372nd Military Police Company

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The 372nd Military Police Company is a United States reserve Military Police unit based out of Cresaptown, Maryland^{[citation needed]}. Eleven former members of this unit were charged and found guilty in the Abu Ghraib scandal^{[citation needed]}. Another member of the Company, Joseph Darby, was awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for exposing the abuse at the prison.

The 372nd MP co is credited with the securing and stabilization of the city of AL-Hilla (Babylon), alongside of the 1st Marines (MEF)^{[citation needed]}.

One of the most heavily engaged units in Iraq in 2003 and 2004, the unit was responsible for guarding main supply routes (MSRs)^{[citation needed]}.

Lineage

• Constituted 1942-09-25 in the Army of the United States as the 372d Military Police Escort Guard Company
• Activated 1942-10-15 at Florence, Arizona
• Inactivated 1945-11-14 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts
• Allotted 1947-06-14 to the Organized Reserves
• Activated 1947-06-26 at Baltimore, Maryland
• (Organized Reserves redesignated 1948-03-25 as the Organized Reserve Corps);
• (Organized Reserve Corps redesignated 1952-07-09 as the Army Reserve)
• Location Changed 1949-03-17 to Cumberland, Maryland;
• changed 1951-08-20 to Lonaconing, Maryland
• Reorganized and redesignated 1952-11-15 as the 372d Military Police Company
• Inactivated 15 June 1959 at Lonaconing, Maryland
• Activated 22 February 1972 at Lonaconing, Maryland
• Location changed 1973-06-30 Cumberland, Maryland
• Ordered into active military service 1990-09-27 at Cumberland, Maryland;
• Released from active military service 1991-05-24 and reverted to reserve status.
• Ordered into active military service 2003-02-24 at Cumberland, Maryland;
• Released from active military service 2004-10-10 and reverted to reserve status.
• Order into active military service 2009-12-18 at Cumberland, Maryland

Honors

Campaign Participation Credit

• World War II - EAME:

1. Naples-Foggia;
2. Rome-Arno;
3. Southern France (with arrowhead);
4. Rhineland;
5. Ardennes-Alsace;
6. Central Europe

• Southwest Asia:

1. Defense of Saudi Arabia;
2. Liberation and Defense of Kuwait;
3. Cease-Fire
4. Bosnia
5. Noble Eagle 2001-2002
6. Operation Enduring Freedom 2001-2003
7. Operation Iraqi Freedom 2003-2004

Decorations

• None

See also

Iraq War portal

United States Army portal

• Megan Ambuhl
• Javal Davis
• Lynndie England
• Ivan Frederick
• Charles Graner
• Sabrina Harman
• Jeremy Sivits
• 372nd Military Police Company, the MP unit assigned to Abu Ghraib
• Standard Operating Procedure

External links

• GlobalSecurity.org entry
• Lineage info

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