United States Army Military Police Corps organized - 1941

Company C, 175th Military Police Battalion

     Moberly, Missouri

13 Apr 1949

"On the 1st of August (1951), the 175th Military Police Battalion (a Missouri National Guard unit called up for active duty as part of the Troop Augmentation program to bolster the Seventh Army in Germany) sailed (from New York) aboard the U.S.S. General William Mitchell. The next ten days, spent at sea, were comparatively leisurely ones for men accustomed to the discipline and rigors of training.... In the month of October, the battalion participated in Operation Jupiter and Exercise Combine, the largest maneuver to be held by the American Army since the end of the war. For over two weeks, the men lived in the field, ate from their mess gear and slept in pup tents, performing the traffic duties for Seventh Army, operating a Prisoner of War enclosure and acting as a security guard for Seventh Army Headquarters, including the numerous and varied administrative functions. " [read more] (Source: Signal 14: Germany. 1952 Yearbook, 175th Military Police Battalion.)

1952- A group of 175th MPs (Company B), dressed in winder clothing - several with the reversible parka, ready to take to the streets.

1952 - Unit sign - probably in front of main gate in Germany.

Three members of the 175th MP Bn (Company B) stand in front of the battalion sign on Fliegerhorst, Germany. Battalion headquarters is located in the building behind the sign.

Detachment 1, Company C    Boonville, Missouri

175th Military Police Battalion

In 1968 the unit was divided when it received a detachment at Boonville, Missouri.

The history of the Boonville detachment is unrivaled by any in Missouri. 

It started at least as early as 1812.  During this period of time Boonville did not exist but there were five forts near the river in this area.  Captain Sarshall Cooper of which Cooper County is named after (county seat is Boonville) commanded the unit.  Cooper was killed by Indians in 1825.  Linsay Carson, father of the famous Kit Carson, was another member of the unit.  Local militia units served in the Mexican War, Civil War, World War I, and World War II.

For several years Boonville was part of the 128^th Field Artillery Battalion.  In January 1968 it became Detachment 1 of the 1175^th Military Police Company. It is interesting to note that the Boonville unit was first on state emergency duty in 1924 (Missouri River Flood); in 1925 (MKT Railroad Strike) and in 1967 at Woolridge and Overton (Missouri River Flood).

1175th Military Police Company    Missouri

(redesignated)

From:

unknown

1 March 1994

To:

Commander:

unknown

CPT Starrleen Heinen

The 1175^th Military Police Company was first federally activated for the Cuban Boatlift Refugee Re-settlement.  They did their two week annual training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania and received many accolades.

During the 1983 REFORGER Army Exercise they became the first National Guard Unit in the entire United States to deploy overseas with MTOE equipment.  Other training highlights include overseas deployments for training to Honduras in 1986 and Panama in 1991, 1992, and 1995.

The 1175^th was selected to support the Governor’s Inauguration on several occasions.  It was also selected to provide security for the Adjutant General’s Conference at Little Rock, Arkansas on two separate occasions.  The unit provided the Military Police Contingent for the USPFO dedication at Ike Skelton Training Site and the Adjutant General’s Complex at the same location. 

The first female commander of a Military Police Company was also the last 1175^th MP Company Commander.  CPT Starrleen Heinen took charge of this unit on 1 March 1994.This was the last of several Missouri Military Police units to be deactivated.  It was one of the first Missouri units served with distinction.

1175^th MP Company St. Clair, Missouri

(reactivated)

From:

2005

1 Oct 2007

To:

2007

Current

Commander:

CPT Verland McBride

1LT Mollie Keith