Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 October 2013
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS
DETACHMENT
503d MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
- Constituted 27 February 1922 in the Organized Reserves as the 303d Military Police Battalion
- Organized in March 1922 with Headquarters at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- Inactivated 1 January 1938 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army
- Redesignated 1 June 1940 as the 503d Military Police Battalion
- Activated 1 February 1943 at Camp Maxey, Texas
- Inactivated 13 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Activated 15 June 1946 in Italy
- Inactivated 15 November 1947 in Italy
- Activated 16 February 1949 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina
- Reorganized 1 November 1970 to consist of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 503d Military Police Battalion (Companies A, B, and C concurrently inactivated at Fort Bragg, North Carolina)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Normandy
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Panama
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATER
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1965-1966
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2004-2005
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1988
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History