Lineage and Honors Information as of 19 Oct 2020
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
97th Military Police Battalion
(Guardians Take Charge)
- Constituted 8 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 97th Military Police Battalion
- Activated 13 June 1945 in France
- Inactivated 12 November 1945 in France
- Allotted 27 September 1951 to the Regular Army
- Activated 28 October 1951 in Korea
- Inactivated 20 March 1953 in Korea
- Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Lewis, Washington
- Inactivated 30 April 1972 at Oakland, California
- Redesignated 16 June 1989 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 97th Military Police Battalion, and activated in Germany
- Inactivated 15 August 1994 in Germany
- Redesignated 17 October 2005 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 97th Military Police Battalion, and activated at Fort Riley, Kansas
Campaign Participation Credit
- Korean War
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Vietnam
- 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
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- National Resolution
- Iraqi Surge
- Afghanistan:
- Consolidation II
- Consolidation III
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2009-2010
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2018
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1966-1972
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History