Lineage and Honors Information as of 14 September 2017

66th Military Police Company
(Fightin' Double Six)

  • Constituted 12 February 1944 in the Army of the United States as the 66th Military Police Company
  • Activated 25 February 1944 in Algeria
  • Inactivated 10 November 1945 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana
  • Allotted 4 June 1954 to the Regular Army
  • Activated 1 July 1954 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
  • Inactivated 5 May 1965 in Vietnam
  • Activated 29 June 1965 at Fort Hood, Texas
  • Inactivated 20 March 1972 in Vietnam
  • Activated 21 June 1977 in Germany

Campaign Participation Credit

  • World War II
  • Rome-Arno
  • Southern France
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Vietnam
  • Advisory
  • Defense
  • Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase II
  • Counteroffensive, Phase III
  • Tet Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase IV
  • Counteroffensive, Phase V
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VI
  • Tet 69/Counteroffensive
  • Summer-Fall 1969
  • Winter-Spring 1970
  • Sanctuary Counteroffensive
  • Counteroffensive, Phase VII
  • Consolidation I
  • Consolidation II
  • Southwest Asia
  • Defense of Saudi Arabia
  • Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
  • Cease-Fire
  • War on Terrorism
  • Iraq:
  • Transition of Iraq
  • Iraqi Governance
  • (Additional campaigns to be determined)

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2007-2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2010
  • Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered SAIGON
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1994-1995
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2013-2014
  • Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970-1971

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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