Lineage and Honors Information as of 6 March 2019

178th Military Police Detachment

  • Constituted 23 March 1966 in the Regular Army as the 178th Military Police Detachment
  • Activated 1 June 1966 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
  • Inactivated 28 March 1973 in Vietnam
  • Activated 16 June 1997 at Fort Hood, Texas

Campaign Participation Credit

  • 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

Decorations

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1967-1968
  • Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971-1973
  • Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 2005-2006

By Order of the Secretary of the Army:

CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History

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