518th Military Police Battalion (United States)

The 518th Military Police Battalion was a former military police battalion of the United States Army that participated in World War II and was later disbanded following the end of the Vietnam War.

Lineage

 * Constituted 18 October 1927 in the Regular Army as the 14th Military Police Battalion
 * Redesignated 1 June 1940 as the 518th Military Police Battalion
 * Activated 5 December 1940 at Fort Jay, New York
 * Inactivated 9 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
 * Activated 1 May 1947 in the Pillippine Islands as the 518th Military Police Battalion (Philippine Scouts)
 * Inactivated 5 June 1948 in the Philippine Islands
 * Redesignated 4 October 1966 as the 518th Military Police Battalion
 * Activated 14 October 1966 at Fort Hood, Texas (Companies A, B, and C inactivated 1 November 1970 at Fort Hood, Texas)
 * Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment inactivated 31 August 1972 at Fort Hood, Texas

Honors
Campaign Participation Credit


 * World War II: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardenes-Alsace, and Central Europe

Decorations


 * Company C entitled to Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered EUROPEAN THEATRE

Heraldic Items
Coat of Arms


 * Shield: Per saltire vert and checky or and sable, on a chief of second five pallets, the centre one flory between four fitchy in chief issuant from a bar couped of the first