Military Police articles from March 22 2012

Military Police archives from March 22 2012

Chief, Military Police corps regiment, and commandant, U.S. Army Military Police School.
March 22, 2012... A Call to Engage, A Call to Write! As I write this first article for Military Police, the professional bulletin of the Military Police Corps, I am humbled at the opportunity to advocate on your behalf and to discuss topics of significance to...

Regimental Command Sergeant Major.
March 22, 2012... I am honored to be entrusted to serve as the 11th Military Police Corps Regimental Command Sergeant Major. I fully understand that the position comes with great responsibilities and authority. I intend to use my position to take advantage of...

Regimental Chief Warrant Officer.
March 22, 2012... Military Police Weapons Posture As our Regiment works hard to place more emphasis on the P in MP, I ask you to review the security posture and weapons training of military police Soldiers performing law and order operations. This is a...

The 504th Military Police Battalion surges into full spectrum operations in Kandahar City.
March 22, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The agile, adaptive 504th Military Police Battalion, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, continued to add chapters to its legacy by being ready to accomplish any mission during combat operations associated with...

Community policing: the cornerstone for a secure Kandahar City.
March 22, 2012... Heavy traffic, congested neighborhoods, and crowded retail centers bring to mind thoughts of large cities or growing suburbs in the United States or Western Europe. But add streets lined with debris, nightly gunshots, and a population with...

A return to the division: tailoring the Military PPolice Corp for a new age of conflict.
March 22, 2012... We have arrived at a critical juncture. As Operation New Dawn comes to a close and we begin to see the end of Operation Enduring Freedom on the horizon, we need to take a look back and a look forward--a look back to capture the hard-learned...

Civilian policing internship.
March 22, 2012... In early September 2011, the 385th Military Police Battalion, Fort Stewart, Georgia, began an internship program with the Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department (SCMPD). Under the program, an Army military police lieutenant is sent to...

The 12 February 2011 Battle for the Afghan National Police Provincial Headquarters in Kandahar.
March 22, 2012... The embedded headquarters element of the 504th Military Police Battalion awoke to a cold, rainy day in Kandahar City, Afghanistan. Little did the Dragon Fighters know that, only hours later, they would take part in a 4-hour battle to defend each...

Working overtime: professional development on and off the clock.
March 22, 2012... After a relatively quiet Friday night, the military police emergency telephone line rings at 0126 on Saturday morning. The desk sergeant answers and quickly takes notes as the caller shouts into the phone. An unidentified individual has just...

Active-shooter awareness: relevant and on point.
March 22, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training (G-3/5/7), U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), hosted the annual TRADOC Force Protection (FP) Workshop at Newport News, Virginia, 29-31 March...

Military Police doctrine 2015.
March 22, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Doctrine 2015 represents the Army's approach to establishing a foundation for training, educating, and equipping Soldiers through a common professional language. The language of our profession allows the Army to develop...

Doctrine Update
March 22, 2012... U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center of Excellence Capabilities Development Integration Directorate Concepts, Organization, and Doctrine Development Division Publication Title Date Number Current Publications...

Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!
March 22, 2012... The line "Badges? We Don't Need No Stinkin' Badges!" basically originated with a 1927 novel (1) and has since surfaced in various forms in several films--most famously the 1974 Western parody Blazing Saddles. (2) And that statement seems to have...

eGuardian: threat and suspicious-activity reporting.
March 22, 2012... "Whether a plan for a terrorist attack is homegrown or originates overseas, important knowledge that may forewarn of a future attack may be derived from information gathered by state, local, and tribal government personnel in the course of...

CID special agents carry out logistics security.
March 22, 2012... As dawn breaks over the Hindu Rush Mountains of Afghanistan, a smaii group of highly trained Jaw enforcement professionals puts the finishing touches on an operation intended to represent the crescendo of combating corruption at Bagram Airfield....

Military Police convoy security then and now.
March 22, 2012... In March 2005--just 26 miles southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, two coalition convoys coincidently converged and were ambushed by Iraqi insurgents. A military police patrol happened to be tailing one of the convoys, and the patrol reacted to the attack...

The Road to Law Enforcement.
March 22, 2012... In August 2011, the 591st Military Police Company, Fort Bliss, Texas, participated in a month-long training program to prepare for a community law enforcement mission at Fort Bliss. The "Road to Law Enforcement" training program was conducted as...

U.S. Army Military Police Warfighters Forum and Military Police Lessons Learned Center Web Site
March 22, 2012... With the Army heavily engaged throughout the world, the need to rapidly share information is becoming increasingly important. The collection, dissemination, and sharing of observations, insights, lessons, and best practices throughout the...

FM 3-37.2, antiterrorism: a doctrinal guide for preventing terrorist attacks.
March 22, 2012... Doctrine... is a guide to action, not hard and fast rules.... Its objective is to foster initiative and creative thinking.... It also provides a menu of practical options based on experience from which self-aware and adaptive Army leaders can...

North Dakota Military Police Company supports rood operations.
March 22, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] During the spring and summer of 2011, vast flooding took place across a large portion of North Dakota. The flooding of four major river systems--comprised of the Red, Sheyenne, Missouri, and Souris Rivers--affected...

Penal institutions in the European theater of operations.
March 22, 2012... During the 1942-1945 U.S. involvement in World War II, a total of 66,993 U.S. Army Soldiers received general courts-martial, (1) thus prompting the need for confinement facilities for those personnel who had violated military laws and...

Military Police Brigade Level and above Commands
March 22, 2012... MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE LEVEL AND ABOVE COMMANDS COMMANDER CSM/SGM UNIT David E. Quantock Thomas J. Seaman HQ USACIDC Mark S. Inch John McNeirney USAMPS Zane Jones ...