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 June 1949 on Okinawa

            Allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army 

Inactivated 19 March 1953 on Okinawa

            Redesignated 30 September 1966 as Headquarters 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 concurrently activated at Fort McClellan, Alabama

Headquarters inactivated 31 December 1990 at Fort McClellan, Alabama; concurrently relieved from assignment to the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command and assigned to the United States Army Forces Command

            Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 40th Military Police Battalion, activated
16 October 2009 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

 

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DECORATIONS

            Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered PACIFIC THEATER
           

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY: