USAREUR Units - 95th MP Battalion

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95th Military Police Battalion
Seventh Army
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Bn History (19..-19..)

HHD

Co "A" / 272nd MP Co

Co "B" / 66th MP Co

Co "C" / 59th MP Co

230th MP Co

351st MP Co

529th MP Co

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95th MP Battalion History

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HISTORY OF THE 95TH MILITARY POLICE BATTALION

The 95th Military Police Battalion was constituted 8 June 1945 in the Army of the United States as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 95th Military Police Battalion and activated at Lenggries, Germany on 8 July 1945.

The 95th MP BN was located at Brake, Germany and was inactivated there on 24 June 1946.

On 24 October 1950, the 95th MP BN was allotted to the Regular Army, and activated 30 October 1950 in Korea during the Korean War, where it would remain until it was inactivated 15 August 1954.

HHD of the 95th MP BN was activated at Fort Riley, Kansas, 25 November 1965, with Companies A, B and C, and deployed to Vietnam. The unit sailed out of Oakland Port of Embarkation aboard the USNS Upshur and the passage across the Pacific took 28 days with stops in Hawaii, Yokohama and Okinawa, arriving in Vietnam 11 April 1966, assigned to the 89th MP Group, Tan Son Nhut. LTC Hugh Riddle was the Battalion Commander with Major Dave Anderson as the Battalion Executive Officer. During August 1966, the 95th MP Battalion relocated to Long Binh and provided support for command and control, staff planning, criminal investigations and supervision for administration training operations and logistics to assigned and attached units in the III Corps Tactical Zone of Vietnam.

The 95th MP BN remained in Vietnam until it redeployed to Fort Lewis, Washington and was inactivated on 13 April 1972 and assigned to U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR).

On 21 March 1973, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment and Companies A, B and C, 95th Military Police Battalion was activated in Germany. HHD, 95th MP BN was headquartered in Wertheim and the Companies were located in Mannheim, Karlsruhe, and Kaiserslautern. HHD, 95th MP BN would later relocate to Taylor Barracks, Mannheim, Germany.

95th MP BN locations in Germany

	HHD, Wertheim/ Taylor Bks,Mannheim
	Co "A" / 272nd MP Co, Mannheim, Sullivan and later Taylor Bks
	Co "B" / 66th MP Co, Karlsruhe, Smiley Bks, det at Heidelberg
	Co "C" / 59th MP Co, Husterhoeh Ks, Pirmasens, with dets in Worms and Zwiebrucken. (Aug 1993, 59th MP Co was deployed to the U.S. and located at Fort Carson, CO)
	230th MP Co, 95th MP BN, Rhine Ordnance Bks (ROB), Kaiserslautern (Co B, 94th MP BN, Pulaski Bks was redesignated as the 230th MP Co, 95th MP BN)

COMPANY A, 95th MP BN: During 21 March 1973, Company C, 94th MP BN, Turley Barracks, was re-designated as Company A, 95th MP BN and located at Sullivan Barracks and later relocated to Taylor Barracks, Mannheim. During June 1977, Company A, 95th MP BN was re-designated as the 272nd MP Company, 95th MP BN, 21st Theater Support Command, Taylor Barracks, Mannheim.

COMPANY B, 95th MP BN: During 21 March 1973, Company B, 95th MP BN, was activated at Smiley Barracks, Karlsruhe, Germany. During 21 June 1976, Company B, 95th MP BN was re-designated as the 66th MP Company, 95th MP BN, Smiley Barracks, Karlsruhe, with a detachment in Heidelberg.

COMPANY C, 95th MP BN: During 21 March 1973, Co B, 94th MP BN, Pulaski Barracks, Kaiserslautern, was re-designated as Company C, 95th MP BN and was headquartered on Husterhoeh Kaserne, Pirmasens. During June 1977, Company C, 95th MP BN, Pirmasens, was re-designated as the 59th MP Company, 95th MP BN, headquartered in Husterhoeh Kaserne, Pirmasens, with detachments in Worms and Zweibruecken. In August 1993, the 59th MP Company relocated from Germany back to the United States and was assigned to HHD, 759th Military Police Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado.

(Note: That Co B, 94th MP BN was re-designated on 21 June 1976 as the 230th MP Co, 95th MP BN is being verified)

230th MP Co, 95th MP BN: Company B, 94th MP BN, headquartered Pulaski Barracks, Kaiserslautern on 21 June 1976 was re-designated as the 230th MP Company, 95th MP BN, 21st Theater Support Command, headquartered at Rhine Ordnance Barracks (ROB), Vogelweh - Kaiserslautern, with detachments in Zweibrucken and Pirmasens, Germany. (Note: The 230th MP Company was previously located at Camp Darby, Italy. The 94th MP BN was deactivated on 21 June 1976 in Germany).

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