924th Military Police Battalion (Provisional)
Fort Riley Law Enforcement Command
The 924th Military Police Battalion (Provisional) was inactivated during a ceremony at Fort Riley, Kansas on 18 October 2005. The 523rd Military Police Detachment was also inactivated, while the 300th and 977th Military Police Companies were reassigned into the 97th Military Police Battalion, which was concurrently activated at Fort Riley.
The 924th Military Police Battalion (Provisional) prepared tactical Military Police units for rapid deployment for combat operations and other contingency operations in support of III Corps and FORSCOM. The 924th Military Police Battalion provided uninterrupted force protection/community assistance to Fort Riley, Kansas. The 924th Military Police Battalion also maintained liaison with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and supports installation contingency operations. As part of the Military Police Corps' restructuring, A Company had been reorganized to include the what had previously been the Fort Riley Law Enforcement Command's headquarters. When the 924th Military Police Battalion (Provisional) was activated, A Company retained its headquarters function.
The 924th Military Police Battalion (Provisional) traced its lineage through A Company (Law Enforcement) to the 207th Military Police Company. The 207th Military Police Company was first activated at Fort McClellan, Alabama in February 1941. In 1943, the 207th Military Police joined the fight in the Pacific and saw service in the Fiji Islands, Guadalcanal, the Philippine Islands, and Japan. At the end of World War II, the 207th Military Police Company deployed to South Korea in January of 1946 for occupation duty where it was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation. Upon withdrawal of US Forces in Korea the unit was inactivated. The unit was reactivated at Fort Riley, Kansas in December 1952, where it served continuously until its inactivation in October 1982.
A Company (Law Enforcement) was activated on 16 October 1982, when personnel and equipment were transferred from the 207th Military Police Company, to establish a Law Enforcement Activity within the US Army Garrison, Fort Riley.
In 1993, both the 300th and 977th Military Police Companies deployed to Mogadishu, Somalia for Operation Continue Hope. Military Police soldiers saw the fiercest combat since Vietnam in protecting, defending, and providing combat support to the United Nations Logistical Support Command. In 1994 and 1995, both Military Police companies deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in support of Operation Sea Signal. These soldiers provided humanitarian relief and aid to over 32,000 Haitian and Cuban migrants thereby earning the Joint Meritorious Unit Commendation. In the fall of 1995, Forces Command authorized the restationing of an advance party from the 300th Military Police Company to Fort Riley, Kanasa.
A Company served under the 716th Military Police Battalion until that Battalions's Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment's deployment to Fort Campbell, Kentucky in June 1996. A Company subsequently provided the headquarters function for the Fort Riley Law Enforcement Command, which was designated on 16 June 1996. The Law Enforcement Command consisted of of A Company (Law Enforcement), US Army Garrison Fort Riley; the 300th Military Police Company, and the 977th Military Police Company. The remaining elements of the 300th Military Police Company joined the Law Enforcement Command at Fort Riley as part of a 3 company battalion in October 1996.
In 2001, the Fort Riley Law Enforcement Command was redesignated as the 924th Military Police Battalion (Provisional). This unit, assigned to the Garrison Command, Fort Riley, was placed under the administrative control of the 937th Engineer Group, a FORSCOM unit at Fort Riley.
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