Lineages and Honors of the California
National Guard
49th Military
Police Battalion
Headquarters and
Headquarters Detachment
Organized and Federally recognized 1 July 1924 in the California
National Guard at San Jose as Headquarters, 2d Battalion, 159th
Infantry, an element of the 40th Division
Location changed 19 September 1940 to
Oakland
Inducted into Federal service 3 March
1941 at Oakland
(159th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941
from assignment to the 40th Division and assigned to the 7th
Division [later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division]; relieved
23 August 1943 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 6 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer,
New Jersey
(159th Infantry assigned 5 August 1946
to the 49th Infantry Division)
Consolidated 15 October 1948 with Headquarters
Company, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry (see ANNEX 1), and consolidated
unit reorganized and Federally recognized at San Jose as Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959
as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battle Group, 159th
Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1963
as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Brigade, 49th Infantry
Division
Reorganized and redesignated 4 December
1965 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 49th Infantry
Brigade, and relieved from assignment to the 49th Infantry Division
Consolidated 29 January 1968 with the
49th Administration Company (organized and Federally recognized
4 December 1965 at Alameda) and consolidated unit designated
at Alameda as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 49th Infantry
Brigade
Consolidated 1 November 1971 with the
149th Aviation Company (organized and Federally recognized 8
August 1971 at Alameda) and consolidated unit designated as Headquarters
and Headquarters Company, 49th Infantry Brigade
Converted and redesignated l February
1976 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 49th Military
Police Brigade
Ordered into active Federal service 2
May 1992 at Alameda; released 9 May 1992 from active Federal
service and reverted to state control
Location changed 1 June 1996 to San Rafael
Consolidated 1 September 1997 with Headquarters
and Headquarters Detachment, 185th Military Police Battalion
(see ANNEX 2), and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated
at Pittsburg as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 49th
Military Police Battalion
Annex
1
Organized and Federally recognized 20
February 1937 in the California National Guard at San Jose as
Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry, an element
of the 40th Division
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1940
as Headquarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry
Inducted into Federal service 3 March
1941 at San Jose
(159th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941
from assignment to the 40th Division and assigned to the 7th
Division [later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division])
Reorganized and redesignated 25 July 1942
as Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 159th Infantry
(159th Infantry relieved 23 August 1943
from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 6 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer,
New Jersey
(159th Infantry assigned 5 August 1946
to the 49th Infantry Division)
Annex
2
Organized and Federally recognized 27 December 1927 in the California
National Guard at Alameda as Company D, 159th Infantry, an element
of the 40th Division
Location changed 1 March 1934 to Oakland
Inducted into Federal service 3 March
1941 at Oakland
(159th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941
from assignment to the 40th Division and assigned to the 7th
.Division [later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division];
relieved 5 August 1943 from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 4 November 1945 at Camp Shanks,
New York
(159th Infantry assigned 5 August 1946
to the 49th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and Federally recognized 13
January 1948 at Pittsburg
Reorganized and redesignated 1 May 1959
as Company D, 1st Battle Group, 159th Infantry
Consolidated 1 March 1963 with Company
E, 1st Battle Group, 159th Infantry (see ANNEX 3), and consolidated
unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 2d
Battalion, 184th Infantry, an element of the 49th Infantry Division
Relieved 29 January 1968 from assignment
to the 49th Infantry Division; concurrently consolidated 29 January
1968 with Company D, 2d Battalion, 184th Infantry (see ANNEX
4), and Company C, 2d Battalion, 184th Infantry (organized and
Federally recognized 4 December 1965 at Pittsburg), and consolidated
unit reorganized and redesignated as Headquarters Company, 1st
Battalion, 159th Infantry
Converted and redesignated 13 January
1974 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 185th Military
Police Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 2
May 1992 at Pittsburg; released 9 May 1992 from active Federal
service and reverted to state control
Annex
3
Organized and Federally recognized 31 August 1931 in the California
National Guard at Oakland as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion,
159th Infantry, an element of the 40th Division
Redesignated 1 May 1940 as Headquarters
Detachment, 1st Battalion, 159th Infantry
Inducted into Federal service 3 March
1941 at Oakland
(159th Infantry relieved 29 October 1941
from assignment to the 40th Division a assigned to the 7th Division
[later redesignated as the 7th Infantry Division])
Reorganized and redesignated 25 July 1942
as Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 159th Infantry
(159th Infantry relieved 23 August 1943
from assignment to the 7th Infantry Division)
Inactivated 6 November 1945 at Camp Kilmer,
New Jersey
(159th Infantry assigned 5 August 1946
to the 49th Infantry Division)
Reorganized and Federally recognized 10
December 1947 at Pittsburg
Consolidated 1 May 1959 with the Medical
Detachment, 1st Battalion, 159th Infantry
(organized and Federally recognized 30 November 1956 at Pittsburg),
and consolidated unit reorganized and redesignated as Company
E, 1st Battle Group, 159th Infantry
Annex
4
Organized and Federally
recognized 21 February 1955 in the California Army National Guard
at Walnut Creek as Company B, 159th Infantry, an element of the
49th Infantry Division
Reorganized and redesignated
1 May 1959 as Company B, 1st Battle Group, 159th Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated
l March 1963 as Company B, 2d Battalion, 184th Infantry, an element
of the 49th Infantry Division
Campaign
Participation Credit
World War II
Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Aleutian Islands
European-African-Middle Eastern Theater
Streamer without inscription
Decorations
None
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
JOHN S. BROWN
Brigadier General, United States Army
Chief of Military History
14 December 1999
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