Military Police articles from September 2009

Military Police archives from September 2009

Chief, Military Police Corps Regiment, and commandant, U.S. Army Military Police School.
September 22, 2009... The Military Police Corps Regiment continues with a high operational tempo, as a critical combat multiplier and force enabler with ongoing deployments of individual Soldiers and multibattalion brigades. The transformation and flexibility of the...

Regimental Command Sergeant Major.
September 22, 2009... Hello, and Happy 68th Anniversary from the Home of the Regiment! I encourage everyone to reflect on the history of our Military Police Corps. Although a great deal has changed over the years, there are a couple of constants that prove to be the...

Regimental chief warrant officer.
September 22, 2009... In this issue, I will address one of the many questions that I am often asked--Why is the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) (commonly referred to as "CID") a "stovepipe" organization? In other words, why does the CID commander...

A letter to the troops.
September 22, 2009... 9 April 2009 To All of Our Troops, Today marks the six-year anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein--his fleeing and the Iraqi people pulling his statue down with their bare hands. You or one of your many brethren has been here helping...

The maneuver enhancement brigade.
September 22, 2009... "The Army is in the midst of a transformation process to move it to modularity--by adopting the six war-fighting functions and creating new and special organizations. One of those new and special organizations is the MEB [maneuver enhancement...

18th Military Police Brigade leads the way for D-Day ceremonies.
September 22, 2009... When it came time to honor the Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen who fought and gave their lives during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, sixty-five years ago, thousands flocked to the shores of Utah Beach and Omaha Beach to pay homage to the...

A model NCO.(2009--The Year of the NCO)
September 22, 2009... When I think of a Soldier who embodies the ethos and values of today's Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) Corps, Staff Sergeant John Wade Russell's name comes to mind. I have been Staff Sergeant Russell's platoon sergeant for more than two years and...

The Military Police NCO.(2009--The Year of the NCO)
September 22, 2009... As the command sergeant major of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), I spend much of my time in airports, traveling to visit Soldiers who are in training. I am always honored when American civilians approach me while I am in...

91st Military Police Battalion: enhanced PIO in the Baghdad Operational Environment.
September 22, 2009... The mission of the 91st Military Police Battalion, which is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, is to train and mentor Iraqi police in East Baghdad through the use of police transition teams (PTTs). The battalion's passive human...

91st Military Police Battalion, Operation Iraqi Freedom: the "pendulum effect".
September 22, 2009... The current environment in Iraq is one of counterinsurgency; that is, it is an environment in which military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions are taken by a government to defeat an insurgency. (1) Military...

143d Military Police Detachment in Iraq.
September 22, 2009... Law and Order at Victory Base Complex As the sun begins to set at Victory Base Complex (VBC), Baghdad, Iraq, the sound of helicopters taking off can be heard in the background. The night shift from the 143d Military Police Detachment (a unit...

Airborne! (Again).
September 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A paratrooper who was injured in Iraq has taken the final step in his recovery--a step out of a military aircraft into the skies above Key West, Florida. On 23 June 2009, Sergeant Daniel Powers, 118th Military Police...

Iraqi police transition: bridging the gap.
September 22, 2009... In 2007, the 716th Military Police Battalion "Peacekeepers" from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, deployed on a police transition team (PTT) mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 07-09. The 716th relieved the 92d Military Police Battalion,...

Honor Bound.
September 22, 2009... "Honor Bound to Defend Freedom" is the motto of the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guard personnel who perform the detention operation mission of Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Their primary concern is...

Camp 5: breaking the stereotype.(U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay)
September 22, 2009... Images of the detention facilities at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, dominate the news media. Old photographs and videos of Camp X-Ray, including images of guards wearing outdated battle dress uniforms and escorting orange-clad...

90th Military Police Detachment (CID).
September 22, 2009... Lineage and Honors Constituted 7 July 1952 in the Regular Army as the 90th Military Police Criminal Investigation Detachment (CID). Activated 1 August 1952 at Fort McClellan, Alabama. Reorganized and redesignated 19 April 1954 as the...

Doctrine update.
September 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 Military 22 Mar 2001 A keystone...

Dedication.(Military Police Corps Regiment members lost in the War on Terrorism)(List)
September 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] First Lieutenant William E. Emmert 269th Military Police...

Honoring the Fallen.
September 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On 5 June 2009, military police and their guests gathered at the Fallen Soldier Memorial, located at the headquarters of the 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to pay tribute to their...

324th Military Police Battalion.
September 22, 2009... Lineage and Honors Constituted 31 May 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 801st Military Police Battalion. Activated 4 June 1942 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated 31 May 1946 in the Philippine Islands. Redesignated 11...

Learning to let the evidence reveal the truth: the Body Farm reveals more than just bodies.
September 22, 2009... As you enter through the gate of the ten-foot-high, razor wire-topped, wooden fence into the sparsely wooded area, there are two things that hit you immediately--the sight of what seems to be randomly placed black plastic tarps littering the...

18th Military Police Brigade learns Advanced Crime Scene Techniques.
September 22, 2009... Soldiers from the 18th Military Police Brigade, along with U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) (commonly referred to as "CID") special agents from throughout Germany, participated in a one-week Advanced Crime Scene Investigative...

The world of a U.S. Army special agent.(U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command)
September 22, 2009... There are many reasons to consider a career in the military, but for the professionals of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) (commonly referred to as "CID"), serving as a special agent is much more than a career decision--it...

Recovery of two missing soldiers.
September 22, 2009... Last summer, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) (commonly referred to as "CID") special agents were dispatched to execute the sensitive-site exploitation of an area adjacent to Iskandariyah, Iraq. Discarded U.S. Army uniforms and...

Never such a disaster: an analysis of the British defeat at Isandlwana.
September 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Never has such a disaster happened to the English army." --Unknown British officer in a letter describing the battle of Isandlwana On 22 January 1879, British colonial forces clashed with native Zulu warriors at...

Army officer accused of prisoner abuse.
September 22, 2009... This title sounds like the headline of a current event, but it was taken from newspaper accounts of nearly a hundred years ago. The New York Times covered the story of a general court-martial from December 1919 into early 1920. The trial took...

Massacre at Schio.
September 22, 2009... As a young U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) (commonly referred to as "CID") agent, I often wondered about the history of the organization and the men and women who laid the groundwork. I wanted to know why CID was considered by...

42d Military Police Brigade Law Enforcement Liaison Program.
September 22, 2009... The provost marshal at Fort Lewis, Washington, identified a need for a military police Law Enforcement Liaison Program (LELP) to assist police departments in local communities. There are two purposes for the program. First, under the mentorship...

Multifunctioning: the beginnings of Task Force Phoenix.
September 22, 2009... In October 2008, the 4th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade (MEB) was activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, bringing the Army's newest initiative in modularity to the home of the Military Police, Engineer, and Chemical Corps. As their most...

Splat! 18th Military Police Brigade assaults paintball course.
September 22, 2009... Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC), 18th Military Police Brigade, Mannheim, Germany, recently practiced leadership skills and built unit cohesion at a unique venue--the Rod and Gun Club at Wiesbaden, Germany. ...

International Military Police Day in Kosovo.
September 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Multinational Task Force-East (MNTF-E) Provost Marshal's Office hosted an International Military Police Day at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, on 16 January 2009. More than sixty military police from Austria, Belgium,...

TRADOC conducts 4th Annual Force Protection Workshop.
September 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Command Provost Marshal Directorate (CPMD), U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans, and Training (G-3/5/7), conducted the annual TRADOC Force Protection (FP)...

16th Military Police Brigade leaders tour Vicksburg.
September 22, 2009... "Listen up, paratroopers. I've been on nearly fifty-six jumps, and all of them have been on Fort Bragg," said Sergeant Major William Griffin, the rear detachment sergeant major of the 503d Military Police Battalion. "This is a great opportunity,...

Activation of the 40th Military Police Battalion (I/R).
September 22, 2009... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 40th Military Police Battalion (Internment/Resettlement) [I/R]) was activated in a ceremony held at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, on 15 April 2009. In addition to the activation, the 40th also assumed command and...

Brigade/battalion commands.
September 22, 2009... MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE LEVEL AND ABOVE COMMANDS COMMANDER CSM/SGM UNIT Rodney L. Johnson Leslie (Rusty) Koonce HQ USACIDC David E. Quantock Jeffrey A. Butler TF 134 David D. Phillips Charles...