Military Police Regiment
· September 24, 1986 - The Regiment is formed at Fort McClellan, Alabama with USAMPS Commandant Brigadier General David H. Stem assuming command of the Regiment.
· September 26, 1986 The Regiment is officially recognized.
· November 1987 - US Army military police are detailed to support federal prison authorities during the Atlanta Federal Prison riots, from November 1987 through April 1988. Units deployed include the:
· 437th MP Company, Fort Belvior, Virginia
· 555th MP Company, Fort Lee, Virginia
· 988th MP Company, Fort Benning, Georgia
· February 5, 1988 - General Manuel Antonio Noriega, leader of Panama's Defense Forces is indicted by a US grand jury in Miami, Florida, on money laundering and drug trafficking charges.
· March 1988 - Operation Golden Pheasant begins. This continuing mission to Honduras consists of an infantry task force assisting in security and protection operations. Attached are military police.
In Panama, JTF-Panama begins. This operation, which lasts until December 1989, consists of security and protection missions. Military police units deployed include the:
· 16th MP Brigade (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 503rd MP Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 21st MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 65th MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 108th MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 504th MP Battalion, Fort Lewis, Washington
· 170th MP Company, Fort Lewis, Washington
· 519th MP Battalion, Fort Polk, Louisiana
· 293rd MP Company, Fort Meade, Maryland
· 716th MP Battalion, Fort Riley, Kansas
· 977th MP Company
· 720th MP Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas
· 410th MP Company, Fort Hood, Texas
· 411th MP Company, Fort Hood, Texas
· 759th MP Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado
Units deployed in support of them include the:
· 89th MP Company
· 209th MP Company, Fort McClellan, Alabama
· 437th MP Company, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
· 463rd MP Company, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
· 571st MP Company, Fort Ord, California
· 978th MP Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
· May 1989 - Operation Nimrod Dancer, Panama. An infantry task force is deployed to Panama to provide security and protection until November. Military police are attached to the task force and additional support is received from military police already assigned in Panama.
· September-October 1989 - US Army troops are also detailed to assist civilian authorities after Hurricane Hugo strikes the US Virgin Islands. Military police units that deployed on Operation Hawkeye included the:
· 16th MP Brigade (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 503rd MP Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 21st MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 65th MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 108th MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 720th MP Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas
· 411th MP Company, Fort Hood, Texas
· 258th MP Company, Fort Polk, Louisiana
· 463rd MP Company, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
· 10th MP Det (CID)
· November 9, 1989 - The Berlin Wall comes down.
· December 16, 1989 - At 8:56 p.m., four off-duty American officers become lost in Panama City, Panama while on their way from dinner. They are surrounded by a crowd and at least five Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) personnel. They are pulled from the car and one Marine officer, 1LT Robert Paz, attempts an escape, but is shot and killed.
The shooting is witnessed by an American naval lieutenant and his wife. They are kidnapped, bound and blindfolded, and taken to PDF Headquarters. He is beaten and she is threatened with sexual assault. American forces are then restricted to their installations, as the PDF begins taking defense action against possible reprisals from the US.
In Panama City PDF units establish roadblocks and at 10:25 p.m., the PDF 8th Infantry Co (MP) is alerted and deployed to Colon. Ten minutes later the entire PDF is on alert and by five minutes past midnight, on December 17, 1989, the PDF 8th Infantry Co (MP) has been given orders to "take out" any American soldiers that attempt to block the gates to Fort Espinar.
· December 20, 1989 - At approximately 1:00 a.m., Operation Just Cause begins in Panama. The 7th and 82nd Military Police Companies take part in the operation with their respective divisions as well as the 549th MP Company, stationed in Panama.
At 1:30 a.m., Captain Linda Bray, of the 519th MP Battalion, leads a platoon of military police in an attack against a Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) compound near Panama City. After calling for their surrender, and receiving fire, she drives a vehicle through the closed gate of the compound, forcing them to flee. Military police quickly secure the compound and capture weapons left behind. They then secure other portions of the Curundu and Curundu Heights areas and protect the Balboa harbor. By her actions, she earns the distinction of being the first woman in United States history to lead US troops into battle.
The operation results in Manuel Noriega surrendering on January 3, 1990 to US Marshals at the Vatican Embassy. US casualties are 23 killed and 220 wounded. Panamanian losses are at least 500 killed, but civilian losses are estimated to have been higher. US troops will remain committed until March 1990. Units which respond to the operation include the:
· 503rd MP Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 21st MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 65th MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 108th MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 519th MP Battalion, Fort Polk, Louisiana
· 209th MP Company, Fort McClellan, Alabama
· 401st MP Company, Fort Hood, Texas
· 511th MP Company, Fort Dix, New Jersey
· 549th MP Company, Fort Gulick, Panama
· 555th MP Company, Fort Lee, Virginia
· 988th MP Company, Fort Benning, Georgia
· 7th MP Company, 7th Infantry Division, Fort Ord, California
· 82nd MP Company, 82nd Infantry Division (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 10th MP Det (CID)
March 1990 - Operation Promote Liberty follows Operation Just Cause in Panama. Military police units rotate in four-month cycles in this nation-assistance mission.
· August 2, 1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait. Within weeks of the invasion US military forces begin deployment to Saudi Arabia, in Operation Desert Shield, including one military police group.
· August 8, 1990 - The first combat troops arrive in Saudi Arabia. They are from the 3rd Battalion, 504th Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division.
· October 3, 1990 - Checkpoints "Alpha" and "Bravo" in Berlin are finally closed. Checkpoint "Charlie," manned by US Army military police for 45 years, is converted into a museum.
· December 1990 - The 534th MP Company stops a coup attempt and hostage situation, in Panama City, Panama. They capture the colonel in charge, and are tasked to secure the soldiers that attempted the coup at two Panamanian prisons.
· January 7, 1991 - Military Police Private Hans C. R. Avey, 21, of Falls Church, Virginia, is killed in a truck accident in Saudi Arabia, during Operation Desert Shield.
Military Police Staff Sergeant Tatiana K. Dees, 34, of Congers, New York, assigned to the 92nd MP Company, 93rd MP Bn, 14th MP Bde, dies in Dhahran, after falling from a pier to avoid some moving military cargo. The weight of her gear prevents her from swimming, and she drowns.
· January 17, 1991- Operation Desert Shield becomes Operation Desert Storm (the air war) beginning at approximately 2:00 a.m., local time.
· January 30, 1991 - The first ground forces to engage the Iraqi Armed Forces are a group of US Marines who attack the Iraqis after they invade the coastal town of Kafji, in Saudi Arabia. The Iraqis are eventually forced out, but 11 Marines are killed in the battle.
· February 23, 1991 - At 4:00 a.m., local time, Operation Desert Saber (the ground war) begins. The US Third Army, under the US Central Command, oversees the operation. US Army combat forces consist of the VII and XVIII (AB) Corps. In the first ten hours of battle, 5,500 POWs are captured.
· February 27, 1991 -The 214th MP Co, (AL ARNG), assigned to the 118th MP Bn, 14th MP Bde, under the operational control of the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR), VII Corps, engages enemy units while advancing north in Iraq, just west of the Kuwaiti border. The unit is engaged in making an "end run" in an effort to capture Iraqi Republican Guard units still in Kuwait.
On this date, the 214th uses it's attached cavalry platoon, with four M1A1 Abrams tanks and four M3A1 Bradley fighting vehicles (from the 2nd ACR), to engage an Iraqi motorized rifle company, and destroys seven BTR's and kills 15 enemy troops.
During the ground offensive the 214th MP Co will establish seven temporary EPW holding areas containing 4,500 EPWs, process an additional 6,500 EPW in other locations, assist in the interrogation of 56 EPW (using it's attached 18 MI personnel from B Co, 502 MI Bn), and capture one Iraqi communications tracked vehicle.
For these actions the unit will be awarded, in DA GO No. 12, dated May 13, 1994, the Valorous Unit Citation. The unit is also the first military police unit, and only National Guard unit, honorarily inducted into the 2nd Dragoons.
In addition, the command leadership was the first, from outside the 2nd ACR, to be awarded cavalry spurs.
· February 28, 1991 - Operation Desert Storm ends. By the end of the war approximately 20,000 military police will have served in the theater of operations. They will have conducted over 1,000,000 miles of incident free movement and processed over 22,000 EPW's.
The US Forces were supported by the following military police units:
· US Central Command and the Third US Army
· 3rd MP Group (CID), Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
· 800th MP Brigade (EPW) (USAR), Uniondale, New York
· 301st MP EPW Camp (USAR):
· 400th MP Battalion:
· 143rd MP Company (CT ARNG)
· 144th MP Company (MI ARNG)
· 200th MP Company (GD) (MD ARNG)
· 290th (MD ARNG)
· 304th MP Company (USAR)
· 344th MP Company (USAR)
· 361st MP Company (USAR)
· 705th MP Company (FL ARNG)
· 1137th MP Company (MO ARNG)
· 1138th MP Company (MO ARNG)
· 401st MP EPW Camp (USAR)
· 402nd MP EPW Camp (USAR)
· 403rd MP EPW Camp (USAR)
· 89th MP Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas
· 716th MP Battalion, Fort Riley, Kansas
· 977th MP Company
· 759th MP Battalion from Fort Carson, Colorado
· 855th MP Company (AZ ARNG)
· VII US Corps
· 14th MP Brigade, Ludwigsberg, Germany
· 118th MP Battalion (RI ARNG)
· 92nd MP Company, Germany
· 214th MP Company (AL ARNG)
· 233rd MP Company (IL ARNG)
· 972nd MP Company (MA ARNG)
· 32nd MP Company (WI ARNG)
· XVIII Airborne Corps
· 16th MP Brigade (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 503rd MP Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 21st MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 65th MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 108th MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 118th MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 519th MP Battalion, Fort Polk, Louisiana
· 204th MP Company
· 293rd MP Company, Fort Meade, Maryland
· 351st MP Company (CS) (USAR)
· Other battalions:
· 93rd MP Battalion, Germany
· 143rd MP Battalion (CA ARNG)
· 160th MP Battalion (USAR)
· 185th MP Battalion (CA ARNG)
· 270th MP Company (CA ARNG)
· 649th MP Company (CA ARNG)
· 210th MP Battalion (MI ARNG)
· 372nd MP Battalion (DC ARNG)
· 793rd MP Battalion, Bamberg, Germany
· Other companies:
· 59th MP Company, Germany
· 66th MP Company, Fort Lewis, Washington
· 79th MP Company (CS) (MN ARNG)
· 109th MP Company
· 132nd MP Company (SC ARNG)
· 209th MP Company, Fort McClellan, Alabama
· 210th MP Company (NC ARNG)
· 211th MP Company (NC ARNG)
· 212th MP Company
· 218th MP Company
· 223rd MP Company
· 320th MP Company (USAR)
· 329th MP Company
· 437th MP Company, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
· 438th MP Company
· 445th MP Company (OK ARNG)
· 497th MP Company
· 805th MP Company (USAR)
· 810th MP Company (USAR)
· 970th MP Company (CA ARNG)
· 984th MP Company, Fort Carson, Colorado
· Division MP elements or units:
· 1st MP Company, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kansas
· 24th MP Company, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia
· 82nd MP Company, 82nd Infantry Division (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 101st MP Company, 101st Infantry Division (Air Assault), Fort Benning, Georgia
· 501st MP Company, 1st Armored Division, Germany
· 502nd MP Company, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas
· 503rd MP Company, 3rd Armored Division, Germany
· 545th MP Company, 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile), Fort Hood, Texas
· Third Region (CID)
· Other allied military police forces included:
· Britain:
· 174th Provost Company, Royal Military Police
· 203rd Provost Company, Royal Military Police
· France:
An unknown size Gendarmerie Nationale element
· March 8, 1991 - By this date 540,000 US troops will have served in the Gulf War. During Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, 322 are killed. Of this, 214 actually die during the combat operations, 136 of them in action. There are 339 wounded, 21 captured and 10 missing. Between 50,000 to 100,000 Iraqis are killed and over 62,00 are captured.
Of these numbers, over 26,000 women served in the Gulf War. They suffered 14 killed (five by hostile action), 21 wounded or injured and two were captured.
· April 30, 1991 - PFC Candice M. Daniel, 20, 92nd MP Company, 3rd Armored Division, dies from injuries resulting from a HMMWV accident in Kuwait.
· April through July 1991 - Military police from USAREUR, and the 18th MP Bde, deploy for Operation Provide Comfort, conducted in Northern Iraq. Units which deploy include the:
· 709th MP Battalion, Hanau, Germany
· 527th MP Company, Germany
· 284th MP Company, Germany
· September 26, 1991 - The 50th Anniversary of the Military Police Corps and the Fifth Anniversary of the Regiment.
· November 1991 - US Army Military police deploy to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to provide humanitarian assistance with Haitian refugees. Units are stationed at the US Naval Base until November 1991. The rotating units that deployed included the:
· 503rd MP Battalion, (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 21st MP Company, (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 108th MP Company, (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 504th MP Battalion, Fort Lewis, Washington
· 571st MP Company, Fort Lewis, Washington
· 759th MP Battalion, Fort Carson, Colorado
· 984th MP Company, Fort Carson, Colorado
· 209th MP Company, Fort McClellan, Alabama
· 411th MP Company, Fort Hood, Texas
· 437th MP Company, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
· 555th MP Company, Fort Lee, Virginia
Also deployed was the 5th MP Company, 5th Infantry Division, Fort Polk, Louisiana.
· April 29, 1992 - After four Los Angeles police are found not guilty in a state court for the Rodney King assault, a major riot breaks out in Los Angeles.
· April 30, 1992 - At 4:00 p.m. the 670th MP Company assembles at the Los Angeles Police Academy, less than 13 hours after being activated for riot control duty, after the four Los Angeles police are aquitted in the Rodney King assault. The 119 MP's are part of the first contingent of over 9,000 National Guard troops deployed on federal active duty. One of the first units to alert and muster for duty to support the local police is the 40th MP Company, 40th Infantry Division in Los Alamitos.
In total the 49th MP Bde, in support of JTF-LA, will activate 772 troops, of which over 600 will be military police from the 185th MP Bn. Also activated are members of the 125th MP Bn. The battalions are supported by the following subordinate units:
· 270th MP Company
· 649th MP Company
· 670th MP Company
· 870th MP Company
The units are federalized on May 1, 1992 by Presidential Order. They leave later in May. Forty-four people are killed and hundreds injured as a result of the riot. Property damage exceeds $1 billion dollars.
· May 11, 1992 - A riot occurs at the USDB at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
· August through October 1992 - Military police are deployed on JTF Andrew, humanitarian assistance to southern Florida after Hurricane Andrew strikes. Units deployed include the:
· 16th MP Brigade, (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 503rd MP Battalion, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 118th MP Company, (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 519th MP Battalion, Fort Polk, Louisiana
· 293rd MP Company, Fort Polk, Louisiana
· 209th MP Company, Fort McClellan, Alabama
· 437th MP Company, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
· 978th MP Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
· 984th MP Company, Fort Carson, Colorado
Division units included the:
· 10th MP Company, 10th Infantry Division (Mountain), Fort Drum, New York
· 82nd MP Company, 82nd Infantry Division (Abn), Fort Benning, Georgia
Also assisting in the mission were the 3rd MP Grp (CID) and the 86th and 87th MP Detachments (CID).
· October 1992 - Operation Provide Relief begins. Two military police platoons are deployed on this mission to provide humanitarian assistance in Mombasa, Kenya. One platoon from the 287th MP Co, Berlin Brigade, deploys from October through December 1992, while a second MP platoon from the 272nd MP Co, 95th MP Bn, 14th MP Bde, USAREUR, relieves them from December 1992 through February 1993.
· November 1992 - Operation Provide Promise, Croatia. From this date until November 1993, military police squads are rotated from the 18th MP Bde, USAREUR, to perform security operations. Units deployed were from the 709th MP Battalion, 284th and 527th MP Companies, Germany.
· November 30, 1992 - US forces deploy to Somalia. Operation Restore Hope and Operation Continued Hope begin. Military police units are an integral part of the operations. At it's peak the mission required a full MP battalion with four companies, and one division MP company. They work with military police from Pakistan, Bangledesh and Nigeria.
Units that deploy include:
· HHD, 720th MP Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas
· 3rd CID Region (CASE and DSE)
· 21st MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 300th MP Company, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
· 511th MP Company, Fort Dix, New Jersey
· 977th MP Company, Fort Riley, Kansas
· 978th MP Company, Fort Bliss, Texas
· 984th MP Company, Fort Carson, Colorado
Division military police include the:
· 10th MP Company, 10th Infanry Division (Mountain), Fort Drum, New York
· 24th MP Company, 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Stewart, Georgia
Also deployed are a Customs MP training team and the 62nd and 280th MP Dets (CID).
· July 5, 1993 - By this date, over 4,000 US forces are now deployed in Somalia.
· July 19, 1993 - SGT Michael Baker and SPC Brian Robinson, 300th MP Company, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, are wounded by sniper fire in Mogadishu, Somalia, while escorting a four vehicle convoy through the southern part of the city.
· July 1993 - In Macedonia, Operation Able Sentry begins. This joint law and order mission, which is on-going, is supported by military police squads rotated from the 287th MP Company, Berlin Brigade and the 3rd MP Company, 3rd Infantry Division, Germany.
· August 8, 1993 - Near the Medina marketplace, in Mogadishu, Somalia, at just before 9:00 a.m., a command-detonated mine, containing approximately 50 pounds of explosives, is detonated under a military police patrol.
A second trail vehicle, with five MP, assists the mortally wounded driver and secure the scene. Eight other MP teams quickly arrive and assist until a QRF from the 10th Mountain Division arrives.
Killed in the explosion are the driver and three other MP's:
· SPC Mark Gutting, age 25, from Grand Rapids, Michigan
· SPC Keith Pearson, age 25, from Tavares, Florida
· SGT Christopher Hilgert, age 27, from Danville, Indiana, all members of the 977th MP Company, Fort Riley, Kansas
· SSG Ronald Richerson, age 24, from Portage, Indiana, a member of the 300th MP Company, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
Richerson, whose unit was one day away from rotating out of Somalia, was providing an orientation reconnaissance patrol for his replacements when he was killed. He was posthumously promoted to SSG.
· October 18, 1993 - The following Army Reserve MP units are designated to the Contingency Force Pool (CFP):
· 320th MP Company
· 351st MP Company
· 810th MP Company from the 81st ARCOM
· 733rd MP Detachment from the 121st ARCOM
· 378th MP Company from the 125th ARCOM
· 342nd MP Company and 391st MP Bn from the 300th MP Cmd
· 321st MP Detachment from the 122 ARCOM
The following National Guard MP units are designated to the CFP:
· 200th MP Company and
· 290th MP Company from Maryland
· 152nd MP Company (PWIC) from West Virginia (First Army)
· 112th MP Battalion, including the;
· 113th MP Company
· 114th MP Company and
· 162nd MP Company from Mississippi (Second Army)
· October 1993 - Four military police working dog teams deploy to Somalia.
· March 1994 - US forces withdraw from Somalia. The deaths of the four MP's killed there represent 13% of all the combat casualties (30) in Somalia.
· November 1995 - US forces deploy to Bosnia in Operation Joint Endeavor.
· December 13, 1995 - Initial military police units are sent to Taszar, Hungary and Tuzla, Bosnia as part of the Implementation Force (IFOR). They include:
· The 18th MP Brigade, Mannheim, Germany, from January 9, 1996 to October 1996;
· 709th MP Battalion
· 92nd MP Company
· 127th MP Company
· 527th MP Company
· 793rd MP Battalion
· 212th MP Company
· 536th MP Company
· Three platoons from the 615th MP Company
· 630th MP Company
· The 230th MP Company, Germany, from December 13, 1995 to August 24, 1996;
· The 272nd MP Company, Germany, from December 13, 1995 until relieved by the 529th MP Company on September 2, 1996;
· One platoon from the 554th MP Company, Vaihingen, Germany assigned to the 230th MP Company;
· The 152nd MP Detachment (PWIC) (WV ARNG) from February 2, 1996 to August 4, 1996;
· The 324th MP Detachment (PWIC).
· December 30, 1995 - SPC Martin John Begosh, 24, from Rockville, Maryland, a military policeman with the 127th MP Company, 709th MP Battalion, in Hanau, Germany, is the first US soldier wounded in the Bosnia operation. His vehicle hits a TMM-1 anti-tank mine, near Bijela, Bosnia, which explodes and injures him. He is medically evacuated and awarded a Purple Heart.
· July 2, 1996 - The US Army announces that the 1200 combat troops of Operation Joint Endeavor now stationed in Bosnia will begin to be replaced by 1400 military police personnel. Assigned to this mission are the:
· 519th MP Battalion, Fort Polk, Louisiana
· 65th MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, North Carolina
· 258th MP Company, Fort Polk, Louisiana
· 293rd MP Company, Fort Stewart, Georgia
· 720th MP Battalion, Fort Hood, Texas
· 64th MP Company, Fort Hood, Texas
· 411th MP Company, Fort Hood, Texas
· 984th MP Company, Fort Carson, Colorado
· July 8, 1996 - Two platoons of the 209th MP Company, 701st MP Battalion, Fort McClellan, Alabama deploy to Fort Gillem, Georgia to support security for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. These are not the first or last MP units assigned to Olympic Security.
· September 1996 - Follow-up military police units deploy to Bosnia, including:
· The 529th MP Company, Heidelberg, Germany
· The 554th MP Company, Vaihingen, Germany
· November 1996 - The US Army alerts the following MP Units for deployment to Bosnia:
· 649th MP Company (CA ARNG), San Luis Obispo, California
· 933rd MP Company (IL ARNG), Chicago, Illinois
· February 1997 - The US Army identifies the following military police units as SFOR follow-up forces to Operation Joint Endeavor:
· 108th MP Company (Abn), Fort Bragg, NC
· 571st MP Company, Fort Lewis, WA
· 977th MP Company, Fort Riley, KS