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91st Military Police Battalion
"Honor Above All"

The 91st MP Battalion acts as the command and control post for 511th Military Police Company, 543rd Military Police Company, 523rd Military Police Company, and the Headquarters and Headquarters Military Police Detachment.

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 91st Military Police Battalion was first constituted on 8 June 1945 in the Army of the United States and activated on 13 June 1945 in France. It was inactivated on 14 October 1945 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana.

It was again activated on 20 September 1950 in Korea and allotted 25 October 1951 to the Regular Army. It was inactivated on 24 June 1955 in Korea. The unit was subsequently activated on 1 August 1962 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas and again inactivated on 25 March 1964 at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas.

It was officially activated again 17 October 2005 at Fort Drum, New York, with the ceremony taking place on 20 October 2005. At the same ceremony it replaced the 10th Military Police Battalion (Provisional). The 91st Military Police consisted of the 511th Military Police Company, the 523rd Military Police Company, and the 543rd Military Police Company. The 543rd Military Police Company was a new company that was activated 16 August 2005, while the 523rd Military Police Company will be activated in an upcoming ceremony.

In 2005 the 511th Military Police Company was preparing for an upcoming deployment to Iraq and Headquarters and Headquarters Military Police Detachment was preparing for a deployment with the 10th Mountain Division (LI) in February 2006.

In 2007 the 543rd Military Police Company deployed with other elements of the 10th Mountain Division to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

In 2008 the 511th Military Police Company deployed with other elements of the 10th Mountain Division to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

 

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