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11th Military Police Battalion (CID)

The mission of the 11th Military Police Battalion (Criminal Investigation Division) is to provide criminal investigative services to the United States Army within a 3 state geographical area of responsibility, ranging from eastern Texas to Arizona, including the southern half of New Mexico. The Battalion would, on order, deploy individual(s) or detachments in support of contingency operations.

The 11th Military Police Battalion (CID) was stationed at Fort Hood, Texas as of 2010. As the Army's primary criminal investigative organization, the Criminal Investigation Division (technically US Army Criminal Investigation Command) was responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations in which the Army was, or might be, a party of interest. CID units conducted criminal investigations that range from death to fraud, on and off military reservations, and, when appropriate, with local, state and other federal investigative agencies.

The coat of arms for the Battalion was approved on 18 August 1998. The shield consisted of a vert, a column between 2 barrulets Or a scale of the like charged on the cups with a fleur-de-lis Azure and an eagle displayed Sable. The crest consisted of, from a wreath Or and Vert, 2 Palm fronds chevronwise reversed surmounted by a fasces Proper. Green and yellow were the colors traditionally used by Military Police units. The column suggested support and the strength to uphold the law. The scale recalled truth and justice. The fleur-de-lis and the heraldic eagle represented the unit's World War II campaigns. The 2 barrulets formed an illusion of the numeral "11," a reference to the unit designation.

The distinctive unit insignia was approved on 18 August 1998, consisting of a shield blazoned: Vert, a pale Or surmounted by a pale of the first a column of the second, overall a balance yellow charge on each cup with a fleur-de-lis Azure on the left and an eagle Sable to the right. The column suggested support and the strength to uphold the law. The scale recalled truth and justice. The fleur-de-lis and the heraldic eagle represented the unit's World War II campaigns. The 2 barrulets formed an illusion of the numeral "11," a reference to the unit designation.

The 11th Military Police Battalion was first constituted on 12 August 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 11th Military Police Section, Criminal Investigation and activated on 14 August 1943 at Fort Custer, Michigan. It was reorganized and redesignated on 19 March 1944 as the 11th Criminal Investigation Section, on 11 October 1944 as the 11th Military Police Criminal Investigation Section, and on 19 January 1945 as the 11th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment. During the Second World War, the unit participated in 5 campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe.

The unit was allotted 1 August 1951 to the Regular Army and was reorganized and redesignated on 10 February 1954 as the 11th Military Police Detachment. It was inactivated on 9 June 1969 in Germany.

The unit was reactivated on 1 August 1973 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The 11th Military Police Detachment was also stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama during the 1970s and early 1980s. The unit participated in Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, earning campaign streamers for participation in 3 campaigns: Defense of Saudi Arabia, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait, and Cease-Fire.

The unit was reorganized and redesignated on 1 September 1996 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 11th Military Police Battalion. The Battalion deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, earning the War on Terrorism streamer inscribed Iraq.