Lineage And Honors Information
Lineage and Honors Information as of 26 March 2012
972d MILITARY POLICE COMPANY
- Organized 10 May 1787 in the Massachusetts Militia at Gloucester as the Gloucester Artillery, Battalion of Artillery, 1st Brigade, 2d Division
- Mustered into Federal service 19 September 1814; mustered out of Federal service 29 October 1814
- Reassigned 25 April 1840 to the 4th Battalion of Artillery, 3d Brigade, 2d Division; on 4 January 1842 to the 7th Regiment of Artillery
- Redesignated 25 April 1842 as Company B, 2d Regiment of Artillery
- Disbanded 24 February 1851
- Reorganized 2 August 1852 in the Massachusetts Militia at Gloucester as Company E (American Guard), 2d Regiment of Artillery
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 26 February 1855 as Company G, 8th Regiment of Infantry
- Mustered into Federal service 30 April 1861 at Annapolis, Maryland; mustered out of Federal service 1 August 1861 at Boston
- While remaining in state service, Company G, 8th Regiment of Infantry, additionally organized the following unit for Federal service:
- Company C, 23d Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, mustered into Federal service 28 September 1861 at Lynnfield; mustered out of Federal service 25 June 1865 at New Bern, North Carolina
- Mustered into Federal service 30 October 1862 at Wenham; mustered out of Federal service 7 August 1863 at Boston
- Mustered into Federal service 26 July 1864 at Readville; mustered out of Federal service 10 November 1864 at Readville
- Company G, 8th Regiment of Infantry, disbanded 2 December 1885
- Reorganized 18 February 1886 in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia at Gloucester as Company G, 8th Infantry
- Mustered into Federal service 11-14 May 1898 at Framingham; mustered out of Federal service 28 April 1899
- (Massachusetts Volunteer Militia redesignated 15 November 1907 as the Massachusetts National Guard)
- Mustered into Federal service 25 June 1916 at Framingham; mustered out of Federal service 18 November 1916 at Gloucester
- Called into Federal service 25 July 1917; drafted into Federal service 5 August 1917
- Reorganized and redesignated 24 August 1917 as Headquarters Company, 104th Infantry, and assigned to the 26th Division
- Demobilized 29 April 1919 at Camp Devens, Massachusetts
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 20 November 1920 as Battery A, 2d Field Artillery
- Redesignated 26 November 1920 as Battery A, 2d Field Artillery, an element of the 26th Division (later redesignated as the 26th Infantry Division); concurrently reorganized and Federally recognized at Gloucester
- Redesignated 30 September 1921 as Battery A, 102d Field Artillery
- Inducted into Federal service 16 January 1941 at Gloucester
- Reorganized and redesignated 12 February 1942 as Battery A, 211th Field Artillery Battalion
- Inactivated 9 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
- Reorganized and Federally recognized 27 January 1947 in the Massachusetts National Guard at Gloucester as Battery A, 211th Field Artillery Battalion
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959 as Battery A, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 102d Artillery, an element of the 26th Infantry Division
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963 as Battery A, 2d Battalion, 102d Artillery
- Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1972 as Battery A, 2d Battalion, 102d Field Artillery
- Location changed 1 December 1974 to Lexington
- Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 April 1975 as the 972d Military Police Company and relieved from assignment to the 26th Infantry Division
- Location changed 1 January 1980 to Newton
- Ordered into active Federal service 22 November 1990 at Newton; released from active Federal service 18 May 1991 and reverted to state control
- Location changed 1 October 1994 to Melrose
- Ordered into active Federal service 17 June 2002 at Melrose; released from active Federal service 4 April 2003 and reverted to state control
- Location changed 1 March 2007 to Reading
- Ordered into active Federal service 10 July 2007 at Reading; released from active Federal service 12 August 2008 and reverted to state control
- HOME STATION: Reading
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
- World of 1812
- Massachusetts 1814
- Civil War
- Cold Harbor
- Petesburg
- Maryland 1864
- North Carolina 1862
- North Carolina 1863
- North Carolina 1865
- South Carolina 1863
- Virginia 1864
- World War I
- Champagne-Marne
- Aisne-Marne
- St. Mihiel
- Meuse-Argonne
- Ile de France 1918
- Lorraine 1918
- World War II
- Northern France
- Rhineland
- Central Europe
- Southwest Asia
- Defense of Saudi Arabia
- Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
- Cease-Fire
- War on Terrorism
- Global War on Terrorism
- Iraq:
- Iraqi Surge
DECORATIONS
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1991
- Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
- French Croix de Guerre with Gilt Star, World War I, Streamer embroidered LORRAINE
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History