372nd Military Police Company (United States)

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372nd Military Police Company
Active 15 October 1942 – 14 June 1945
26 June 1947 – 15 June 1959
22 February 1972 – present
Country United States
Allegiance U.S. Army Reserve
Branch Military Police
Type Separate company
Garrison/HQ Cumberland, Maryland
Engagements World War II: EAME: Naples-Foggia; Southern France; Rhineland; Central Europe
Southwest Asia: Defense of Saudi Arabia; Liberation and Defense of Kuwait; Cease Fire.

The 372nd Military Police Company is a law enforcement unit within the U.S. Army Reserve. The unit is based out of Cresaptown, Maryland.[1] Eleven former members of this unit were charged and found guilty in the Abu Ghraib scandal[citation needed]. Another member of the company, Joseph Darby, was awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for exposing the abuse at the prison.

The 372nd MP Company is credited with the securing and stabilization of the city of AL-Hilla (Babylon), alongside of the 1st Marines (MEF)[citation needed].

The unit was responsible for guarding main supply routes (MSRs)[citation needed].

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Lineage [edit]

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  • Constituted 25 September 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 372d Military Police Escort Guard Company
  • Activated 15 October 1942 at Florence, Arizona
  • Inactivated 14 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
  • Allotted 14 June 1947 to the Organized Reserves
  • Activated 26 June 1947 at Baltimore, Maryland
  • (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps)
  • (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
  • Location Changed 17 March 1949 to Cumberland, Maryland
  • Changed 20 August 1951 to Lonaconing, Maryland
  • Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1952 as the 372d Military Police Company
  • Inactivated 15 June 1959 at Lonaconing, Maryland
  • Activated 22 February 1972 at Lonaconing, Maryland
  • Location changed 30 June 1973 Cumberland, Maryland
  • Ordered into active military service 27 September 1990 at Cumberland, Maryland
  • Released from active military service 24 May 1991 and reverted to reserve status
  • Ordered into active military service 24 February 2003 at Cumberland, Maryland
  • Released from active military service 10 October 2004 and reverted to reserve status
  • Order into active military service 26 April 2010 at Cumberland, Maryland
  • Released from active military service 1 May 2011 and reverted to reserve status

Honors [edit]

Campaign participation credit [edit]

  1. Naples-Foggia;
  2. Rome-Arno;
  3. Southern France (with arrowhead);
  4. Rhineland;
  5. Ardennes-Alsace;
  6. Central Europe
  • Southwest Asia:
  1. Defense of Saudi Arabia;
  2. Liberation of Kuwait;
  3. Cease-Fire
  4. Bosnia
  5. Operation Noble Eagle 2001–2002
  6. Operation Enduring Freedom 2001–2003
  7. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003–2004
  8. Operation Enduring Freedom 2010–2011

Decorations [edit]

  • None

See also [edit]

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Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Cumberland Times "372nd Military Police Company likely heading back to Iraq"

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