Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 June 2013
HEADQUARTERS AND HEADQUARTERS DETACHMENT
519th MILITARY POLICE BATTALION
- Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 15th Military Police Battalion (less Company A)
- Redesignated 1 June 1940 as the 519th Military Police Battalion (less Company A)
- (Company E, 524th Military Police Battalion [activated 21 July 1942], redesignated 14 April 1944 as Company A, 519th Military Police Battalion)
- Battalion (less Company A) activated 20 April 1944 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas
- Inactivated 25 March 1956 in Japan
- Activated 23 December 1966 at Fort Dix, New Jersey
- (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 1 November 1970 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland)
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World War II
- Ryukyus
- Korean War
- UN Defensive
- UN Offensive
- CCF Intervention
- First UN Counteroffensive
- CCF Spring Offensive
- UN Summer-Fall Offensive
- Second Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
- Third Korean Winter
- Korea, Summer 1953
- Armed Forces Expeditions
- Panama
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- War on Terrorism
- Campaigns to be determined
DECORATIONS
- Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2003-2004
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1951
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered KOREA 1952-1953
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2005-2006
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2008-2009
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1988
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1995-1996
- Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1996-1997
- Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History