192nd Military Police Battalion The 192nd Military Police is a National Guard battalion assigned to the Connecticut Army National Guard . The battalion is assigned to the 85th Troop Command and is the Battalion Command for the 143rd Military Police Company ( CS ) , 643rd Military Police Company ( I / R ) , 928th Kennel Master , 11th and 119th Military Working Dog ( MWD ) . Lineage . The battalion ' s first ancestor was established 26 June 1672 in the Connecticut Militia as the Regiment of Fairfield County . In the Revolutionary War a Militia of the 1st Battalion , 192d Field Artillery fought in the Battle of Saratoga ( 1777 ) and New York ( 1776 – 77 ) . The unit was re - designated as Company I and called to active duty to play its part in the Civil War efforts in September 1862 . The unit fought in the Battle of Bull Run , Gettysburg , Georgia ( 1862 ) , South Carolina ( 1862 ) and Louisiana ( 1863 ) , Cold Harbor , and Petersburg . During World War I , personnel from the unit took part in Oise - Aisne , Meuse - Argonne , and Champagne ( 1918 ) Campaigns . The unit was re - designated in 1921 as the 192d Field Artillery Regiment and reassigned to the 43rd Infantry Division . The 192nd Field Artillery Regiment was mustered into federal service and assigned as the 68th Field Artillery Brigade , 43rd Infantry Division . It was re - designated as the 192nd Field Artillery Battalion on 10 February 1942 . During World War II the unit deployed to New Zealand in October 1942 and fought in the Pacific Theater of Operations in the Guadalcanal , New Solomon Islands , New Guinea , and the Philippines Campaign . The 2 / 192nd Field Artillery Battalion was mobilized in April 2002 in support of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , Utah . In September 2003 the Battalion was mobilized in support of Operation Noble Eagle III and was re - designated as the 192nd Chemical Battalion . The 192nd Chemical Battalion officially was re - designated into the 192nd Military Police Battalion 1 September 2008 . On 27 May 2009 the Battalion and HHC was once again ordered into federal service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom VII . Headquarters and Headquarters Company deployed to Camp Cropper , Iraq , where it ran Detainee Operations . The unit redeployed on 10 May 2010 . Distinctive Unit Insignia and Coat of Arms . Distinctive Unit Insignia . Description : A Silver color metal and enamel device 1 1 / 8 inches ( 2 . 86 cm ) in height overall consisting of a shield blazoned : Argent , a cross Gules , overall a saltire Azure , that portion of the saltire upon the cross fimbriated of the field ; on a chief of the second , a fleur - de - lis of the first . Attached below the shield a Red scroll inscribed " SKILL AND FORCE " in Silver letters . Symbolism : The shield is white , the old facings of the Infantry . The red cross is for Revolutionary War service and the blue saltire for Civil War service . The fleur - de - lis on the red chief , the present color for Artillery , represents service as Artillery in France during World War I . Background : The distinctive unit insignia was originally approved for the 192d Field Artillery Regiment on 25 March 1927 . It was redesignated for the 192d Field Artillery Battalion on 28 July 1942 . It was redesignated for the 192d Artillery Regiment on 15 January 1971 . It was redesignated for the 192d Field Artillery Regiment on 19 July 1972 . The insignia was redesignated with the description updated , for the 192d Chemical Battalion on 18 November 2003 . Coat of Arms . Blazon : Shield : Argent , a cross Gules , overall a saltire Azure , that portion of the saltire upon the cross fimbriated of the field ; on a chief of the second , a fleur - de - lis of the first . Crest : That for the regiments and separate battalions of the Connecticut Army National Guard : On a wreath of the colors Argent and Gules , a grape vine supported and fructed Proper . Motto : SKILL AND FORCE . Symbolism : Shield : The shield is white , the old facings of the Infantry . The red cross is for Revolutionary War service and the blue saltire for Civil War service . The fleur - de - lis on the red chief , the present color for Artillery , represents service as Artillery in France during World War I . Crest : The crest is that of the Connecticut Army National Guard . Background : The coat of arms was originally approved for the 192d Field Artillery Regiment on 25 March 1927 . It was redesignated for the 192d Field Artillery Battalion on 16 July 1942 . It was redesignated for the 192d Artillery Regiment on 15 January 1971 . It was redesignated for the 192d Field Artillery Regiment on 19 July 1972 . The insignia was redesignated for the 192d Chemical Battalion on 18 November 2003 .