Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 23 March 2015
591st Military Police Company
(Iron Spartans)
- Constituted 10 June 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 191st Military Police Company
- Activated 24 June 1943 in North Africa
- Inactivated 12 June 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Redesignated 9 December 1948 as the 591st Military Police Company
- Activated 15 January 1949 at Fort Bliss, Texas, and concurrently allotted to the Regular Army
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 May 1950 as the 591st Military Police Company, Post, Camp, or Station
- Reorganized and redesignated 10 June 1954 as the 591st Military Police Company
- Inactivated 1 January 1983 at Fort Bliss, Texas
- Activated 18 February 2008 at Fort Bliss, Texas
Campaign Participation Credit
- World War II
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France
- War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Sovereignty
- (Additional campaigns to be determined)
Decorations
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2009-2010
By Order of the Secretary of the Army:
RICHARD W. STEWART
Chief of Military History