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Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2016

48th Military Police Detachment

  • Constituted 28 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 48th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment
  • Activated 13 July 1945 at New Delhi, India
  • Inactivated 11 February 1946 at New Delhi, India
  • Activated 15 December 1947 at Manila, Philippines
  • Inactivated 22 July 1949 at Fort Stotsenberg, Philippines
  • Activated 26 January 1950 at Fort Bliss, Texas
  • Allotted 10 November 1950 to the Regular Army
  • Redesignated 11 October 1954 as the 48th Military Police Detachment
  • Inactivated 24 March 1965 at Fort Bliss, Texas
  • Activated 25 June 1965 at Pullach, Germany
  • Inactivated 25 June 1966 in Germany
  • Activated 16 April 1994 at Fort Bliss, Texas

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Asiatic-Pacific Theater,
  • Streamer without inscription
  • War on Terrorism
  • Campaigns to be determined

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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