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Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 530th Military Police Battalion

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Constituted 10 March 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 530th Military Police Battalion

Activated 20 April 1945 in New Guinea

Inactivated 31 October 1946 in Japan

Redesignated 18 March 1947 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 319th Military Police Battalion, and allotted to the Organized Reserves

Activated 11 April 1947 at Omaha, Nebraska

(Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; on 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)

Reorganized and redesignated 15 November 1950 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 319th Military Police Battalion

Inactivated 30 April 1952 at Omaha, Nebraska

Redesignated 24 June 1953 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 530th Military Police Battalion

Redesignated 16 December 1991 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 530th Military Police Battalion, and activated at Omaha, Nebraska

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
530th Military Police Battalion Honors

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