LINEAGE and HONORS
197th MILITARY POLICE DETACHMENT
Constituted 23 October 1943 in the Army of the United States as the 197th Military Police Platoon
Activated 25 November 1943 at Saint Lucia, British West Indies
Reorganized and redesignated 01 November 1944 as the 197th Military Police Company
Reorganized and redesignated 28 February 1946 as the 197th Military Police Guard Platoon
Inactivated 03 June 1946 at Santa Lucia, British West Indies
Redesignated 21 March 1952 as the 197th Military Police Guardhouse and Stockade Detachment, allotted to the Regular Army, and activated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Redesignated 01 October 1954 as the 197th Military Police Detachment
Inactivated 01 October 1978 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Activated 15 October 2012 at Fort Stewart, Georgia