Lineage and Honors Information as of 21 October 2010
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
11th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
(SOUTHWESTERN PEACEMAKERS)
Constituted 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 11th Military Police Section, Criminal Investigation
Activated 14 August 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan
Reorganized and redesignated 19 March 1944 as the 11th Criminal Investigation Section
Reorganized and redesignated 11 October 1944 as the 11th Military Police Criminal Investigation Section
Reorganized and redesignated 19 January 1945 as the 11th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
Allotted 1 August 1951 to the Regular Army
Reorganized and redesignated 10 February 1954 as the 11th Military Police Detachment
Inactivated 9 June 1969 in Germany
Activated 1 August 1973 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 11th Military Police Battalion
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War II
Normandy
Northern France
Rhineland
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Southwest Asia
Defense of Saudi Arabia
Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
Cease-Fire
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Iraqi Governance
National Resolution
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
PETER D. CREAN
COL, LG
Director, Center of Military History