The 759th Military Police Battalion is a military police battalion in the
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...
. It is currently stationed at
Fort Carson, CO – "The Mountain Post". It is administratively controlled by the
43rd Sustainment Brigade at Fort Carson, and is a part of the
89th Military Police Brigade
The 89th Military Police Brigade is a military police brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Hood, Texas. It is a subordinate unit of III Armored Corps.
Activated in Vietnam in the midst of the Vietnam War, the unit provided military ...
at
Fort Hood
Fort Hood is a United States Army post located near Killeen, Texas. Named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, it is located halfway between Austin and Waco, about from each, within the U.S. state of Texas. The post is the headquarters ...
, Texas.
Organisation
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
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148th Military Police Detachment
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59th Military Police Company
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110th Military Police Company
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127th Military Police Company
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984th Military Police Company
Campaign participation
World War II
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*Naples-Foggia
*Rome-Arno
*Southern France (with arrowhead)
*Rhineland
*Ardennes-Alsace
*Central Europe
*Germany
Cold War
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Berlin Airlift
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Southwest Asia
*Defense of Saudi Arabia
*Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
*Southwest Asia Cease-Fire
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Operation Noble Eagle
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...
*OIF 2
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Operation Phantom Fury
The Second Battle of Fallujah, codenamed Operation al-Fajr ( ar, الفجر, ) and Operation Phantom Fury, was an American-led offensive of the Iraq War that lasted roughly 6 weeks, starting 7th November, 2004. Marking the highest point of the ...
**
First Battle of Fallujah
The First Battle of Fallujah, code-named Operation Vigilant Resolve, was an operation against militants in Fallujah as well as an attempt to apprehend or kill the perpetrators of the killing of four U.S. contractors in March 2004.
The chief ca ...
*OIF 06-08
*Afghanistan OEF X
Unit decorations
References
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* US Army Center for Histor
External links
*Globalsecurity.org
759th Military Police Battalion
Military police battalions of the United States Army, 759