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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