User:Jkovell/591st Military Police Company

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591st Military Police Company (United States) is a military police company of the United States Army based at Fort Bliss, Texas. It is a subordinate unit of the 93d Military Police Battalion[1] and 89th Military Police Brigade[2].

Lineage and Honors[edit]

Lineage[edit]

  • 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 April 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[edit]

World War II[edit]

  • Rome-Arno
  • Southern France

Operation Iraqi Freedom[edit]

  • Abu Ghraib District
  • Taji District
  • Al Taqqadum


Decorations[edit]

  • Meritorious Unit Commendation[3]


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