Military Police articles from March 2009

Military Police archives from March 2009

Chief, Military Police Corps Regiment, and Commandant, U.S. Army Military Police School.
March 22, 2009... Greetings from the home of the Regiment! As we ring in the New Year, we are entering our eighth year of the War on Terrorism. Throughout the first decade of this century, military police have engaged the enemy in offensive operations at the...

Regimental Command Sergeant Major.(Noncommissioned Officers)
March 22, 2009... What a great time to assume the privileged responsibility of serving as your 10th Regimental Command Sergeant Major! In a keynote address at the 2008 Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting, the Secretary of the Army, Mr. Pete Geren,...

Regimental Chief Warrant Officer.
March 22, 2009... I am extremely honored to be part of the Regimental triad with Brigadier General David Phillips and Regimental Command Sergeant Major Charles Kirkland. In my opinion, the Military Police Corps is the premiere Army regiment, and I am proud to...

Expeditionary forensics: the warrior's science revealing the hidden enemy.
March 22, 2009... Forensic science involves the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to establish factual information and answer questions of interest based on forensic material. Expeditionary forensics refers to the use of forensics to establish facts...

The Forensic Exploitation Battalion.
March 22, 2009... Beginning in 2004, the Multinational Corps--Iraq (MNC-I) established several unrelated, standalone, forensic facilities with limited mission sets. The Combined Explosive Exploitation Cell (CEXC) was the first lab established to conduct...

Forensics: from its esoteric history to the streets of Baghdad.
March 22, 2009... Before 11 September 2001 and our military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan, crime scenes and evidence processing were phenomena that most of us only observed on television or in the movies. However, the events of that fateful day piqued...

Regiment on the move: CID battalion is no exception.(United States Army Criminal Investigation Division)
March 22, 2009... For most in the Regiment, 14 November 2008 was probably just another uneventful Day--but it wasn't for the Soldiers of the 19th Military Police Battalion (U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division [USACIDC], commonly referred to as the "CID")....

Joint! NCO leadership in a multicomponent/joint services military police brigade.(Company overview)
March 22, 2009... One of the best ways to find out who makes up a military unit is to stand at the entrance of the dining facility and watch the customers as they filter in. At one dining facility entrance, in particular, khaki-clad civilian guards contracted...

Military Police Corps Regiment: continued relevance.
March 22, 2009... The United States has just welcomed a new administration. The current economic situation will affect military funding. The war in Iraq will be dramatically reduced, and there will be changes made in Afghanistan. How will these changes affect...

CID Unit, special agents recognized for excellence.
March 22, 2009... A specialized unit and two special agents from the 701st Military Police Group, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) (commonly referred to as the "CID"), recently received top awards for their national and international...

Some do care.(Essay)
March 22, 2009... The sounds of rocket impacts caused the buildings on Phoenix Base, Baghdad, Iraq, to rumble and shake on a hot day in April 2008. This time, the impacts were much closer than those of the previous volley. The damage was determined within a few...

U.S. military police soldier honored at Iraqi Police Academy.
March 22, 2009... First Lieutenant Henderson-Huff was instrumental in the development of plans for the Erbil Police Academy. She worked closely with the Kurdish Minister of Interior, Mr. Karim Sinjari, and the provincial Director of Police; their work had a...

Military Police Corps hero receives Silver Star.
March 22, 2009... It is difficult to define a military police hero. Since military police Soldiers are constantly deployed, they are placed in the line of fire every day. Acts of valor and heroism are common. However, even in times such as these, there always...

Night runners of Baghdad: a look back at Ironside Military Police on Route Irish.(Essay)
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The rules were different in early 2004. Very different. But then, so was the threat. Humvees, sport utility vehicles, and other military transports individually traveled Route Irish--that stretch of urban highway...

M1117 Guardian armored security vehicle gunnery in the heavy brigade combat team.
March 22, 2009... Gunnery... it's fast, aggressive, and labor-intensive. It requires hours of training, weeks of range time, and months of preparation. Of all crew training, it is the one event that solidifies confidence, increases survivability, and makes...

Multinational (Europe) training opportunities for military police.
March 22, 2009... Pentathlete, broad, and multidimensional are buzz words recently developed to describe highly valued military police officers and noncommissioned officers (NCOs). A common thread among the programs designed to develop such leaders is the...

93d Military Police Battalion: NTC Rotation 09-01.
March 22, 2009... Tough, demanding, realistic training is a must for any unit preparing for a combat deployment. The National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, California, provides an excellent opportunity for units to conduct relatively unconstrained...

The Army's First Chief of Criminal Investigations.
March 22, 2009... In the Spring 2008 issue of Military Police, (1) I discussed the Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) being formed within the Military Police Corps of the American Expeditionary Force in France. However, I neglected to name the first DCI...

Dedication.(Military Police Corps Regiment members who died recently in the War on Terrorism)(Brief article)(List)
March 22, 2009... The following members of the Military Police Corps Regiment have been lost in the War on Terrorism since our last issue. We dedicate this issue to them. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Specialist Michael L. Gonzalez 340th...

The Goto Stone.
March 22, 2009... During the 67th U.S. Army Military Police Corps Regiment Anniversary Week, a granite block (known as the "Goto Stone") from a firing range at Camp Drake, Japan, was transferred from the honor guard of the 545th Military Police Company to the...

Unsung Heroes, Saving Saigon.(Book review)
March 22, 2009... Unsung Heroes, Saving Saigon Brigadier General Albin F. Irzyk (Retired) Ivy House Publishing Group, 2008 When offered the opportunity to review Unsung Heroes, Saving Saigon, I was excited about the prospect of reading a "new" history of...

$20,000 bonus for CID special agents continued.(U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command)
March 22, 2009... The Department of Defense (DOD) recently approved the continuation of a $20,000 lump sum critical skills accession bonus (CSAB) for active duty enlisted Soldiers who successfully complete the military occupational specialty (MOS) 311A (CID...

Training the Afghan National Army Military Police.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Congratulations, you're a military policeman!" "Great... but what's a military policeman?" As part of our mission in Afghanistan, the 503d Military Police Battalion (Airborne) has been tasked with...

Thousands endure sandstorm to become Iraqi police: as a sandstorm blanketed Baghdad, Iraq, on 17 June 2008, an estimated 2,000 Iraqi citizens endured the elements to become Iraqi police at the Furat Iraqi Police Training Facility.
March 22, 2009... Iraqi police officials and military police Soldiers with the 18th Military Police Brigade, Multinational Division--Baghdad, conducted a four-day recruiting drive at the Furat training facility in an attempt to reach their goal of 1,300 new...

Rhode Island Army National Guard activates, inactivates units.
March 22, 2009... 1207th Forward Support Company On 5 October 2008, two Rhode Island National Guard units were reorganized and reactivated into the newly developed 1207th Forward Support Company (FSC). The 1207th Transportation Company and the 1043d...

Doctrine update.(Table)
March 22, 2009... DOCTRINE UPDATE U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center Directorate of Training Doctrine Development Division Publication Title Date Description Number Current Publications FM 3-19.1 ...

2008 Top Army Deployers celebrate achievements.
March 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 2008 Army Chief of Staff Combined Logistics Excellence Award ceremony and banquet were held in Alexandria, Virginia, on 3 June 2008. The Deployment Excellence Award (DEA) recognizes Active Army, Army Reserve, and...

Cops: new publication reviews law enforcement efforts to transition returning military veterans to policing.
March 22, 2009... The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community-Oriented Policing Services (COPS), has released a new publication describing the efforts of law enforcement commanders, police psychologists, unions, and others involved in the reintegration...

Military Police Brigade Level and Above Commands.(Directory)
March 22, 2009... MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE LEVEL AND ABOVE COMMANDS COMMANDER CSM/SGM UNIT LOCATION Rodney L. Leslie (Rusty) HQ USACIDC Ft Belvoir, VA Johnson Koonce David E. Jeffrey A....