759th_Military_Police_Battalion

759th Military Police Battalion

759th Military Police Battalion

Military unit

The 759th Military Police Battalion is a military police battalion in the United States Army. It is currently stationed at Fort Carson, CO – "The Mountain Post". It is administratively controlled by the 4th Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade at Fort Carson, and is a part of the 89th Military Police Brigade at Fort Cavazos, Texas.[1]

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Lineage

  • Constituted 19 August 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 759th Military Police Battalion
  • Activated 15 September 1942 at Fort Ontario, New York
  • Reorganized and redesignated 17 September 1947 as the 759th Military Police Service Battalion
  • Reorganized and redesignated 20 November 1950 as the 759th Military Police Battalion
  • Allotted 26 November 1952 to the Regular Army
  • Inactivated 1 November 1953 in Germany
  • Activated 6 June 1968 at Fort Dix, New Jersey (Organic elements inactivated 1 November 1970 at Fort Dix, New Jersey).

Subordinate units

  • 148th Military Police Detachment
  • 59th Military Police Company
  • 110th Military Police Company
  • 127th Military Police Company
  • 984th Military Police Company

Campaign participation

World War II

  • Naples-Foggia
  • Rome-Arno
  • Southern France (with arrowhead)
  • Rhineland
  • Ardennes-Alsace
  • Central Europe
  • Germany

Cold War

Southwest Asia

Unit decorations

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References

  1. [1]
    "759th Military Police Battalion Official Page". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  • US Army Center for History
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