503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne)
"Enforcer"
On order, in support of the 16TH MP BDE (ABN) and XVIIITH Airborne Corps, rapidly deploy anywhere in the world in response to crisis actions or contingency operations while simultaneously providing installation access control, force protection, and law enforcement operations to the Fort Bragg Military Community.
The 503rd Military Police Battalion (Airborne) was originally constituted on 27 February 1922 in the Organized Reserves as the 303d Military Police Battalion. It organized in March 1922 with Headquarters at Harrisburg, PA. It inactivated on 1 January 1938 at Harrisburg, PA, and was concurrently withdrawn from the Organized Reserves and allotted to the Regular Army.
The unit was redesignated on 1 June 1940 as the 503rd Military Police Battalion. It activated on 1 February 1943 at Camp Maxey, TX. It inactivated on 13 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, NJ.
The unit reactivated on 15 June 1946 in Italy, and inactivated there on 15 November 1947.
The 503rd reactivated on 16 February 1949 at Fort Bragg, NC (Companies A, B, and C inactivated on 1 November 1970 at Fort Bragg, NC).
