108th Military Police Company (Air Assault)
The 108th Military Police Company (Airborne) (Air Assault) was originally constituted as the 1389th Military Police Company on 27 October 1944.
The unit was first introduced to active service at the Military Police Center in Barksdale, Louisiana on 4 November 1944. The unit first saw action during World War II in the Indian-China-Burma Theater. Upon rendering service to the nation, the company was inactivated on 27 December 1945 at Hijili Airbase, IN.
On 27 September 1966 the 1389th was designated the 108th Military Police Company and allotted to the Regular Army. One month later, the company entered active service on 25 November 1966 at Fort Polk, LA. Less than two years later the company was inactivated at Fort Polk on 25 June 1968.
On 1 November 1970 the 108th Military Police Company was returned to active service at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. On 1 April 1989, the 108th Military Police Company was designated as an Air Assault Military Police Company for the XVIII Airborne Corps. It is the only Air Assault Company in the 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne). The 108th Military Police Company (Air Assault) entered a provisional Airborne status on 1 October 1999 and was officially designated as an Airborne Military Police Company on 16 October 2000. The company currently retains both its Airborne and Air Assault designations, making it the Army's only Airborne and Air Assault Military Police Company.
Since its activation, the 108th Military Police Company (Airborne) (Air Assault) has participated in every major overseas deployment with the XVIII Airborne Corps. Soldiers of the 108th have served honorably in Operation Urgent Furry, Grenada; Operation Bright Star, Egypt; Operation Hawkeye, St. Croix; Operation Just Cause and Operation Promote Liberty, Panama; Operation Andrew, FL; Operation Desert shield and Desert Storm, Saudi Arabia; Operation Safe Harbor, Cuba; and Operation Uphold Democracy, Haiti.
The 108th Military Police Company (Airborne) (Air Assault) played a vital role in Operation Joint Guard, Bosnia; helped in the clean up after Hurricane Fran; participated in Operation Open Arms, Fort Dix, NJ; and deployed to Kosovo in support of Operation Joint Guardian II.
During Operation Enduring Freedom the 108th Military Police Company (Airborne) was deployed as part of Task Force Rakkasan.
