Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 28 November 2016
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
317th Military Police Battalion
- Constituted 10 January 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 713th Military Police Battalion
- Activated 15 January 1942 at Albany, New York
- Inactivated 12 December 1945 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 10 March 1947 as the 317th Military Police Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 28 March 1947 at Jacksonville, Florida
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- (Company A inactivated 15 January 1972)
- Reorganized and redesignated 22 February 1972 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 317th Military Police Battalion (remaining organic elements concurrently inactivated)
- Location changed 1 October 1994 to Tampa, Florida
- Detachment ordered into active military service 14 October 1995 at Tampa, Florida; released from active military service 3 April 1996 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 15 March 2003 at Tampa, Florida; released from active military service 18 July 2004 and reverted to reserve status
- Ordered into active military service 25 August 2009 at Tampa, Florida; released from active military service 28 September 2010 and reverted to reserve status
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
CHARLES R. BOWERY, JR.
Chief of Military History