Lineage and Honors Information as of 7 October 2015
438th Military Police Company
(Calloway County Guards)
- Constituted 1 February 1955 in the Kentucky Army National Guard as Battery C, 640th Field Artillery Battalion
- Organized and Federally recognized 26 June 1955 at Marion
- Converted and redesignated 1 October 1959 as Company D, 3d Medium Tank Battalion, 123d Armor
- Reorganized and redesignated 15 April 1963 as Company C, 2d Medium Tank Battalion, 123d Armor
- Reorganized and redesignated 6 April 1964 as Company C, 2d Battalion, 123d Armor
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1968 as Company A, 1st Battalion, 123d Armor
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1995 as Company B, 2d Battalion, 123d Armor
- (123d Armor redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 123d Armored Regiment)
- Ordered into active Federal service 21 November 2005 at Marion
- Consolidated 1 September 2006 with Detachment 1, 438th Military Police Company (organized and Federally recognized 1 December 1987), and consolidated unit designated as Detachment 1, 438th Military Police Company
- Released from active Federal service 29 September 2007 and reverted to state control
- Consolidated 1 September 2009 with the 438th Military Police Company (see ANNEX), and consolidated unit designated as the 438th Military Police Company
- ANNEX
- Constituted 31 October 1978 in the Kentucky Army National Guard as Detachment 1, Support Company, 1st Battalion, 123d Armor
- Organized and Federally recognized 1 November 1978 at Murray
- Converted and redesignated 1 November 1980 as the 614th Military Police Company
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 September 1993 as the 438th Military Police Company
- Ordered into active Federal service 14 October 2002 at Murray; released from active Federal service 13 October 2003 and reverted to state control
- Ordered into active Federal service 8 November 2007 at Murray; released from active Federal service 11 December 2008 and reverted to state control
HOME STATION: Murray
Campaign Participation Credit
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2007
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History
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