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Lineage and Honors Information as of 16 June 2016

116th Military Police Company
(Roughnecks)

  • Constituted 11 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as the 116th Military Police Company
  • Activated 24 July 1945 in China
  • Inactivated 31 March 1946 in China
  • Activated 10 December 1946 on Okinawa
  • Redesignated 24 November 1948 as the 116th Military Police Service Company
  • Reorganized 12 January 1952 and allotted to the Regular Army
  • Inactivated 19 March 1953 in the Philippines
  • Activated and redesignated 16 July 2005 as the 116th Military Police Company at Fort Riley, Kansas

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 PACIFIC THEATER 1945-1946
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered AFGHANISTAN 2010

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History


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