Battalion Lineage
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- Constituted 12 November 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 785th Military Police Battalion
- Activated 28 November 1942 at Fort Custer, Michigan
- Inactivated 10 December 1946 on Okinawa
- Redesignated 12 February 1948 as the 300th Military Police Battalion and allotted to the Organized Reserves
- Activated 25 February 1948 with Headquarters at Chicago, Illinois
- (Organized Reserves redesignated 25 March 1948 as the Organized Reserve Corps; redesignated 9 July 1952 as the Army Reserve)
- Inactivated 30 March 1951 at Chicago, Illinois
- Redesignated 24 June 1953 as the 785th Military Police Battalion
- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment activated 16 December 1991 at Inkster, Michigan
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