The 759th Military Police Battalion is a military police battalion in the United States Army. It is currently stationed at Fort Carson, CO â "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 Hood, Texas.
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
Campaign participation
- Naples-Foggia
- Rome-Arno
- Southern France (with arrowhead)
- Rhineland
- Ardennes-Alsace
- Central Europe
- Germany
Cold War
Southwest Asia
Unit decorations
References
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