performance of their duties. 

FtAC: D EVICE 

The nag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

159 
160 ti LITARY POLICE 

Ll:'\EAGE ,\,'\0 HOl':ORS 

AR 

LtNFA<;E (active) 

Constituted 19 J anuary 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 

713th Military Police Battalion. Activated 15 January 1942 at Albany, New 

York. Inactivated 12 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Redesignated 10 March 1947 as the 317th Military Police Battalion, allotted to the 

Organized Reserves, and assigned to the Seventh Army. Relieved 15 March 

1947 from assignment to the Seventh Army and assigned to the Third Army 

(later redesignated as the Third United State ' Army). Activated 28 March 

1947 with Headquarters at jacksonville, Florida. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9J uly 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) (Company A inactivated 15 January J 972 at Jacksonville, 

Florida; Companies B, C, and D inactivated 22 February 1972 at Ocala, 

Clearwater, and St. Petersburg, Florida, respectively.) Relieved 1 J uly 1973 

from assignment to the Third United States Army and assigned to the First 

United States Army. Relieved 1 October 1983 from assignmem to the First 

United States Army and assigned to the Second United States Army. 

I lome Area: Second United States Army 

CA\1J>AIG:'I: PARTTCIPATIO:'I: CREDIT 

\11)1/t/ 1\nr 11 

:-.:ormandy 

:-.:onhcrn France 

Rhitwland 

C<·ntral Europe 

0ECORATIO~S 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EURoPEA:'I: TliE.t\TER (713th Military Police Battalion cited; GO 117, Communications Zone, European Theater of Ope1·ations, 28 .June 1945) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

324th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

HERALDIC TE~ S 

OISTI~GTfV£ I~SIGNL'\ 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blazoned: vert, issuant 

from base a dexter arm erect holding in the hand or, two 

serpents, the heads contrawise, the tails entwined and knotted around the arm gules. Attached below the shield a gold 

scroll doubled and inscribed "Durability" in red letters. 

Symbolism: ln the green and yellow of Lhe Military Police, the comrol 

funct.ions of the organization arc symbolically illustrated by 

the hand of the organization grasping the serpents of evil. 

FLAG DEVICE 

The nag device is the same as the dist.inctive insignia. 

161 
162 MILITARY POLICE 

Lt:-.:E.AGE A..'-=D Ho>:oRs 

AR 

Lli'\I·.A<.E (active) 

Constituted 31 May I 942 in the Army of the Uniterl States as the 80 I st 

Military Police Battalion. Activated 4June 1942 at Fort Ord, California. lnactivated 31 May 1946 in the Philippine Islands. Redesignated lljune 1947 

as the 324th Military Police Banalion, allotted to the Organized Reserves, 

and assigned to the Sixth Army (later redesignated as the Sixth United States 

Army). Activated 4July 1947 with Headquarters at Seattle, Washington. (Organited Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve 

Corps; on 9 July 1952 as the A.rmy Reserve.) (Companies A and B inactivated 

2 I August 1959 at Seattle, Washington, and disbanded 22 August 1959; Companics C and D inactivated 18 September 1959 at Tacoma and Pasco, Washington, respectively, and disbanded 19 September 1959.) 

f Ieadquarters and I lcadquarters Company, 324th Military Police Battalion, reorganized and redesignated 15 March J 963 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 324th Military Police Baualion. Location 

changed 10January 1968 to Fort Lawton, Washington; on l December 1972 

to Seattle, Washington; on 16July 1983 to Fort Lawton, Washington. 

I lome Area: Sixth United States Army 

CA~IPAIG;>\ PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

\1 i)l/d 1\nr 11 

:-\cwGuinea 

Luton 

DECORATIO:-\S 

Philippines Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 ro 4.J ULY 1945 (801st Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

327th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blazoned: vert, two 

fasces in fess or. Attached below the shield a tripartated 

scroll 0 1· inscribed "Safety and Security" vert. 

Symbolism: The colors are green and yellow for Milit..:<ry Police. Fasces, 

first carried by the lictors of the consuls of the Roman Republic as a symbol of duly constituted authority, are considered particularly appropriate for use by Military Police organizations. They represent the World War II baule honors 

of Rome-Arno and Naples-Foggia, as well as the battalion's 

function of maintaining law and order. 

FLAG DEVJCE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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164 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE ANO Ho~ORS 

AR 

L1i'l£A<;E (active) 

Constituted 10 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 

803d Military Police Battalion. Activated 26 December 1942 at Camp Swift, 

Texas. Inactivated 30 June 1946 in Italy. Redesignated 11 J uly 1947 as the 

327th Military Police Battalion, allotted to the Organized Reserves, and assigned to the Fifth Army (later redesignated as the Fifth United States Army). 

Activated 6 August 194 7 at Chicago, Illinois. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as the 

Army Reserve.) (Companies A, B, C, and 0 inactivated 22 February 1972 at 

Chicago, Illinois.) Location changed 16 April 1981 to Rosemont, Illinois. Relieved 1 October 1984 from assignment to the Fifth United States Army and 

assigned to Lhe Fourth United States Army. 

Home Area: Fourth United States Army 

CAMPAJGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World I l¥1 r II 

i'laplcs-Foggia 

Rome-Arno 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EURoPEAl'\ THEATER (803d Military Police Battalion cited; GO 188, Peninsular Base 

Section, 9July 1945) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

336th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DtSTINCfiVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blazoned: per chevron 

abased cheeky or and vert, in chief a sea lion holding indexter paw a dagger palewise all gules, the sea lion charged on 

the shoulder with a mullet azure fimbriated of the first. Attached below the shield a tripartatcd scroll or inscribed Urbi 

et Orbi (To the City and to the World) sable. 

S)•mbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for Military Police. 

FLAG DEVICE 

The sea lion alludes to the Philippines where the unit was 

originally activated in 1945. The chevron is a sign of authority. The cheeky pattern, from the arms of the city of 

Pittsburg h, refers to the city where the unit was reactivated 

and affiliated with the Pittsburgh Police Department. The 

red and blue arc taken from the Philippine Presidential 

Unit Citation and represent that award. The mullet from 

the national nag of the Philippines alludes to service in the 

Pacific Theater during World War II. 

The nag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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LINEAGE AND HONORS 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 10 March 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 53lst 

Military Police Battalion. Activated 21 April 1945 in the Philippine Islands. 

Inactivated 28 February 1946 in Japan. Redesignated 15 February 1949 as the 

336th Military Police Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserve Corps. 

Assigned 24 February 1949 to the Second Army (later redesignated as the 

Second United States Army) and affiliated with the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 

Police Department. Activated 10 March 1949 with Headquarters at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as 

the Army Reserve.) Relieved l January 1966 from assignment to the Second 

United States Army and assigned to the First United States Army. (Location 

of Headquarters changed 1 January 1967 to Leetsdale, Pennsylvania.) 

(Company D inactivated 15 J anuary 1972 aL Leetsdale, Pennsylvania; 

Companies A, B, and C inactivated 22 February 1972 at Leetsdale, Pennsylvania; Lonaconing, Maryland; and New Kensington, Pennsylvania, respectively.) Location changed 15 August 1975 to Oakdale, Pennsylvania. 

Home Area: First United StaLes Army 

CA;'APAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

Work/ War// 

Luzon 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 O<...TOBER 

1944 TO 4JULY 1945 (531st Military Police Battalion cited; DA CO 47, 1950) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

340th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DrSTINCTrYE INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a gold horizon tal band, the 

upper edge crenelated, bearing three vertical black stripes 

all within a circular green belt inscribed justitia et Prudentia 

Qustice and Prudence) in gold letters; overall a gold key 

erect, the bow interlaced with the belt to simulate a buckle. 

Symbolism: The design represents the battalion's mission of command 

and support of a military prison. The gold and black band 

simulates a stockade and stands for the prison. The circular 

belt, symbol of power, strength, and security, refers to command and adminisu·ation. The key is for logistical support. 

Green and yellow, the Military Police Corps colors, indicate 

the organization's branch. 

FlAG DEVICE 

The Hag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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LI EAGE AND HONORS 

AR 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 1 Mar,ch 1963 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Company, 340th Military Police Battalion, assigned to the First 

United States Army, and activated at Garden City, New York. Location 

changed 31 January 1968 to Hempstead, New York. Ordered into active military service 24 March 1970 at Hempstead, New York; released 26 March 

1970 from active militaJ·y service and reverted to reserve status. Reorganized 

and redesignated 16 October 1984 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 340th Military Police Battalion. 

Home Area: First United States Army 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

372d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINC:TIVE INSIGNIA 

Dese1iption: A gold insignia consisting of a shield, crest, and motto scroll. 

On a blue shield a red bend flanked by two gold bendlets 

between a red dexter hand fimbriated gold and a snake 

coiled to strike of the last. Attached above the shield on a 

wreath of alternating gold and blue the dome of the United 

States Capitol in white in front of a gold rising sun. Attached 

below the shield of gold acred scroll inscribed "We Guard 

the Peace" in black letters. 

Symbolism: The blue shield represents the infanu·y origin of the battalion. 

FLAG DEVICE 

The red hand and the gold bendlets charged with the red 

bend commemorate service during World War I. The red 

hand was the insignia of the French !57th Division of whi ch 

the 372d Infantry was a part during the Meuse-Argonne offensive. The gold bendlets and red bend, taken from the arms 

of Alsace and Lorraine, indicate service in those sections. The 

rattlesnake indicates service on the Mexican border. 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Disu·ict of Columbia) 

Constituted l8July 1887 in the District of Columbia National Guard as the 

Stl1, 6th, and 7th Battalions oflnfantry and organized at Washington from existing units. Reorganized 31 March 1888 as the 6th and 7th Battalions of Infantry. Redesignated 22 April 1889 as the 7th and 8th Battalions of Infanu·y, 

respectively. Consolidated 8 April 1891 to form the lst Separate Battalion of 

Infantry. Mustered into federal service 27.June 1916 at Fort Myer, Virginia; 

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170 MILITARY POLICE 

mustered out offederal service 23 October 1916 at Fort Myer, Virginia. Mustered into federal service 29-30 March 1917 at Washington; drafted into federal service 5 Augustl917. Reorganized and redesignated 1 January 1918 as 

the Jst Battalion, 372d Infantry, an element of the 186th Infantry Brigade. 

(186th Infanu·y Brigade assigned 5 January 1918 to the 93d Division [Provisional].) Relieved 8 May 1918 from assignment to the l86th Infantry Brigade. 

Assigned 21June 1918 to the French 35th Division. Relieved 2July 1918 from 

assignment to the French 35th Division and assigned to the French 157th Division. Relieved 20 December 1918 fmm assignment to the French 157th Division. Demobilized 6 March 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio. 

Reconstituted 19 Aprill92l in the District of Columbia ational Guard 

as the 142d Engineer Battalion; Company A concurrently organized and 

federally recognized at Washington. Converted and redesignated 1 April 

1923 as the 1st Separate Battalion oflnfanu·y (only Company A active). Redesignated 8 December 1925 as the 1st Battalion, 372d Infantry (only Company A active). Company A, 372d Infantry, reorganized and redesignated 3 

September 1940 as Headquarters Company, 372d Infantry (new 1st Battalion, 372d Infantry, subsequently organized in the New J ersey National 

Guard). Headquarters Company, 372d Infantry, inducted into federal set·vice 

10 March 1941 at Washington. Inactivated 31 J anuary 1946 at Schofield Barracks, Territory of Hawaii. 

Expanded, reorganized, and federally recognized 18 August 1947 at 

Washington as the 171st Military Police Battalion. Ordered into active federal 

service 11 September 1950 at Washington; released 10 July 1 952 from active 

federal service and reverted to disu·ict control. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment reorganized 1 February 1972 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 17lst Military Police Battalion (remainder of 

battalion-hereafter separate lineage). Ordered into active federal service 14 

June 1980 aL Washington; released 28 June 1980 from active federal service 

and reverted to district control. Redesignated l September I 982 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 372d Military Police Battalion. 

Home Station: Washington 

CAMJ>AlGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

\'\0rld War I 

Meuse-Aq;on m: 

Alsacc 1918 

Lorraine 1918 

IVorld War II 

Asiatic-Pa(:ific Thcat<"r. Streamer without insniption 

DECORATIONS 

French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Su·eamer embroidered 

1\'IEUSE-ARCONNE (372d lnfanu·y cited; WD GO 11, 1924) 
382d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

Co' r OF AR.\tS 

Shield: 

Cresl: 

Mollo: 

Symbolism: 

I IERALDIC ITEMS 

Per bend enhanced vert and sable, a bendlct enhanced or 

and in base a lion rampant crowned of the second. 

None approved. 

Police with Honor. 

The green and yellow of the shield arc the colors of the 

Military Police Corps. The gold be ndlct denotes the unit's 

former function upon the highways ofEw·ope. The golden 

lion on a black field is taken from the corporate arms of the 

city of Heidelberg, where the organiLation performed occupation duty after World War II. 

01~11:\CTI\'E 1:\SJG:\IA 

The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

RA 

LINF.AG£ (inactive) 

Constitu ted 28 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 

382d Military Police Banalion. Activated 4 November 1944 in France. ReorganiLcd and redesignated 20 October 1947 as the 382d Military Police Service Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 20 September 1951 as the 382d 

Military Police Battalion and allotted lO the Regular Army. Inactivated l j uly 

1964 in Germany. 

CAJ\IPAICN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

~\~nld 11'11r II 

Emopean-African-:'11iddlc E;Nt•rn Thcat<·r. Streamer without in~cr iption 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

171 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

385th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

COAT OF J\R.\lS 

Shield: 

Crest: 

Motto: 

S)'mboli.sm: 

I l ERA!.DlC ITEMS 

Vert, a shepherd's crook and sword in saltire or. 

None approved. 

Honor, Vigilance, and j usticc. 

Green and yellow are the colors for the Milita1·y Police 

Corps. The shepherd's crook, adapted from the arms of 

several cities of the Rhine Province, alludes to service in 

that area during World War rr and is also symbolic of solicitous leadership and guidance. The sword indicates the military character of such leadership. 

DISTJ'\;CTIVE I:'I:SJC:-.:JA 

The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. 

RA 

L INEAGE (active) 

Constituted 28 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 

385th Military Polic<' Battalion. ACLivated 3 November 1944 in France. Reorganitcd and redesignated l August 1946 as the 385th Military Police Service Battalion. Inactivated 1 November 1948 in Germany. Redesignated 9 December 1954 as the 385th Military Po lice Battalion and a llotted to the 

Regular Army. Activated 9 February 1955 in Germany. (Companies A, B, 

and C inactivated 21 October 1977 in Germany.) 

CA\IPAIC:-. P\RTICIP.\110:-.: CREDIT 

1\inld \\1u II 

Rhindand 

DECORAllO:-.:S 

None. 

172 
387th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

COAT OF ARMS 

Shield: 

Crest: 

Motto: 

Symbolism: 

HERALDJC ITEMS 

Vert, a mullet with its points terminating in balls or charged 

with a fleur-de-lis of the field. 

That fo1· the regiments and separate battalions of the Army 

Reserve.: On a wreath of the colors, or and vert, the Lexington Minute Man proper. The statue of the Minute Man, 

Captain J ohn Parker (H.H. Kitson, sculptor), stands on the 

common in Lexington, Massachusetts. 

Toujours en Vedette (Always Alert). 

The colors green and yellow are those used for Military Police organizations. The star is a representation of the customary badge of U.S. marshals and sheriffs in the days of 

the vigilante and the Old West and is symbolic of the vigilance, law, and order attributes of the Military Police. The 

fleur-de-lis represents service in France and the place in 

which the battalion was originally activated. 

D ISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. 

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LI EAGE AND HONORS 

AR 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 28 October 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 

387th Military Police Baualion. Activated 3 November 1944 in France. Inactivated 18 December 1945 at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. Allotted 23 December 1946 to the Organized Reserves and assigned to the Sixth Army 

(later redesignated as the Sixth United States Army) . Activated 20 February 

1947 with Headquarters at Los Angeles, California. (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as 

the Army Reserve.) (Locatio n of I Icadquarters changed 1 December 1953 to 

Pasadena, California; on l July 1957 to Los Angeles, California.) Inactivated 

31 December 1965 at Los Angeles, California. 

Cfu'viPAICN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World \\'t'1r II 

Europt•;ul-African-~liddlc Eastern Tlwatt'r. Streamer 1\ithout inscription 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

392d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALOIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE I NSIGNIA 

f)pscription: A gold insignia consisting of three green stars in triangle. 

the apex star larger, all above four horizontal bars alternately red and gold, and upon a gold folded belt set straight 

across the upper star and encircling the sides and base of 

the device with fastened buckle in base the inscription at the 

sides and LOp, " Pride, Virtue, Duty" in black letters . 

.S)'mbolism: The colors green and yellow are used for the Military Police 

Corps. The battalion's activation in 1967 at Fort Lewis, 

Washington, is depicted by the stars and red bars alluding to 

the coat of arms of George Washington, for whom the state 

is named. The stars also denote enforcement authority and 

the investigative mission of the unit. The double bars additionally refer to the confining facilities and varied team 

combinations furnished by the unil. The buckled belt signifies protective security and control. 

fLAG D EVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia (badge). 

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176 MILITARY POLICE 

LINF.AC:E AND HONORS 

RA 

Ll:-<l:.AGE (inactive) 

Constituted 20 0\·ember 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Jleadquarters Detachment, 602d Military Police Baualion. Activated 10 December 1944 on New Guinea. Inactivated 20june 1947 at Fort 

Kamehameha, Territory of Hawaii. Redesignated 13 J anuar y 1948 as Headquarters and Headquancrs Detachment, 392d Military Police Battalion, allotted to the Organized Reserves, assigned to the Fifth Army, and af£iliatcd 

with Michigan State College, Lansing. Michigan. Activated 22 January 1948 

at Lansing, Michigan. (Organi1ed Resen·es redesignated 25 March 1948 as 

the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve.) Inactivated 11 December I 950 at Lansing, Michigan; affiliation agreement concurrenLiy terminated. Withdrawn 10 May 1967 from the Army Reserve and 

allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 26 July 1967 at Fort Lewis, Washington. Inactivated 19 December 1972 at Fort Lewis, Washington. 

C.\:\IPAJG:-< P\RIICII)AIIO:-.: CREOII 

1\iJrld \\or 11 

LlVOII 

DECORATIONS 

Philippine Prcsiden tial Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4.JL'LY 1945 (Headquarters and Headquaners Detachment, 602d Military Police Battalion, cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

437th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

D ISTINCflV£ 1:-.JSJCNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a shield-shaped base divided 

horizontally, the upper portion similarly divided by a zig-zag 

line into gold and green areas, and the lower portion 

formed of six undulating bars of white and blue, overall in 

the center a vertical scarlet stripe surmounted by an unsheathed sword, point up, the blade white and the hilt gold, 

above a gold rising sun with alternating straight and wavy 

rays, all above and conjoined with a gold scroll of three 

folds inscribed " Protectors of Justice" in green letters. 

Symbolism: The colors green and yellow are used for Military Police organizations. The green areas simulate mountains and jungle, 

the wavy white and blue bars simulate water, and with the rising sun allude to the island areas of the Asiatic-Pacific Theater 

where the unit served in the Eastern Mandates and Western 

Pacific campaigns. The sun also symbolizes vigilance, and the 

unsheathed sword, a symbol of readiness, signifies protection 

and guidance under the law. 

FIAC DEVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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LINEAGE. A.'\!0 HONORS 

ARNC 

LtNF.AGE (Ohio) 

Constituted 19 May 1941 in the Army of the United States as the 1 77th 

Coast Artillery Battalion. Activated 31 May 1944 at Fort Ruger, Territo1·y of 

Hawaii. Inactivated 15January 1946 on Guam. Redesignated I March 1951 

as the I 77th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion and alloued to the Ohio 

Army National Guard. Organi7ed and federally recognized 1 June 1951 with 

I Icadquaners at Youngstown. Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the I 77th 

Antiaircraft Artillery Baualion. Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 

1959 as the 2d Gun Battalion, !37th Artillery. Reorganized and redesignated 

15 April 1962 as the 2d Automatic Weapons Battalion, I 37th Artillery. 

Convened and redesignated 15 February 1968 as the 437th Military Police Battalion. Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment reorganized 1 

February 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 437th Military Police Battalion (remainder of battalion-hereafter separate lineage ). 

J lome Station: Youngstown 

G\:'\IPAIG:'\ PARTICIPATI0:-.1 CRWIT 

\\orld \\f1r II 

Eastern ~tandatt s 

\\'c~tcrn Pacific 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

496th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTI\11": 1:--JSIG:-.iiA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a green seven-pointed star, one 

point clown, surmounted by a gold nying griffin. 

Symbolism: The star·, symbol of guidance and direction, is an emblem of 

police authority long used in the United States. The points of 

the star are seven in number for the se\'en qualities required 

in all the \'arious milital')' police services. These qualities are 

prudence, tolerance, u·uth, justice, fortitude, temperance, 

and brotherhood. The griffin is a fictitious creature with rhe 

head, wings, and talons of an eagle conjoined to the hinder 

pans of a lion; it symbolizes vigilance, su-ength, and protection and refers to the Military Police mission. In addition, 

the griffin is associated with justice through !emesis, the 

Greek goddess of reu·ibution whose chariot was drawn by 

griffins. It also refers to California, the unit's home area 

which early explorers thought to be inhabited by griffins. 

The colors green and yellow are used for units of the Military 

Police Corps. 

FlAG D EVICE 

The Oag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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180 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

AR 

DNU~ (~ti~) 

Constituted 17 February 1956 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 496th Military Police Battalion, and assigned to 

the Sixth Army (later t·edesignated as the Sixth United States Army). Activated 12 March 1956 atSanjose, California. Location changed I j une 1961 

to Sunnyvale, California; on 23 March 1966 to San J ose, California. 

Home Area: Sixth United States Army 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

DECORATIOJ':S 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

502d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of four gold scales in cross on a 

green chamfered square, all above a gold scroll beating the 

motto Honor Pro Militibus (Honor for Soldiers) in green letters. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are used for Military Police. The scales 

represent justice and equality, basic attributes of the organization. The four joined scales further symbolize stability 

and equilibrium, alluding to the administrative relationship 

of the various individual teams representing different functions. The pedestals of the scales for a star suggestive of 

planning and guidance. 

FlAG D EVICE 

The Oag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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182 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 29July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 302d Military 

Police Battalion. Organized in November 1921 with Headquarters at Plainfield, New Jersey. (Location of Headquarters changed in 1929 to Brooklyn, 

New York.) Inactivated I .January 1938 at Brooklyn, New York; concurrently 

withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army. 

Redesignated 1 J une 1940 as the 502d Military Police Battalion. Activated 15 

January 1943 at Camp McCain, Mississippi. Headquarters and Headquarters 

Detachment disbanded 5 September 1944 in India (remainder of battalion-hereafter separate lineage). Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 502d Military Police Battalion, reconstituted 23 December 1966 in the 

Regular Army and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado. Inactivated 15 May 

1970 at Fort Carson, Colorado. 

CA1-tPAIGN PARTICJPAT!Ot'\ CREDIT 

Worltl War /I 

A~iatic-Pacilic Theater, Streamer withom inscription 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

503d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE I NSIGNIA 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blazoned; per bend or 

and vert a pair of scales between two guisarmes issuant from 

base aspectant, hooked tips in pale, all counterchanged of 

the field. Attached below the shield a tripartated scroll vert 

inscribed "Protect, Assist, Enforce" or. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used for the Military Police 

Corps. The guisarme-an ancient Norman weapon-alludes to the area of the Normandy beachhead for which the 

battalion was awarded its first campaign honor in World 

War II. It also indicates the protective duties of the organization. The scales refer to the "Scales ofJ ustice." 

FLAG DEVICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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184 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

RA 

DN~~ (Kti~) 

Constituted 27 February 1922 in the Organized Reserves as the 303d Military Police Battalion. Organized in March 1922 with Headquarters at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Inactivated 1 J anuary 1938 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the 

Regular Army. Redesignated 1 June 1940 as the 50 3d Military Police Battalion. Activated I February 1943 at Camp Maxey, Texas. Inactivated 13 March 

1946 at Camp Kilmer, New j ersey. Activated 15 J une 1946 in Italy. Inactivated 

15 November 1947 in Italy. Activated 16 February 1949 at Fort Bragg, North 

Carolina. (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 1 November 1970 at Fort 

Bragg, North Carolina.) 

0\.'VIPAJGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

\VQI·/d War II 

Normandy 

Nonhern France 

Rhineland 

Ardenncs-Aisace 

Central Europe 

DECORATIONS 

Armed Forces E.~peditiMs 

Grenada 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Su·eamer embroidered EURoPEAN THEATER (503d Military Police Battalion cited; GO 182, Third Army, 19 

July 1945) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (503d Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 31, 1967) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

504th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

COAT OF AR.\15 

Shield: 

Crest: 

Motto: 

Symbolism: 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

Vert, issuing from base a dexter forearm or grasping a wyvern 's 

head erased gules fimbriated of the second. 

On a wreath of the colors, or and ven, a tower of th ree merIons of the second, bearing crosswise four arrowheads of the 

first, all in fi-ont of a triangle of the like charged in base with 

three barrulets gules. 

Duty, j ustice, and Honor. 

Green and yellow are the colors used for the Military Police 

Corps. The hand rcpresen ts the power and strength of the 

battalion in uprooting evil, symbolized by the wyvern. The 

four arrowheads commemorate the assault landings of the organization in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during World War II, while tl1e medieval tower is indicative of the 

unit's service in Europe. The three horizontal red bars from 

the national flag of the Republic of Vietnam on a triangle alluding to the mountainous terrain of the Il and III Corps tactical zones in Vietnam, refer to service in that coumry. 

D rSTINCT!VE l NSICNIA 

The disti nctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of am1s. 

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186 MILITARY POLICE 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

Ltt"EACE (active) 

Constituted 29 July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 304th Military 

Police Battalion. Organized in April 1922 in Tennessee. Inactivated 1 January 

19~8 in Tennessee; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves 

and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 1 June 1940 as the 504th Military Police Battalion. Activated 15 May 1941 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 

(Company D disbanded 20 June 1942 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.) Inactivated 20January 1947 in Germany. Activatecl2 October 1950 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 31 July 1972 at the Presidio of San Francisco, California.) 

CAMPAlCN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World H11r fl 

Tu11isia 

Sicily (with arrowhead) 

Naples-Foggia (with arrowhead) 

Anzio (with arrowhead) 

Rom e-Arn<> 

Southern FraJtce (with arrowhead) 

Rhineland 

Ardenncs-Alsacc 

Ccmral Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

Vie/110111 

Defense 

CotJnteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase II 

Counteroffensive, Phase Ill 

Tet Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase TV 

Counteroffensive, Phase V 

Counteroffensive, Phase VI 

Tct 69/ Countcroff<·nsive 

Summer-Falll969 

Winter-Spring 1970 

Sancturu·y Counteroffensive 

Counteroffensive, Phase VII 

Consolidation I 

Consolidation II 

Cease-Fire 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Su-eamer embroidered VIETNAl\1 1965-1966 (504th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 30, 1968) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Su-eamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968-1970 (504th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 2, 1971) 

Republic ofVietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1965-1972 (504th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 

Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer 

embroidered VIETNAM 1970 (504th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 5, 

1973, as amended by DA GO 11, 1973) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

508th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

l IERALDIC lTDlS 

None approved. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

RA 

Ll:-.:r·.AG~. (inactive) 

Constituted 29July 1921 in the Organized Reserves as the 308th Militarr 

Police Battalion. Withch·awn l January 1938 from the Organized Reserves 

and allotted to the Regular Army. Redesignated 1 J une 1940 as the 508th Military Police Battalion. Activated 20 March 1944 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. 

Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1947 as the 508th Military Police 

Service Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 20 September 1951 as the 

508th Mili t.ary Police Battalion. Inactivated ljuly 1964 in Germany. Activated 

25 August 1967 at Fort Riley, Kansas. (Companies A, B, C, and D inactivated 

1 November 1970 at Fort Riley, Kansas.) Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment inactivated 29 March 1973 at Fort Riley, Kansas. 

C.\ \ti>AJG;>.: PARTICIPATIO:O.: Cru:OJT 

<:enu<tl Europe 

Rhindand 

DF<:ORATJOI'\S 

None. 

187 
518th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

COAT OF AR~1S 

Shield: 

Crest: 

Mollo: 

S)'mbolism: 

HERALDIC ITEC\IS 

Per saltire vert ancl cheeky or and sable, on a chief of the 

second five palleLS, the center one flory between four [itchy 

in chief issuant from a bar couped of the first. 

On a wreath of the colors, or and vert, issuant lO dexter 

from the portal of a tower sable a dragon of the first. 

Honor, Service, Support. 

Green and yellow arc the colors used for Military Police. 

The organization's five campaign honors awarded for service in the European Theater in World War II are commemorated by the five stakes and flelll·-de-lis. The stakes also 

connote a section of a palisade and refer to the battalion's 

mission to protect property. The checked triangular segments 1·efer to the organization's enforcement duties, which 

include control of traffic and operation of check points. 

The black tower and dragon symbolize the organization's 

service in Germany as pan of the Army of Occupation. 

Drsrr~CTIVE ~StG1':1A 

188 

Demiption: A gold insignia consisting of a black castle with a gold 

dragon issuing therefrom, surmoumed in base by a green 

horizontal bar with five upright green stakes, the center one 

flory, between four (itchy, the device with a three segmented 

gold scroll, one at the top inscribed " Honor" and two in 

base inscribed "Service·· on the dexter side and "Support" 

on the sinister side. 

S)'mbolism: Green and yellow arc the colors used for Military Police. The 

organization's five campaign honors awarded for service in 

the European Theater during World War II are commemorated by the five takes and fleur-de-lis. The stakes also represent a palisade and refer to the battalion's mission to protect 

property. The black tower and dragon allude to the organization's service in Germany as part of the Army of Occupation. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 189 

LINFAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 14th Military 

Police Battalion. Redesignated 1 June 1940 as the 51 8th Military Police Battalion. Activated 5 December 1940 at FortJay, New York. Inactivated 9 April 

1946 at Camp Kilmer, New J ersey, Activated 1 May 1947 in the Philippine Islands as the 518th Military Police Battalion (Philippine Scouts). Inactivated 

5 June 1948 in the Philippine Islands. Redesignated 4 October 1966 as the 

518th Military Police Battalion. Activated 14 October 1966 at Fort Hood, 

Texas. (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 1 November 1970 at Fort Hood, 

Texas.) Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment inactivated 31 August 

1972 at Fort Hood, Texas. 

CAMPAJGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World War// 

Normand}' 

Nonhern France 

Rhineland 

Ardennes-Aisace 

Central Europe 

D ECORATIONS 

Company C entitled to Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), 

Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER (Company C, 51 8th Military Police 

Battalion, cited; GO 48, First Army, 26 March 1945). 
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519th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

COAT OF AR~1S 

Shield: Per fes debased wavy or and vert in chief an oriental stone 

garden ian tern of the second. 

Crest: 

Motto: 

Symbolism: 

None approved. 

Service to the Troops. 

The shield is in the colors of the Military Police. The oriental stone garden lantern is of a type used in the Ryukyu Islands by the natives and represents honorable sen~ce there. 

DISTINCTIVE ll':SICNIA 

The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. 

190 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 191 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (active) 

Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 15th Military 

Police Battalion. Redesignated 1 June 1940 as the 51 9th Military Police Battalion. Battalion (less Company A) activated 20 April 1944 at Camp Chaffee, 

Arkansas. (Company E, 524th Military Police Battalion [activated 21 July 

1942], redesignated 4 April 1944 as Company A, 51 9th Military Police Battalion.) Inactivated 25 March 1956 in j apan. Activated 23 December 1966 at 

Fort Dix, New J ersey. (Companies A, B, and C inactivated I November 1970 

at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland.) 

CAMPAIC PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

IVorld War II 

Ryukyus 

Korean War 

UN Defensive 

UN Offensive 

CCF huervenlion 

First UN Counlcroffcnsi,·e 

CCF Spring Onensivc 

UN Summer-Fall Offcnsh·c 

Second Korean Winler 

Korea. Summer-Fall 1952 

Third Korean Winler 

Korea. Summer 1953 

DECORATIONS 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950-1951 (51 9th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 108, 1952) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952-1953 (519th Mili tary Police Battalion cited; DA GO 78, 1953) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

(51 9th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 41, 1955) 
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525th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

01STI1'!CTIVE INSIGNIA 

192 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a green scroll unrolled vertically, wi th an unrolled portion at the bottom, bearing a gold 

tournament helmet. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow are the colors used fo1· Military Police, 

~nd black is for jurisprudence. The scroll is a symbol for a 

legal document and the written word, and refers to Military 

Police governing policies, administrative procedures, 

records, and dossiers. The helmet signifies traditional honor, 

and its bars allude to control, protection, and retention. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 193 

LINEAGE Al'iO HONORS 

RA 

LINEAGE (inactive) 

Constituted 30 August 1944 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, l58th Military Police Service Battalion. Activated 5 September 1944 in India. Inactivated l November L 945 in 

India. Redesignated 25 April 1949 as Headquarters, 525th Military Police 

Service Battalion, and allotted to the Regular Army. Activated 11 May 1949 at 

Fort San1 Houston, Texas. Reorganized and redesignated L5 December 1950 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 525th Military Police Service Battalion. Inactivated 20 March 1953 in Korea. Redesignated 18 J anuary 

1966 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 525th Military Police 

Battalion. Activated 23 March 1966 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Inactivated 25 July 

1968 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World 1\ r II 

India-Burma 

Ce ntral Burma 

D ECORATIONS 

Korean War 

UN Summer- fall Offensive 

Second Korean Winter 

Korea. Summcr- Falll952 

Third Korean Winter 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950-1952 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 525th Military Police Battalion, cited; DA GO 33, 1953) 

Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952-1953 (Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 525th Military Police Battalion, cited; DA GO 23, 1954) 
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liER.\LOIC ITE.\IS 

0IS11:\C:TI\'E 1:\SJG:\IA 

0f'srription: 

·\)mbolism: 

194 

A gold insignia consisting of a gold winged dcmi-griffin, its 

head concealing the lower portion of a red neUI·-de·lis, holding in his right talon a raised gold sword, its upper portion in 

front of the Oew·-de-lis and his lcftl<'llon suspended above a 

gold star; all above a green scroll, the ends curling inward and 

bearing the inscription "Guard and Defend" in gold letters. 

Green and vcllow are the colors used for ilitarv Police. 

The gl'iffin, 'a fabulous creature with Lh<· body of a 'lion and 

the head and wings of an eagle, is a symbol of courage and 

eternal vigilance, attributes of a Military Police organit.ation. Furthermore, the griffin, in holding a raised sword in 

one talon and the other suspended protectively above a star 

(symbol of C'n lightcnment), all udes 10 the basic mission of 

the organization to "guard and defend." The Oew·-de-lis 

refers to Fran<:e where the organit.ation was first activated. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 195 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

AR 

LINF.AGE (active) 

Constituted 19 January 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 535th Military Police Battalion. Activated 30 J anuary 1945 in France. Redesignated 21 April 1945 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 535th Military Police Service 

Battalion. Inactivated 29 August 1946 in France. Redesignated 19 April 1955 

as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 535th Military Police Battalion, allotted to the Army Reserve, and assigned to the Second Army (later 

redesignated as the Second United States Army). Activated 16 May 1955 at 

Zanesville, Ohio. Location changed l May 1959 to Louisville, Kentucky. Relieved 1 January 1966 from the Second United States Army and assigned to 

the First United States Army. Location changed 24.January 1968 to Columbus, Ohio. Relieved 1 October 1973 from assignment to the First United 

States Army and assigned to the Fifth United States Army. Relieved 1 October 1984 from assignment to the Fifth United States Army and assigned to 

the Fourth United States Army. 

Home Area: Fourth United States Army 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

World Wnrfl 

European-African-Middle Eastttnl Theater. Strc,amcr without inscription 

DECORATIONS 

None. 
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60lst MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H ER..U.DIC ITEMS 

OISlll\CfT\'I 1:-:SIC:-:IA 

196 

Description: A gold insignia consisting of a voided green quatrefoil overlapping a blue octagon and all surmounted throughout by 

two white swords crossed in sal tire with gold hilts, points up, 

and bearing at center a quartered red and green roundcl 

with four gold arrowheads r<tdiating crosswise. 

Symbolism: Green and yellow arc the colors used for the Military Police 

Corps. The roundcl symbolizes equality, and the colors red 

and green refer to traffic control. The eight points of the octagon in numerology refer to security, the color blue to justice, and the quatrefoil to the four cardinal points of tlw 

compass; together with the arrowheads for mania! readiness and the support of the crossed swords for military authority they reprcsem the basic mission of Lhe unit. 
LINEAGES ru'\10 HERALDIC DATA 197 

l.J--:1 \<,E \~D Ho~oRs 

AR 

Lli'\FA<:F (active) 

Constituted l 0 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 

60 I st Military Police Battalion. Activated 26 December 1942 at Camp Gordon, Georgia. Inactivated 15 February 1946 at Carnp Shelby, Mississippi. 

IIcadquaners and I Icadquaner., Octachmem, 601st Militarv Police Banalion, allotted 31 October 1955 l<> Armr Resen'c, and assigned to the Fifth 

Arm)' (later redesignated as tlw Fifth L'nited States Army) (remainder of battalion-hereafter separat{·)in(•ag('). Acti\£tted I 1

0\'embcr 1955 at Fort Benjamin I Iarrison, Indiana. l.ocation changed 1 Februarr 1959 to Indianapolis, 

Indiana; on 31 J anuary 1968 to Fon Wayne, Indiana. Relieved l October 

1984 from assignment to the Fifth United States Army and assigned to the 

Fourth United States Army. 

IIonw Area: Fourth United States Army 

C:\~II'AIC:-.1 PARTICIPr\TI0:-.1 CR~ DII 

1 one. 

DF<.OR,\ 110:'-.S 

None. 
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604th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

DtSTI:XG IWE I:XSIG:-\IA 

DP.mijJiion: A gold insignia consisting of a gold portcullis supporting a 

gold naming "Lamp of Knowledge" flanked on each side by a 

gold bayonet, point up, and terminating below the flame and 

handle of the lamp; on a green scroll entwined around the 

portcullis in three horizontal tiers, the lowest curved below the 

grating, the inscription "Serve" at the top, "Guard" on the 

middl(' tier, and " Protect" across lhe base, all letters gold. 

Symbolism: The colors green and yellow arc used for the Military Police 

Corps. The battalion's former rehabilitation training ccmer 

mission is denoted by the portcullis signifying imprisonment, the "Lamp of Knowledge" alluding to the instruction 

and t·etraining of sentenced military prisoners. The bayonets rcfet· both to training for future combat duty and the 

combat capability of the organization. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

AR Lt~F. \GE (active) 

Constituted 1 May 1959 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and I leadquarters Company, 604th Military Police Battalion, assigned to the Fifth 

United States Army, and activated at Terre Haute, Indiana. Relieved I October 1984 from assignment to the Fifth United States Army and assigned to 

lhe Fourth United States Army. 

Home Area: Fourth United States A.rmy 

G\.\1PAIGN ARTICIPATIO~ CREDIT 

None. 

OF.CORA rtO:->S 

None. 

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607th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

DISTINCTIVE INSIGNiA 

Desoiption: A gold insignia consisting of a vertical white double-bitted 

key, the bits at top and the bow in the form of a ball-tipped 

(ive-poin ted star in white charged on the center with a small 

green star; the key enclosed by a green scroll twisted in a figure 8 wiLh the lower arc bearing the words "Integrity and 

Pride" in gold letters. 

Symbolism: The key is symbolic of author·ity and orderliness and signifies 

a solution to the unknown; a white key is symbolic of discernment. The two bits of the key refer to the unit's mission 

to provide both provost marhsal and Military Police services. 

The bow of the key is a five-pointed star, white in reference to 

the unit's location in Texas, and ball-tipped in the manner of 

the traditional lawman's badge. Green and yellow are the colors used for the Military Police Corps. 

LINEAGE AND H ONORS 

LINEAGE 

AR 

(active) 

Constituted 22 February 1972 in the Army Reserve as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachment, 607th Military Police Battalion, assigned to the 

Fifth United States Army, and activated at Fort Worth, Texas. 

Home Area: Fifth United States Army 

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT 

None. 

D ECORATIONS 

None. 

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666th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

HER.-\I.DIC IT01S 

DISTI:"\CIWE 1:-\SIG:-\IA 

200 

/)rscription: A golrl insignia consisting of a blue lklcl with a white horit.ontal wavy bar surmounted at center by two gold vcrtkal 

fasces back to back with a white axe blade pointing out on 

each side; at center overall a venical green olive branch 

charged with a white star on a green disc all below an arch of 

gold r·ay!-t and enclosed on the sides and bouom by a green 

scroll inscribed "Defend, Support, Protect" in gold leucr'\ . 

. ~ymbolism: Green and yellow are the branch color'\ of the X1ilitary Police 

C'A>r-ps. The beautiful beaches and sunny climate of the Virgin 

Islands arc symbolized by the blue for the ocean, the whit<' 

wavy bar for surf. and the golden rays for the sun. The fasces 

(a bundle of rods bound together about an axe with the 

blade pn~ecting) is a symbol of authority and represents the 

unit's mission to uphold law and order. The white star is also 

emblematic of authot·ity and order. The green disc is an ancient shield shape and stands for the unit's protecti\'e role. 

The upright position of the fasces also alludes to the " Defend" and " Protcn" aspeclS of the unit's mouo. The olive 

branch !-.) mbolizes ilS peace-keeping mission. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 201 

L INEAGE AND H ONORS 

ARNG 

LI~EAGE (Virgin Islands) 

Organized and federally rccogniLed 1 September 1976 in the Virgin Islands Army National Guard on St. Thomas as Detachment 1, 66 lst Military 

Police Company. Reorganized and redesignated I April 1981 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 666th Military Police Battalion. 

Home Station: St. Thomas 

CA.\tPAJG~ Pr\RTIUPATIO~ CREDII 

None. 

DECORAT!O~S 

None. 
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685th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

(CAPE Con's OWN) 

HERALDIC ITEMS 

DtSTINGIWE !NSIG:'\It\ 

202 

Desrription: A gold insignia consisting or a green hexagon divided horitontally with a gold bar, surmounted by a blue octagon bearing a white five-pointed star all above a green semi-circular 

scroll folded back at each end and inscribed "Protect and 

Secure·· in gold letters. 

SJmbolism: The white star on the blue background was taken from the 

coat of arms of Massachuscus and represents the location of 

the organitation. The star is also a symbol of achievement 

and authority. The bar over the green field symbolizes the 

protection and security offered by the police unit. The six 

sides of the hexagon, the eight sides of the octagon, and the 

li\'e points of the star all allude to the numerical designation 

of the 685th Military Police Battalion. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 203 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

ARNG 

LINEAGE (Massachusetts) 

Organized and federally recognized 8 December 1939 in the Massachusetts National Guard at Bourne as Battery H, 21l th Coast Artillery. Inducted imo federal service J 6 September 1940 at Bourne. Reorganized and 

redesignated 10 September 1943 as Company D, 747th Antiaircraft Anillery 

Amomatic Weapons Battalion. Inactivated 5 September 1945 at Fort Bliss, 

Texas. Reorganized and federally recognized 27 J anuary 1948 at Bourne as 

Headquarters Battery, 685th Antiaircraft Artillery Au tomatic Weapons Battalion. Ordered into active federal service 1 May 1951 at Bourne; released 3 1 

J anuary 1953 from active federal service and reverted to state control. Redesignated l October 1953 as Headquarters Battery, 685th Amiaircraft AJ·-

tillery Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated l May 1959 as I leadquarters 

Battery, 4th Gun Battalion, 2llth AJ·tillery. Reorganized and redesignated l 

May 1962 as Headquarters Battery, 4th Howitzer Battalion, 2lllh Artillery. 

Convened and redesignated 19 December 1967 as Headquarters and 

Headquarters Detachmem, 685th Military Police Battalion. 

Home Station: Bourne 

CAMPAIGN PART!Cli'ATIO:'\ CR T 

None. 

0ECORAT10~S 

None. 
701st MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

CoAT oF AR~ts 

Shif'ld: 

Crest: 

Mollo: 

Description: 

H ERALDIC ITEMS 

Vert, on a bend argent a baton of the field, in chief a Chinese sun symbol or. 

None approved. 

Assist by Example. 

The shield is green for the Military Police Coq)s. The baton is 

a heraldic symbol for authority and military control. The bend 

is derived from the military sash or belt and a lludes to the 

white be lt and accessor-ies of the Military Police uniform. The 

golden sun represents service in China after World War II. 

DISTINGIIVE 11'\SIGNIA 

The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. 

Lll\EAGE r'u'=D H O:-\ORS 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 16 December 1940 in the Regular Army as the 701st Militaq' 

Police Battalion. Activated 1 February 1941 a t Fort Snelling, Minnesota. Reorganit('d and redesignated 28 Februar y 194 7 as the 70 1st Military Police 

Service Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 25 May 1949 as the 70 I st 

Militar y Police Ba ttalion. Inactivated 25 August 1956 at Fort Knox, Kentucky. 

Headquarter·s transferred 16 September 1986 to the United States Training 

and Doctrine Command and organized at Fort McClellan, Alabama. 

C\.\IPAIGl'\ ARTICIPAI'IO~ CREDIT 

None. 

DECORAI'I0:-15 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered A.\tERIC\:>; Tm.ATER (701 st Military Po lice Battalion cited; CO 89, Sixth Ser vice 

Command, 13June 1945) 

MeritOrious Unit Commenda tion (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC 

THEATER (70lst Military Police Battalion cited; GO 41, China Service Command. 24 September 1946) 

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709th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

CoAl m AR.\tS 

Shield: 

Crt'S I: 

Mollo: 

I I ER.\LDIC ITE:\lS 

Vert, in base a bar gemcl wavy or, issuant from the upper bar 

a galley of the like charged on the sail with a flcur-de-lis azure. 

one approved. 

Serurila~ Copiarum (Guardians of the Troops). 

.~)·mbolism: The colors green and yellow arc for Military Police. T he 

fleur-de-lis and galley, taken from the arms of the city of 

Paris, have a two-fold meaning as charges. Together they 

indicate service in the area around Paris; singly the fleur-delis represents service in Nonhern France, and the galley 

symboli/eS the early assignment of the organization esconing prisoners from North Africa. The two wavy bars represent two trips in this capacity. 

DISli"'CTIVE (1\SIG:--JIA 

The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of the coat of arms. 

Ll~l- \GE ,\.'\D H O:-.lORS 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 10 January 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 

709th Military Police Battalion. Activated 9 April 1942 at Camp iantic, Connecticut. Reorgan ized and rccksignated 5 j une 1945 as the 709th Mili tary Police Service Battalion. Reorganized and redesignated 18 September 1951 as 

the 709th Military Police Banalion and alloned to the Regu lar Ar my. (Companics A, B, and C inactivated 21 October 1977 in Germany.) 

C\:\IP\IC::-.. PARTICIPATIO:-\ CREDII 

llitrld 1\iu /1 

\;onlwrn Fr.tnct· 

OFCOR.\TIO:XS 

None. 

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716th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

H FRAL.DIC ITEMS 

D1s r t:'\Cli\'E 1:--:stG'\IA 

DescrijJiion: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blazoned: or, on a 

cushion vert, tasseled gules, a baton of the llelcl. Attached 

below the shield a tripartatcd scroll gold inscribed Lfx PI 

Ordo (Law and Order) in black lcuers . 

• ~ymbolism: The baton was borne by high-ranking officers originally 

charged with military duties in monarchial cstablishmcnu, 

in the idcllc Ages. The design i-. symbolic of the mission of 

the ot·ganii<Hion. 

FI.AC DI-YICI~ 

The nag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

LI'\1- \CF 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 10 J anuary 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 19 7~ in Vietnam.) 

CAI\II'AIC;>..; PARTICII'ATIO:'\ CREDIT 

I 'mnmn 

206 

lkfl·n~t' 

Countc:roiTcnsiw 

Counteroffensin:, Ph.tsc: II 

Countc:roffen'i"e. Pha'e Ill 

fl' l Conmt•roffcn,ht· 

Countcroffcn~i"''· Ph.t't' l\ 

( <lunteroffcn~i,e. Ph.tw \ 

( :ounu:roffetbi\c. Ph.ll>t' \I 

Tt<t 69/ Countt•mlft•n,iw 

Summt'r-Fall l!Hi\l 

\\'intt·r- Spt in): 197() 

S.mnuaa 1 Cmullt'tolku\i\·c 

Counterolkn\IH', l'h.t\t' \II 

Cu nso It cl.tta u 11 I 

Comolidation II 

Ct'<L't··Fit t ' 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 207 

DECORATIONS 

Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Su·eamer embroidered SAICON-TET 

OFFENSIVE (716th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 17, 1969, as 

amended by DA GOs 45, 59, and 75, 1969) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AMERJC..AN THFATER (716th Military Police Battalion cited; GO 46, Second Service 

Command, 8 August 1945) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 

1966 (716th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 17, 1968) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1968 

(716th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 48, 1969, as amended by DA 

GOs 2 and 51, 1971) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETi'\AM 

1968-1969 (716th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 51, 1971) 

Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered SAIGON (716th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 32, 1973) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1965-1968 (716th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 31, 1969, as 

amended by DA GO 38, 1970) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallanu·y with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNAM 1968-1973 (716th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 
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720th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

I 11-:RAI.DIC lTD IS 

DISTI="CliVE 1:-.:SIG)'-;1,\ 

Oesniption: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blawned: vert, a dexter gauntlet in fess or grasping an imp head to base, sable. 

Attached below the shield a gold scroll inscribed "Orderly 

Regulation" in green letters. 

Symbolism: The golden restraining hand grasping the inverted black 

imp, which is symbolic of a petty devil or malignant spirit, 

refers to the restraining functions of the organization, implying the means by which undesirable factions are kept 

under control. The motto "Orderl) Regulation" is expressive of the determination of the personnel to regulate with 

order and alludes to the charges on the shield. 

Lt 'EAGJ:: AND HONORS 

Ll:'\1· \CE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 10 Januaq 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 

720th Military Police Battalion. ActivalCd 20 January 1942 at Fort George G. 

Meade, Maryland. Allotted 25 Onobcr 1951 to the Regular Army (Companies A, B, and C inacti\•;ucd 31 August 1972 at Fon I rood, Texas.) 

CA7\IPAICN PARTICIPATION CR1m1 r 

\\'m'ftl Hf1rf! 

)\;t•,, Guinea 

f.U/()11 

I tNtiiWI 

208 

Counu:rollenshc. l'h<~w II 

Colllllt'roffemivt·. Ph a.'<' I II 

Tt·t CountcroiTcnl!i\t: 

<:.mnu·roiTensi,·c. f>h<hC I\ 

CounwroffcnsiH·. Ph.t'<' \ ' 

C<lllnl<'IOITCihin·, J>ha\{' \ 'I 

Tt:l ()Y/ Cotulll•roflt·n•iw 

Summn- Fall l!l6H 

Wimcr-Sp•ing 1!)7() 

Sanc111a1' Cnuntt•rofkn,iw 

Countt'l oflc1"iH·, I'IMw \ 'II 

C.onwlidatiun I 

Conwlid.tuon II 

Cca.\c·Firc 
LINEAGES A D HERALDIC DATA 209 

DECORATIOL'\S 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

(720th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 22, 1954) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Anny), Su·eamer embroidered VJET:\A~1 

1966-1967 (720th Militar·y Police Baualion cited; DA GO 17, 1968) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army). Streamer embroidered \'IETi'.:A.\1 

1967-1968 (720th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 48, 1968) 

MeriLOrious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered \'II Ti'.:A \1 

1968-1969 (720th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 36, 1970) 

Philippine Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered 17 OCTOBER 

1944 TO 4JULY 1945 (720th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 47, 1950) 

Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallanu·y with Palm, Streamer embroidered 

VIETNA~I 1966-1972 (720th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 6, 1974) 
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728th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

HERALDIC I TDIS 

01511:-:CTIVE 1:-:SIG:"\IA 

J)psrrijJtion: A gold insignia consisting of a shield bla7oned: vert, on a bend 

wavy or between in chief an anvil and in base a Korean bell of 

the scconcl, a bend let wavy gules. Attached below the shield a 

gold scro ll inscribed "In Peace as in War" in black letters. 

Symbolism: The colors green and yellow arc for Military Police. T he 

red bendlet and anvil symbolize the River Rouge and the 

vital Detroit industrial area, whiLh the unit protected during 

\<\'orld War II. The bell represents service in Korea. 

Fl A(, DE\'ICE 

The flag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

L!Nt<:J\C:E AN D H ONORS 

RA 

L I:-.IE.\GE (active) 

Constitu ted 10 January 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 

728th Military Police Battalion. Aetivated l9 January 1942 at Fort Custer, 

Michigan. AJ!oued 29 March 1949 to the Regular Army. (Companies A, B, 

and C inactivated I October 1976 in Korea.) 

C' ••AMJ>AIG:'\ PARTICIPAT IOi': CREDIT 

Mrttm ~'i1r 

CCF Intervention 

First u;-: Counteroffcnsiw 

CCF Spring Offensive 

U:'\ Summer-Fall Offcnsin0 ECORATIO:'\S 

Second Kott·an Witlll'f 

Korea. Summt·t-Fall 19!12 

T hird Korc<lll Winl\.'t 

Korea. Sumntt•r 1953 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1950-1952 (728th Military Police Baualion cited; DA COLO, 1953) 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 

1952-1954 (728th Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 77, 1954) 

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759th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

l I FRALDIC ITE~IS 

OISTI~Gri\ E l~SIG~Ii\ 

DescrijJlion: A gold insignia consisting of a shield blawned: pet· sal tire 

vert and or, in chief three fleurs-dc-lis two and one of the 

second; in dexter a palm u·ee proper; in sinister the Airlift 

Monument proper; and in base three ncurs-de-lis one and 

two of the second. Attached below the shield a gold scroll inscribed Tmi'Z La Porte (Hold the Gate) in green letters. 

SJmbolism: The colors an· green and yellow for Military Police. Service in 

the Ew·opcan Theater during \'\'oriel War lJ is symbolized by 

the flclu·s-dc-lis and in North Africa b)' the palm u·ee. The Airlift Monument, erected in the western sector of Berlin, is used 

to represent the battalion's panicipation in the Berlin aidift. 

Fl AG D EVICE 

The nag device is the same as the distinctive insignia. 

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212 

Ll!\EACE A:-\0 HO:"!ORS 

MILITARY POLICE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 19 August 1942 in the Army of' the Unit('(! States as 1hc 

759th Military Police Battalion. Activated 15 September 1942 at Fort Ontario, 

New York. Reorgani1ccl and rcclc-;ignated 17 September 1947 as the 759th 

Militarr Police Service Battalion. Reorgani1ccl and rcdesi!-{natcd 20 ~on·mber J 950 a-; the 759th Military Police Battalion. Allotted 26 November 19F>2 

to the Regular Army. Inactivated 2 November 195~ in Germany. Activated 6 

June 196H at Fon Dix, Ncw.Jerscy. (Companies A, B, and C inactivated l No-

,·ember 1970 at Fort Oix, i'\ewj er..,cy.) 

C\ \IP,\1(.;-. PARTICIPAT 10' CREDIT 

\\1/r/d 1\ru II 

Napll'' Foggia 

Rnme-. \1110 

<iotllh<•rn Fr.tnn· (with .11 rtl\\ht:ad) 

RJ1im·l.llld 

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DECORATIONS 

None. 
787th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

Cosr OF AA\lS 

ShiPld: 

Cri!Sl: 

Mollo: 

S)'111 bolism: 

HEIW.DIC ITEMS 

Per bend or and vert, a bend wavy gules and in sinister chief 

a fleur-dc-lis a;.ure. 

On a wreath of the colors, or and vert, issuant from within a 

wreath of laurel of the first a dexter gauntlet argent grasping a book of law bend sinisterwise vert, spine and corners 

sable, charged with a balance of the like, the pages gold. 

Excellence Always. 

The battalion's World War II campaign in Northern France 

is recalled by the fleur-de-lis and the usc of gold and blue. 

The Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) is represented by the red wavy bend, suggesting a scarlet su·eamer. 

Green and rcllow represent the Military Police Corps. 

The armored hand and book oflaw symbolize the upholding 

and enforcing of the law. The scales represent justice. The 

gold wreath stands for excellence and justice with honor. 

01STINGIW£ ] NSIC:-JIA 

The distinctive insignia is the shield and motto of tlw coat of arms. 

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214 MILITARY POLICE 

Lr:--:EAGL .. ,~D Ho:-:oRs 

RA 

Ll:-\EAC.:E (active) 

Constituted 12 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 

787th Military Police Battalion. Activated 28 November 1942 at Fort Custer, 

Michigan. Reorganit.ed and redesignated 5 June 1945 as the 787th Military 

Police Service Battalion. Inactivated 31 December 1946 in France. Redesignated 16 September J 986 as the 787th Military Police Battalion and alloned 

to the Regular Army; lleadquarters concurrently transferred to the United 

States Army Training and Doctrine Command and organitcd at Fort McCleiJan, Alabama. 

C\.\IPAJC-~ PARTI IPAIIO~ CREDIT 

HOrld \\fir II 

N<ulll(•rn France 

DECORAfiO;-..'S 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army). Streamer embroidered u ROPFA'\ THEATER (GO 34, Communications Zone, European Theater of Operations, 1 7 March J 945) 
HEADQUARTERS AND 

HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT 

793d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

COAT OF AR~IS 

Shield: 

Crest: 

Mollo: 

Symbolism: 

H ERALDIC ITEtv1S 

Yen, on a bend or two toneaux. 

None authorized. 

Facta Cum Honore (Achievement with Honor). 

The colors green and yellow arc used for the Military Police 

Corps. The heraldic bend charged with the two toneaux 

symbolizes the Red Ball Highway across France and Belgium and into Germany during World War II. The battalion 

was responsible for traffic control on a portion of this highway. The two torteaux also represent the baule honors 

awarded the organization during World War II. 

O ISTJ;>.:CTfVE ~SICI':IA 

The distinctive insignia is the shie ld and motto of the coat of arms. 

LINEAGE AND HONORS 

LINEAGE 

RA 

(active) 

Constituted 10 December 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 

793d Military Police Baualion. Activated 26 December 1942 at Camp Maxey. 

Texas. Reorganized and redesignated 20 October 1947 as the 793d Military 

Police Service Battalion. Allotted 22June 1951 to the Regular Army. Reorganized and redesignatecl20 September 195 1 as the 793d Military Police Battalion. (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 21 October 1977 in Germany.) 

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216 

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:-./ortlwrn France 

Rhirll'land 

D ECORATIONS 

MILITARY POLICE 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), StrcanH' r embroidered EVR0-

,,~:,\:-.1 Ttr~:,\TER (793d Military Police Battalion cited; GO 74, Western Base Section, 27 September 1946) 

Cited in the OHler of the Da)' of the Belgian Army for action at A.'\D\'FRP 

(793d Military Police Battalion cited; DA GO 43, 1950) 
759th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION 

Co\ 1 m AR.\Is 

Shirld: 

Crest: 

Mollo: 

Symbolism: 

I I ERAI.OIC ITEMS 

Or, upon a compa~s card within an annulet vert two maces 

saltirewise of the lirst. 

'one approved. 

Send Me. 

Green and yellow are the colors of the Military Police Corps. 

The compass card signifies the baualion's readiness to go 

anywhere to perform its assigned mission. The crossed 

maces, ancient battle weapons, allude lO the unit's combat 

functions. The motto also alludes to the spirit and zeal of 

the soldiers in their readiness to be sent anywhere for the 

good of the nation. 

DISTI'/(.11\'f I'ISIC:-\Ir\ 

The distinctive insignia is the shield and mouo of the coal of arms. 

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218 MILITARY POLICE 

LlNEA<:E A:-JD H ONORS 

RA 

L t:-;F.AGE (active) 

Constituted 23 June 1942 in the Army of the Cnitcd Statec; as the 795th 

Military Police Banalion. Activated 7 july 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida. Inactivated 30 May 1947 in the Philippine Islands. Allotted 16 September 1986 

to the Regular Army; I-Ieadquaners concurrently transferred lO JIH' United 

States Army Training and Doctrine Command and organized at Fon McClellan, Alabama. 

C.\\IPAIG:\ \~ IICII'\110'- CR!-DII 

\\arid mu 11 

:-;otthc•u FI,UHt· 

Rhindaml 

Central Euwpc· 

Asiatk-Padfic Thcatc•. Stn:antct withuut in~cription 

0ECORAT10i\S 

Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer cmbroidcrcd El'RoI'EA:--: ll-IEATER (759th Military Polite Battalion citcd; GO 28, Communinnions 

Zone, European Theater of Operations, 11 March 1945) 
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General 

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McDermott, Jeanette. "Corps Defender I,"' Militmy PolicejounzallO (Spring 

1983): 3-6. 

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220 MILITARY POLICE 

89th Milita-ry Police Brigade 

Chick, Gary R. "Car 12, an MP helicopter," MilitaryPolicejournal8 (Summer 

1981) 46-47. 

I 77th Alililary PolicP Brigade 

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Klapper, Shcila.J. "Annual Training '80, Baptism of Fire," So/.din~ 36 (January 

1981): 50-52. 

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42d Military Police GroujJ 

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Korda, George. "Drug Stoppers," Soldiers 30 (December 1975): 24-25. 

34th Military Police Ballalion 

Randazzo, Ro nald J. "Realisti c Civil Disturbance Training," Military Police 

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45th Military Police Balla lion 

Perkins, j ay. "Thunderbird," Alilitary Police journall9 (September 1969): 7-9 

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" MPs Go to West Point, " National Guard 33 (November 1979): 15. 

92d 1\tlililm)' Police Battalion 

"92d MP Bn llasa Unique j ob," MilitaryPolicejoumall2 (October 1962): 16 

Richard, Duke. "MPs in Vietnam- The New Image," ArmyDigest23 (February 1968): 8-10. 

"Vessel Security Vietnam," J\Jilitary Police journal 17 (August 1967): 5-6 

93d Military Police Ballalion 

Collins, john G. "A Lesson in Flexibility," i\Witary Polia journal 18 (April 

1969): 18-19. 

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95th Military Police Ballalion 

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Jerrell, Normal D. "Training, USAREUR Troops Train to ARTEP Standards," 

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LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 221 

97th Military Police Ballalion 

"97th MP Battalion Escorts Longest Convoy to Cambodia," Military Police 

jou.rnal20 (August 1970): 28. 

"97th Military Police Baualion in Review," Mililar)' Policejoumal 19 Quly 

1970): 29. 

317th M.ilitary Police Ballalion 

Sullivan, Robert E. "HisLoric Military Police Battalions-The 713th MP Battalion," Military Policejourna/8 (November 1958): 16-20 

336th Military Police Ballalion 

"336th MP Bn Holcis Two-Week Training," Military Policfjoumall5 (September 1965): 25. 

382d Militm-y Police Ballalion 

Wood, Raymond D.,Jr. "Combat Ready (Indian's View of the AIT)." Military 

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385th /vlilital)' Policf' Ballalion 

Abbott, Steve. "MPs on the line," Soldir>n 34 (May 1979): 31-32. 

503d Military Police Battalion 

''503d MP Bn Celebrates Silver Anniversary," Military Police]ournal 17 (May 

1968): 15. 

"503d Provides MP Support in Dominican Republic," Mililm)' Police journal 

15 (February 1966): 12-13. 

Stevens, Larry. ''Cuban Rcsettlemem Security," M.ililary Policejourna/7 (Winter l 980): 29-30. 

"With the 503d MP Bn in Washington, D.C.," lvJilitary Policejoumal17 Qune 

1968): 10. 

504th. Military Policl' Ballalion 

Armsu·ong, Ray. "Opera1.ions Roundout ... ln Review," Military Police journal 

12 (November 1962): 12-13. 

''B Co, 504th MP Bn, is Widely Dispersed Unit in VN," Mililm)' Police journal 

15 Uune 1966): 16-17. 

"504th Responds to Nha Trang Fighting," Mililal)' Police journal 17 (May 

1968): 28 

"Hai Van Pass MP Patrol Foils VietCong Ambushes," Mililm)' Polirejouma/20 

(September 1970): 28. 

''MP Route Security-Vietnam," Militm)' Policr>Journall7 (September 1967): I 0. 

Reiter, Robert A.,Jr. "504th in Swift Strike II," Military Police journa/12 (October 1962): 20. 

Slivinsky,Joscph J. "504th Looks Back, Desert Strike," Military Police journal 

14 ( ovember 1964): 15-17. 
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508th M.ilifm)' Police Ballalion 

Dempsey. Vincent D. History ofthP 508 Militm)' Police Ballalion. Munich, Germany, 1947. 

'/1ze 508tlz 1\u> Bm.wml. Munich, Germany: ~Iunchrwr Buchgewcrbchaus, 1952. 

51 8th Militm )' Policr' Balla lion 

Sullivan, Robert E. "Historic U.S. Army Military Police Battalions-The 

518th MPs," Militm)• Polia,Journa/8 (June 19.?8): 6-9. 

51 9th i\Ti/i{(o)' Police Ball a/ion 

Arpin, John R. "0\'cr the Beach," MililmJ PolicP jounw/9 (Spring-Summer 

1982): 20-22. 

70lsl tHilitw)' Police Balta/ion 

I Iigerd, Ralph . 70 1st i\tlilitary Polirr Ballalion, Fifth A nniverSaJ)', 1946. Washington: Kirby Lithographic Co., 1947. 

71 6th ,\Tilitnr_}' Polirl' Balta/ion 

"Action in Saigon," Military Policr.foumal17 (May 1968): 11. 

Cantrell, Bruce E. ·'The Military Police Corps Response to the 1968 Invasion 

ofSaigon," !'vli/itary Police.fournal8 (Spring 1981): 56-59. 

Epstein, Dmrid G., and john D. Shepard. "Our First Nine Months, The 7 16th in 

Saigon," Mi/itaryPolirejozmzall5 (February 1966): 4-6; (April l966): 5-7. 

"MPS Earn Plaudits Defending Cit)' of Saigon," Military Potier .fournal17 

(Aprill968): 22-23. 

Oberdorfer, Don. Tel! The StorJ of a Bailie and it.s 1 li.storir Aftermath. New York: 

Doubleday & Co., 1971. 

"One of Many I Icrocs in Vietnam," J'vlilitary Polire.Journal17 (July 1968): 28. 

Parmenter, Russell E. "MPs: The SLruggle wiLh 'Ghosts,'" Army 30 (January 

1980): 36-39. 

Pisor, Robert L. "Saigon's fighLing :\1Ps," Anny 18 (Aprill968): 37-41. 

Richard, Duke. ":\IPs in Vietnam-The New Image," Amt)' Digest23 (February 1968): 8-10. 

"716th MP Bn Reviews Oxford Action," MilitaryPo/irr'}ourna/12 (june 1963): 

20-21. 

720th i\lililm)' Police Ballalion 

Beckwith, Donald C., et al., eels. 1/isiOI')' of thl' 720th Military Police Ballalion. 

Fort llood, 1964. 

Blumenfeld, Seth D. ··A :-\ew Challenge in Vietnam," Military Police foumall7 

(February 1968): 18- 20. 

Brody, Clifford L. "The Military Police and Civic AcLion," MilitmyPolice.fournal17 (June 1968) : 18-21. 

Richard, Duke. '' MPs in Vietnam-The New Image," J'vlilitm)' Polirf' Joumall7 

(June 1968): 18-2 1. 
LINEAGES AND HERALDIC DATA 223 

"720th Lauded for Selma Work," Military Police journal 14 (July 1965): 8. 

"720th Performs Valuable Escorts," Military Police journal 17 (April 1968): 8. 

Thompson, James A., and Wellington J. Griffith III. " ... 720th MPs at Oxford 

.. . ,"Military Policejourna/12 (January 1963): 8-9. 

Thompson, Larry J. "The MPs New Look in Vietnam," Milita1·y Police journal 

l 7 (May 1968): 8-9. 

728th Military Police Battalion 

Cipriana, Lawrence J. "Rail-Roaders of Korea," MililaT)' Police journal 12 (December 1962): 12. 

Kelley, Francis X. "GondolaJockeys, The 728th MP Battalion's Mobile Security 

Section," Militmy Police Law Enforcement journal 5 (Spring l 978): 22-23. 

"728th MP Battalion," Military Police LawEnforcementj ournal3 (Falll976): inside front cover. 

Tate, Bernard W. "Highway Patrol, MP,'' Soldie1s 36 (September 1981): 52-53. 

759th Military Police Battalion 

"759th MP Battalion," MilitaryPoliceLawEnforcementjournal4 (Falll977): inside front cover. 

793d Military Police Battalion 

"793d MP Battalion," Military Police Law Enforcement. journal 5 (Summer 

1978): inside front cover. 

Glossary of Lineage Terms 

ACIJ\,\1 E. To bring into bcin~ or C!>tablish a unit that has been constituted. Usually 

personnel and equipment ar<• assigned at this time; howe,er, a unit may be active 

at tcro strength, that is, without per<,onncl or equipment. Thi~ term was not used 

before 1921. It is never used when referring to Ann}' ~ational Guard units; and 

only since World " 'ar II has it been used in connection with Army Resen·e units. 

(Sec also ORGA,'\JZE.). 

Att.or. To assign a unit to one of the components of the United States Army. The 

present components of the Army are the Regular Army ( RA), the Army National 

Guard (ARJ'IG), and the Army Reserve (AR), which was formerly known as the 

Or~aniLed Reserves and the Organized Reserve Corps. Durin~ World War I units 

weH~ also alloued to the National Army, and during World \Var II to the Army of 

the United States. A unit may be withdrawn from any component except the 

Armr National Guard and allotted to another. The new allotmt•nt, however, docs 

not change the history, lineage, and honors of the unit. 

A<>SI(,,. To make a unit part of a larger organization and place it under that organitation 's command and control until it is relieved from the assignment. As a rule, 

only divisional and separate brigade assignments are shown in unit lineages. 

Co:-:soUOATE. To merge or combine two or more units into one new unit. The new 

unit may retain the designation of one of the original units or it may have a new 

clcsi~nation, but it inherits the history, lineage, and honors of all of the units affected by th e merger. In the nineteenth century, consolidation was frequently a 

merger of several understrength units to form one full-strength unit. At the present time, in the Regula1· Army and the Army Reserve, units arc usually consolidated when they are inactive or when only one of the units is active; therefore, personnel and equipment an.• <;eldom invoh·ed. In the Army ~ational Guard, on the 

other hand, active units arc often consolidated, and their per!>onnel are combined in the new unit. 

Co:-;:,. !Ill 1 E. To place the designation of a new unit on the official rolls of the Arm}. 

Co~\ ERI. To u·ansfcr a unit from one branch of the Army to another, for example, 

from infantry to armor. Such a move always requires a rcdcsigmuion, with the unit 

adopting the name of its new branch: however, there is no break in the historical 

continuity ofthe unit. If the unit is active, it must also be reorganized under a new 

table of organization and equipment (TOE). 

DE:>tOHti.IZF. To remove the designation of a unit from the official rolls of the 

Army. If the unit is actiw, it must also be inactivated. This term is used in unitlincagc' onl)' when referring to tl1<· period during and immediately after ·world War 

L (For other periods, see OI'>L\ \,D.) 

O~SJ<,, \110:-.:. The official title of a unit, consisting usually of a number and a name. 

Dlsll."D. To remove the designation of a unit from the official rolls of the Army. If 

the unit i' active, it must also be inactivated. 

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226 MILITARY POLICE 

Eu \t~'\1. A unit that is <l.~igncd to or pan of a larger org<mit.ation. (&'e also ORGA"=I< 

Et \tENT.) 

INAC:IIVATL. To place a unit that is not currently needed in an inoperative status 

without assigned persouncl or equipment. The unit's designation. however, is n.:-

taincd on the rolls of the Army. and it.can be reactivated whenever needed. Its personnel and equipment are reassigned to one or more active units, but is organizational properties and trophies arc put in storage. V\'hcn the unit is activated 

again, it is assigned new personnel and equipment, but it k<:eps its old history, honors, and organit.ational properties and trophies. This term has been used only 

~incc 1921. Before that time units either remained active or were removed from 

the rolls of the Army. 

0RDFR INTO ACtiVE ~III.IT \RY SERVICE. To place an Army Reserve unit on full-time active duty usuall)' dming a war or a major crisis, :.uch as the Bt'rlin crisis of 1961-62. 

After completing its acti\'c duty, the unit may be inactivated or it ma}' be released 

from active military service, reverting to reserve status. This phrase do<.'!. not apply 

to Army Reserve units on annual active duty training. 

0R(.A:'\IC Et.F.wxr. A unit that is an integral part of a larger organilation, for example, a leuered company of a battalion or regiment. 

OR<. \'\;1/.E. To a~sign pen.onnel and equipment to a unit and make it operative, that 

is capable of performing its mission. 

RECONSTITUTE. To restore to the official rolls of the Army a unit that has been disbanded or demobilized. The reconstituted unit may have a new designation, but 

it retains iu. former histor). lineage, and honors. 

R~ tW'>IG:'\ATE. To changt> a unit's official name or number or both. Redcsignation 

is a change of title onl)r; the unit's history, lineage, and honors remain the same. 

Active as well as inactive units can be redesignated, but personnel and equipment 

of an active unit are not changed unless it is reorganized at the same time. 

RFOR<. \.'ltZE. To change the structure of a unit in accordance with a new table of organit.ation and equipment (TOE), or to change from one type of unit to another 

within the same branch of the Army, for example, from mechanized to airborne 

infantry. (For reorganitations involving a nC\\ branch. sec Co:-.'YERr.) When r<:-

fcrring to the Army Xational Guard, however, this term also means to organize an 

active unit again. 

TRANS~ ER LESS l'ERSONNEI. ANI) EQUIPMENT. To move a unit from one place to another 

without its personnel and equipment. The transfer is, therefore, merely a move on 

paper. The unit is usually rcorganitcd at its new location with newly assigned personnel and equipment, but it retains its own lineage, honor:., and organit.ational 

properties and trophies. The original personnel and equipment are reassigned to 

one or more units. 

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