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Sources:
[1] FM 3-39 "MILITARY POLICE OPERATIONS" (April 2019)
[2] Consultation with MPs; Military Police Company (GS) Objective TOE
[3] militaryyearbo...
[4] FM 3-19.4 "Military Police Leaders' Handbook" (4 March 2002), Chapter 1
[5] www.army.mil/a...
[6] Consultation with MPs

[@saltymonke3682]

Fun fact, General Omar Bradley was detained by MPs with guns pointed at him in a checkpoint during the battle of the Bulge due to German Barndenburger infiltration scare. He was detained because the MP thought the capital of Illinois was Chicago, not Springfield, whilst General Bradley gave the right answer.

[@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND]

And I'll bet Bradley handled it with aplomb.

[@Idahoguy10157]

Don’t argue with guns pointing at you

[@saltymonke3682]

@@Idahoguy10157 he didn't have much choice except calling the MP unit CO.

[@Idahoguy10157]

@@saltymonke3682 … it was resolved quickly. We don’t know if the soldiers were MPs.

[@saltymonke3682]

@Idahoguy10157 he was an MP LT

[@doc.rankin577]

One major function of MP's that wasn't seriously mentioned is traffic control and area traffic control. Making sure that units can effectively move through an area without a traffic jam is huge.

[@allenbracchi5689]

Remember the film Kelley’s hero’s? The traffic team were involved in the gold heist.

[@Oscarhobbit]

Big hello from Northern Ireland (UK) l wasn't in the military, but I spent hours directing traffic in the middle of busy junctions etc. I was one of the best in our section and I really miss it, I got a thrill out of keeping backed up traffic moving like clockwork. Some of the senior guys made it as smooth looking as ballet. My wife used to work in my former employment as well, at 5' 2", in her tiny uniform she could take on the best of them.

[@hansjurgen]

@@doc.rankin577 didn't catch it myself when I watched, but absolutely right. Used to work with our engineer on where our TCPs would be to support WGX with call forward area, holding, staging, etc. There's some great documentary coverage off MP support of traffic control after D Day, where maintaining tempo was critical to keep the push inland and not backlog things on the beach.

[@justsomething4779]

This was an interdsting video since i was an MP in the Finnish army while doing my service

[@MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV]

Yes,I agree! I served as well in both the US Army Military Police and the Estonian Defense Forces Land Forces Military Police. Assist,Protect,Defend!

[@Handicapperi]

I served in signals command, and an interesting point was that the dog team got their dog for-life. The dog was theirs to have for the rest of the dog's life, and you had to commit to keeping it.

[@GingerMan69420]

You missed their biggest function. They are highly skilled in the technique of Blue Falconry.

[@JusticeJuggler-q6p]

We eat our own! lol

[@huasohvac]

Only the bluest of falcons become MPs

[@Agora42069]

Blue falcon?

[@MonCrDeVlog]

@@Agora42069 People that will backstab you for their own benefit

[@kevinsullivan3448]

@@Agora42069 You aren't allowed to call it Buddy Fuckery any more.

[@ubcroel4022]

This explains why they always say they have more organic firepower than an infantry company.

[@BattleOrder]

While technically true it probably doesn't serve whatever argument they're trying to win by bringing it up lol

[@goforbroke4428]

They don’t

[@thetrav8730]

@@goforbroke4428 they do

[@jellybellyboothang]

More than a light infantry company yeah and maybe more or equal than mechanized infantry but maybe not. All those vehicles give MPs a lot of big weapons haha Edit: Looked it up and mechanized and even stryker companies are much more heavily armed (and armored) than MPs haha but yeah while the light infantry would have Javelins or other AT weapons I would say an MP company would heavily outgun them due to the MPs mounted .50 cal mgs and mk19s

[@jerlewis4291]

@@goforbroke4428 My MP Squad had 3 SAW, 3 Mk 19 Grenade Launchers, 3 .50 cal, 4 203s and 3 AT4's and all the ammo.

[@scullystie4389]

Would love to see you do a breakdown of my old unit, a US Navy MSRON (Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron). They're deployed worldwide to protect high value assets such as replenishment ships and warships, any time they're in foreign ports or transiting contested littoral waters.

[@dinosaurman4000]

Really wish I would've done a rotation in MSRON and/or Riverine - I was an MAA from 2007-2014, one AFG deployment

[@mr.k.i.s.s7496]

Things have changed a lot since 2004. My Unit was the First to employ ASVs in Iraq. The SL Had a M4 Carbine and a M9. Each TL Had an M4/M203, and a M9. Gunners had M249s, And Drivers had M4 Carbines. And both carried M9s. ASV teams had a .50 Cal, and a MK19, and Hummvee teams had MK19.

[@vaarkajjunrrato147]

How did you like the ASVs?

[@aburner2944]

@mr.k.i.s.s7496 -Dragon Crusher?!? What platoon?

[@hansjurgen]

@@vaarkajjunrrato147 hated them, by 2015 they were constantly broken and the biggest problem in actually using them was the lack of institutional knowledge in MP units to actually train and conduct mounted gunnery properly (no one with near the kind of knowledge as a master gunner (Mike Golf) from an armor or mechanized infantry unit.

[@totallynototanmp4353]

@@vaarkajjunrrato147 they were really just ass, when I got to Europe in '18 they told us not to worry about them as they were being phased out and when I left in '21 they were still in the unit. The 50 and MK19 in them were also prone to jam and very difficult to clear that jam as the turret was small and for the MK19 it was almost impossible based on the way the weapon is housed in the turret. It also carried considerably more BII than the 1151.

[@vaarkajjunrrato147]

@@hansjurgen so you just had bad experiences with them because no one knew how to utilize them effectively and they were not really being maintained

[@Brocuzgodlocdunfamdogson]

An MP drove the jeep my dad was riding in off a bridge somewhere in Korea early one morning. My dad woke up on the banks of the river with his forearm bones sticking out of his wrist, surrounded by local peasants who thought he was dead. He turns 93 in about 22 days.

[@Ostalgie658]

They were built different back then

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

And I complain about getting up on the wrong foot some mornings

[@Tomas-qk5fy]

Peasents... Wow bro

[@gasmonkey1000]

I'm guessing that was accidental but damn. God bless your dad man

[@cheeseninja1115]

@@Tomas-qk5fy if this was during the Korean War, which lines up with the dad's age (2024 - 93 + 18 = 1949), then peasants would still exist within the south as a rather large part of their population.

[@hansjurgen]

1:27 "trust an infantry commander to misuse a combat support unit though" I felt this in my soul, literally banging my head against the desk during LTP, MRXs, several CTC and WFX rotations etc

[@WWFanatic0]

reminds me of how the Germans frequently misused their recon elements in their panzer divisions. They were given a good chunk of combat power as recon elements need that to get the info they need and defeat other scouts. Often they'd be used as an ersatz line unit and then the regiment/division/kampfgruppe would have inadequate recon and intel.

[@carlosvalencia77712]

As an MP officer, this was a well done breakdown of the MP company and its capabilities. Really enjoy your content! For sure have used your content as a quick reference instead of going to FMSWeb lol

[@cameronhenke593]

MP is the lamest MOS if you ask me glad the Marine Corps disbanded the mos for real warrior stuff instead

[@jasestrong]

@@cameronhenke593 said like a person with a very low ASVAB score and had to take what they gave him!

[@jasestrong]

@@carlosvalencia77712 yes Sir, Of The Troops For The Troops ! 503 MP BN Airborne and later CID !

[@rudolphferdinand3634]

Well, then, you should have been an MP during the Vietnam War, especially during Tet. The 716 MPs fought like combat infantry. I was with the 720th MPs way after the Tet-Off defense in 1970/11.

[@damnemo3267]

@@jasestrong 95 asvab with a 126 gt score here, chose to be infantry, didnt feel like being a POG 😂

[@Goc4ever]

This breakdown of the Military Police was very engaging. I never realized these units also possess that much firepower before. I'm curious about the organization of the other security units. Keep it up Battle Order.

[@louisrandall2007]

Don’t confused your rank with my authority man! -famous last word of some MP PFC

[@grimreaper6557]

When I was an MP in 75-85 that was our go to phrase specially when dealing with drunk officers 🤣🤣🤣

[@V.B.Squire]

That's fair, sometimes they're assholes sometimes they deal with assholes sometimes both are true.

[@obsidianjane4413]

MP PFCs have had the last word on many a career...

[@mr.k.i.s.s7496]

When I was SPC I gave a ticket to a SFC who thought that she could put me at Parade Rest. The answer is No. She wanted my NCO's number, and gave her the Watch Commander's Number and after she left the scene, I called on the radio to have dispatch advise the Watch Commander. This was before Cell Phones were common place. Instead of calling she went to the PMO. I saw her enter the PMO NCOIC's Office. She came out, he told me to come in, and I told him that she tried to put me at Parade Rest, and the reason for the stop, which was Passing in a no Passing zone, and almost hitting my patrol vehicle. He said to have her come back in. About 10 seconds after she went in, I hear yelling. MSG Torres had my back.

[@fiel81]

@@obsidianjane4413 very true

[@josephluscavage8162]

Wow the MP Corps has come a long way since my days (Cold War). I had 1 5ton with a .50cal, 11 Humvees (2 MK 19s and 9 M60s) 3 MPs per Humvee (3 M16s & M9s, 1 203 per team) when I took command of my first platoon. Our missions where, "Battlefield circulation and control (route signing, refugees, EPW etc.), rear area security (it was said we could handle level 2 & 3 threats in the rear area and delay level 1), VIP security (TOC security, key personnel as assigned) and LE operations." I know we are losing our Law Enforcement role on installations, that's going to DOD Police. MP was a great branch with some great people, I'm glad I got the chance to serve with them. "Of the Troops and For the Troops"

[@ThisPartIsAndrew]

Thank you for serving

[@soonerfrac4611]

It’s really a shame that the LEO mission is going away, or at least diminishing. As someone who did it on both sides I found it crucial for the Green Suiters to know the LEO side, even for combat purposes. An MP E-4 has more autonomy than just about anyone else in the military, when properly trained he’s got the ability and tact to tell individuals several orders of magnitude higher rank that they are wrong. Once we stopped training them for the LEO mission the troops we had sent to us had no clue how to tell some random major or colonel “no sir, you can’t go that way”, then they’d look to the DACP sitting with them and we’d deal with it. That ability is crucial because you will need that skill during route security.

[@josephluscavage8162]

@@soonerfrac4611 Follow the Money. It's cheaper to train a DOD GS10 than everything that goes into making a dependable 31 series MP. I too think that soldiers should be policing soldiers but this ebbs and flows with our history. We are also too small a regiment to own our own destiny inside the DOD. 10 years down the road we will be back on the gates and towers.

[@suspicioususer]

I only wish they would get rid of this brancb altogether

[@josephluscavage8162]

@@suspicioususerwhat did you get pulled for a DUI on base? Who would you give the mission to? The cav.

[@thisistheway3406]

Thanks!

[@Yelvis61]

They protect the Krispy Cream and burger town

[@hex5106]

RAMIREZ!

[@HeIsAnAli]

​@@hex5106But Ramirez is a Ranger, not an MP...?

[@archiegeorge3969]

How much access to UAV assets do the MPs have? I would think area security is a good place to deploy them

[@BattleOrder]

They had Ravens organic to the platoons, but those were divested army-wide. I don't think the replacement is public at this point. Might end up being the Anduril Ghost-X or Skydio X10D (meant for different echelons) but I'm not sure.

[@pyeitme508]

​@@BattleOrder cool

[@timbrwolf1121]

​@@pyeitme508it will take time. Ukraine has been a complete game changer.

[@goforbroke4428]

Area security is a scouts job

[@Uchiha-Sasuke779]

​@@BattleOrder Are you LGBTQ? Respectfully, June is over, so I'm a bit confused as to why the pride flag is still on your logo.

[@loganhall3477]

I was in the 200th MP CMD for the entirety of my military career from the company to the command level. I'm so excited for this video

[@Glorymoon97]

I was an MP, too. I was with the 16th.

[@kerry-j4m]

Any of you guys deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan ???

[@loganhall3477]

@@kerry-j4m a bunch of companies and battalions from the command did, yeah.

[@killerkirbydude]

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

[@JohnnyBravo-tn6kc]

​@@kerry-j4mWas in a couple of the subordinate units to the 200th. Deployed to both.

[@GuidoMillonezz]

What a master piece of detailed and well explained video! Your imagination are creativity are not gold but platinum! Thank u!

[@panelvixen]

Our MILVANs were being inspected for redeployment back home and a guy laid out a hookah for all to see. MP: What is that thing? PFC: Extra air hoses for the M916s. MP: That's great big brass thing? PFC: Spare brake chamber for a M916. MP: Sure it is. Just put them in different containers.

[@landisford7987]

Would love to see more of this topic. Great video! Going to use you video to give a quick overview to my new Soldiers!

[@Poloplatinum]

I was an MP and later a dog handler. TBH, I deployed twice and both times it was NOTHING but "route security" patrols. 10-12 hrs a day, driving around while trying to get hit by an IED. It was a miserable time. Oh and the entire time I was an MP, I never got to go an patrol, or ride in a police car even once. However, I did always enjoy having such a ridiculous amount of firepower.

[@PenskePC17]

Thats interesting. So you never got to arrest a guy, or do traditional police work?

[@Poloplatinum]

@PenskePC17 Yup. I was an LEO after my military service, but during my time as an MP, I never did any actual police work.

[@RanCham727]

MSR patrol fkn sucked man. Also, L&O sucked too

[@RyanFarrow-h4b]

Liar ​@@Poloplatinum

[@RyanFarrow-h4b]

Fake liar

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

"can be off doing things to the enemy" kek I don't know why but that struck me as a ridiculously funny phrase.

[@potatomuncher87]

Back during GWOT, my MP Co. issued M249s to the gunners so we could put them on a secondary mount up in the turret. The driver usually had the standalone M4, and the TL was as described in this video. We also had Mk. 19s, M240's, and AT4s that were spread out amongst the squad. We we're loaded for bear, that's for sure.

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Mk19s in 1990s were awful. Terrible weapon system. Waste of $$$.

[@Sam-et3bv]

Very cool video. I learned a lot!

[@criticalalfredo707]

now can you do USAF Security Forces? i'm curious of their organization and how they operate edit: people said it's useless for me to know about them cuz they're lame. wish i'm not asking these question

[@TheBantuIsraelite]

They're MP/infantry hybrids. AF has no infantry, so AF SEC FO takes a much more aggressive role than MP's in other branches.

[@EdReed-r8n]

@@TheBantuIsraelite Lmao no they're not.

[@truongtuan4828]

they run away from real combat

[@criticalalfredo707]

oh ok, that's sad. wish i'm not asking this question

[@brandonbowman5915]

They're just as worthless and nutless

[@realQuiGon]

4:05 "Floating among the platoon" sounds like an awkward position to be in 😅

[@DeltaEchoGolf]

When your sergeant has to bum a ride from another sergeant within your own unit!

[@killerkirbydude]

In practice the platoon sergeant rides in the rear vehicle for convoy ops

[@nicholasrose8173]

MP companies are specializing into combat arms operations and the Army has stopped the 6 month job rotations between working LE and combat support. This is happening at all division level bases, and has led to a huge cut in personnel with most BNs going from 5 companies to 3.

[@nicholasrose8173]

Also, many MP units will be going to 4 PLTs with 1 being a heavy weapons PLT with the majority of MATVs going to that PLT

[@ThisPartIsAndrew]

My Grandpa was an MP in North Africa during World War II. Crazy how much has changed.

[@allenbracchi5689]

Good vid 👍 No mention of catering teams or quartermaster / clerical support team.

[@andreweshleman7359]

I know SFC Gaudet. He was one of my instructors when I reclassed to MP. Good Man.

[@obsidianjane4413]

I framed the speeding ticket an MP gave me while driving a Gator (golf cart) on Camp Victory. :/

[@militanttriangle2326]

Muahhaahhaaha.....

[@bennettbush3906]

Fucking hilarious

[@fanzel123]

I just got out as an MP out of FCKY you got his SPOT on and its kinda nuts to see it accurately noted

[@rh906]

I love these detailed breakdowns of companies. In order for the infantry to act sexy, you need everyone else.

[@michaelgallagher5448]

Changed a lot since I was an MP at Benning 76-79.

[@christophermiller8950]

they check for reflective belts, weapons (unloaded of course) and issue citations if salutes are not provided.

[@ClayinSWVA]

Well, that is what the Brigade Sergeant Major told them to do.

[@redacted5052]

They mostly try to hand out speeding tickets on the FOB and annoy people who are just there for the hot chow.

[@kerry-j4m]

Yeah,when i was at Camp TQ guys were complaining about getting tickets while speeding. LOL. And I'd say,then don't be speeding,there're MPs here. LOL.

[@RanCham727]

lol even us MPs made fun of the MPs that got stuck working traffic BS on a FOB. Those were usually reservists. I spent 6 days a week outside the wire

[@kerry-j4m]

@@RanCham727 I spent 6 days a week out side the wire too and I was in the GUARD. I volunteered to go on 4 deployments to Iraq ( did 2 tours bck-to-back ) with Texas Guard infantry units ( I could've gone back to active duty army,but,all I wanted to do was fight,then go home ) no BS mess,just gearing up,amigo. LOL. I was bored working 2 full time civilian jobs,wanted to do something dangerous and-CRAZY. Since I was already in the Texas Guard,just needed a unit and orders to go to Iraq,so,off i went. LOL. The last 2 tours i did 1 yr home,then back to Iraq,then did the same for my last tour.Then did civilian contract over-seas ( Iraq,Kuwait,Qatar & Afghanistan ) first as a mercenary,then logistics for 11 yrs & 6 months. Been back to the US for 2 yrs now,but,I still miss the action. LOL. SEMPER-FI

[@RandoPyro]

I would love if you could do a breakdown of EOD for your next combat support vid. Maybe compare how the other branches do it like how you compared Army and USMC units in your HIMARS vid?

[@sirdo4153]

Bro Sirdo reporting in🫡

[@NootNootSquad]

Love the content you should make a video on the IDF.

[@daltonater1212]

Please, more stuff like this. If someday you could do every single branch of the Army that would be amazing.

[@janlindtner305]

Nice instrustictiv lecture and light oversidebel expleaations. Also nice to know the same graphich on other ages/ times of the US MP👍👍👍

[@thecommentaryking]

The Italian MPs (Carabinieri) instead actively and directly fought in both Afghanistan and Iraq, in the latter taking part in all three Battles of the Bridges of Nasiriyah.

[@saltymonke3682]

Carabineri is more than an MP. It's a Gendarmerie or a paramilitary police. The difference is that they can arrest civilian in Italy like normal police and go to war if necessary. Also, they can't have a labour strike or protest like normal civilian police force.

[@thecommentaryking]

@saltymonke3682 Carabinieri are a gendarmerie, but the entirety of their personnel has always military police powers even though they might only deal with civilians daily. As for worker strikes, the current legal framework doesn't seem to allow even the two national civilian police forces (State Police and Penitentiary Police) to go on strike, or better it is a grey area with a not clear answer

[@saltymonke3682]

@thecommentaryking yea they are, that's how a paramilitary police works. It's more than MP, A Gendarmerie is always an MP. But not all MP units are Gendarmerie.

[@saltymonke3682]

@thecommentaryking civilian police can go on strike in europe

[@thecommentaryking]

@saltymonke3682 Not in Italy

[@derekrodgers7366]

Small world it is, I recognize that unit at 2:46 and I personally know that person facilitating the training, one of the better senior leaders I've met in the army

[@JulezWinnfield]

Things have changed a lot since I was a young airborne 95-Bravo MP at Ft. Bragg back in the 80's. AATW!

[@shaivahnparsons3244]

A lot of it depends on branch as well like Air Force tends to have MPs performing a lot of asset, VIP and base security whereas Army tends to have MPs focus on investigations because troops tend to provide their own security.

[@465maltbie]

Thanks, that was good information. Charles

[@stefanbrown467]

I was in an MP unit at Battalion level. I got out of the army in 2012 tho. Thing have changed so much.

[@oxidelicious5645]

Would you do a breakdown of Air Force wings/groups in the future? I feel like that's an area that has almost no information about their manpower and how the non-combat units (Maintenance, Support, Medical) are organized.

[@simonmccaffrey6388]

The thing missed least is definitely the ASV, hated that coffin with a passion.

[@CoyotebullPup]

ASV. Army’s Shittiest Vehicle 🤘

[@XMK2CATX1]

Way back in Dec 96, I (PFC) had just arrived at my 2nd duty station, after a 1 yr in the ROK. I was at the East Gate at Huachuca. It's about 1800ish, I watch this 'enterprise rental' approaching the gate I'm in charge of entry for. As the driver in civilian attire rolls down, the window, I ask if he has a temporary or day pass to enter the instillation, he responds no. He says that he has Military Reason, to enter post, can't remember exactly what he said, he hasn't provided me ID yet. I politely inform him "Sir, I need you to make a U-Turn around the gate, proceed back down to the light, make a Right, go down to the very next light a bit over a mile away, make another Right. Then take your DL, Military ID, if you have it, Orders, ect & go into the Main gate & get a Pass, for Base entry." At this time, He provides an ID Card, Rank 4 Star General. I promptly Saluted, gave greeting. Turns out, he was the TRADOC Commander, had a 'snafu' at the Tuscon airport, he was supposed to be picked up there, his Ride failed to show up, so he rented his own veh. I internally KNEW, I was 'screwed,' I'd already told him what I NEEDED HIM TO DO. I kept my cool and asked him again, to do as requested. Then about 20 mins later, I had the DO & Pat Sup out there. The DO was a civi, that's never been in the Military, he was chewing into my arse. The Pat Sup was my Tm Ldr, he stopped the DO for a second, I told him what happened. He backed my play, least of the worst things I coulda done, if I'd have changed actions due to rank, I welch on my Authority & duty in my position as a Guard at my Post.

[@chrispickerel2034]

You did the right thing brother! You followed procedures. Yeah you got an ass chewing, but you did the right thing in the name of post security. Had you not stopped him and let him through the gate on his word, you would have got chewed out too.

[@XMK2CATX1]

@@chrispickerel2034, yeah, after my time in, I know I did the correct thing, I ended up retiring back in 2016, with 22 yrs. Like another situation, I was Pat Sup in over Christmas 06 at Hood. For about 2 weeks, on swings had trouble in the Cav Barracks. Numerous assaults, even with weapons involved. They had a Bat wide Volleyball tourney. In the Final match they had basically everyone from the barracks get into a brawl in the field. One team said it was in, the other said it was out. Having done Staff Duty before, I knew that the NCO there has access to the barracks roster. I told him he had 2 choices. First one was I take his barracks roster & charge every swinging "D" in them. Second choice was that they were going to have a Batt wide Everyone Laddy Daudy Formation, TONIGHT. The SD called the CSM, they ended up with EVERYONE in Formation, at around 0230. For the last 3 weeks they were there before they went to iraq, not a peep from them. If we'd had to charge them all it'd been about 700 Soldiers as Subjects. We'd just have been on the Subject Sheets until the time they had their formation.

[@dannyhoward3437]

They stay on the FOB and give speeding tickets.

[@Ghostgaming15-v4y]

My uncle served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he was a Staff Sergeant (I believe) he had been a Military Police Instructor.

[@commissarchad]

Against the troops, without the troops.

[@Mohamed-i4h2o]

Can't wait for a video about the algerian army....A Retired Major Salutes You 🫡

[@shamshieldd214]

they ticket the infantry, going 1 mph over on BAF. making a chow hall run for the guys at the ready tent at the airfield.

[@michaelsherman6492]

Hell when I was in we had .45s, jeeps, Vietnam flak vests and M60 machine guns… Hell we even had a few M79 bloopers lol. Some of our M16’s had the 3 prong flash suppressor… and that was in 1984!

[@tombstone9420]

Currently assigned to MP COMPANY only got under barrel shotguns here but spot on

[@reflexboxer2ndlt807]

People forget that All National Guard MP Units are Combat MPs. And Active duty switch from Garrison to combat MP roles.

[@RanCham727]

There is no difference between a typical NG MP CO and a generic AD MP CO. They both have the same roles. NG MP's do plenty of L&O type missions for their states. And that's who usually was the ones working the road on FOBs down range giving traffic tickets to people trying to get to the gate to SP lol.

[@JosephDeLuna-yj8vg]

I Served With The 720th MP Battalion From 1966 T0 1967 In Vietnam. AB And C Company.

[@omarrp14]

A lot of bases seem to be integrating civilian police and security forces. I remember as a kid it was military only, but now most bases I’ve gone too are a mix or civilian only.

[@MrHrKaidoOjamaaVKJV]

This is an insightful and informative video! I am proud to have served many years as a member of the US Army Military Police Corps. Which, an elite corps of specialized Police Soldiers, a Soldier's Soldier! As well as having served in the Estonian Defense Forces Land forces Military Police. Assist, Protect, Defend!

[@TrainingVideosChannel4]

I'd be interested in hearing about your experiences in both army. a video would be cool

[@OuijTube]

Would be neat to do a comparison between these and the French Gendarmerie or the Italian Carabineri; the latter two are in the domestic police role in peacetime but are mobilized as military police in wartime

[@moisesrosario433]

Wrong answers only. They're like any combat unit. But in a firefight, you can hear them yelling "STOP RESISTING!!!".

[@roninsct7017]

..not a combat unit, more like a combat support unit..

[@ad_astra5]

Adeptus Arbites moment

[@TheWorstshoe]

Would love a similar video on MI support BN's

[@johnmarston2616]

Thank you! Can you break down Levels of threats? In FM 3-0 it details threat levels and the response mechanisms for them. For example there’s the Mobile Security Force and the Tactical Combat Force. I would like to know more about that

[@BattleOrder]

I probably won't make a video just about the threat levels (if I do a video about rear area security like the maneuver enhancement brigades I'd talk about it) but this is what the threat levels comprise per JP 3-10: Level I Threats - foreign intelligence entities and terrorists who may conduct espionage, subversion, sabotage, assassination, and IED/bombing attacks. Level II Threats - small tactical units (generally characterized as irregulars that can carry out well-coordinated attacks) that can pose serious threats to military forces and civilians. Attacks by Level II threats can cause significant disruptions to military operations and the orderly conduct of local government and services. Level III Threats - may be encountered when a threat force has the capability of projecting combat power by air, land, or sea or anywhere into the OA. Specific examples include airborne, heliborne, and amphibious operations; large combined arms ground force operations; and infiltration operations involving small groups infiltrated into the OA, regrouped at predetermined times and locations, and committed against priority targets. So your Cold War MP mission of countering the VDV paratroopers in the rear area would be Level III job, a small group of insurgents attacking a checkpoint would be Level II, and countering bomb planters or saboteurs in the AO would be Level I Level II requires an Mobile Security Force (MSF) to counter effectively and Level III requires a Tactical Combat Force (TCF) An MSF is at a minimum an MP Platoon/USAF Security Force Flight and a TCF is generally a close combat battalion (infantry, armor, cavalry) attached to a maneuver enhancement brigade or whoever is the rear area authority

[@johnmarston2616]

@@BattleOrderthanks!

[@boostedzs3782]

Updated Bradley, specifically company / platoon level! ❤

[@reflexboxer2ndlt807]

The MTOE of an MP Company is heavily Armed with a lot of Firepower. To include the MK19 40MM cannon Machine gun.

[@Chris-th3iv]

Of the troops for the troops!

[@BravoCheesecake]

Could we look forward to any more Double Victory videos in the future?

[@salvagedude625]

they stop infantrymen from drunk driving

[@kerry-j4m]

Hey,we never drove drunk,amigo,it's just we were never sober.

[@KingRat71]

When my grandfather (0-4) was stationed in TX in the 50’s he ordered the base MPs to keep all base personnel out of a local diner that wouldnt serve the black soldiers from the base. Needless to say that diner had a bad time until they changed their attitude.

[@bluelionsage99]

We have an MP guard unit based in my home town here in Georgia.

[@kevinsullivan3448]

When I was on active duty we never had MP security. My Battalion in West Germany was H&HCo and Bravo Company which was 380-something bodies and we had to provide internal and external security for our airfield in the case of war. I served on the Battalion security detail and Ready Reactionary Force during alerts or when in the field. The MPs on our Kasern were responsible for security of NATO Site 5 (nukes for the field artillery) and the off post living quarters. Sometimes they picked up drunk servicemen on the Strasse. They did not guard the front gate, the Hawk missile site (later Patriot), or the airfield itself.

[@smc912]

Where in Germany were you stationed? You mentioned the strasse which sounds like Fort Graf but thats in bavaria so im not sure.

[@missourimongoose8858]

They were very good at making sure i had the right hat on when we got to refit at the big bases once a month lol they would literally run us down and cry about how awful our uniforms looked........until my units sgt major told the MP LT that he would drag him behind the showers if they ever messed with his infantry again lol

[@overworlder]

Warno makes MPs act as barrier troops to NG combat units. Is this credible? The game effect is it removes a reservist penalty on NG units within a radius of the MP

[@animalmother5902]

My grandpa was military police stationed in Hawaii during the Korean War!

[@paulhennessy5627]

Fantastic video. More of the same please... Medical units would be great.

[@shanesweeney5363]

So they’re changing it to enough mps directly under a division to work LE and a company sized element with each plt attached to a BCT

[@GhostifiedAsh]

Business insider makes a video about the MPs and now battle order? Coincidence I THINK NOT

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Of The Troops! 🫡

[@Asymmetricthreatsolutions]

Checking id’s at the chow hall and gym

[@markharbour7469]

Not sure if convoy security/ escorts was mentioned. I was an MP in Bosnia in 96 and we did thousands of miles of convoy missions.

[@ClayinSWVA]

They are rather generous with TOE with MP Companies, that is a lot of trailer maintenance for some reason. They might want to put a fuel transport in the Support Section to this operation going and maybe one more medium truck and trailer. Someone was talking about drones below, they should put a drone operator in with the operations section, that would be a good place for them.

[@carlosvalencia77712]

So MP COs are designed to be deployed and operated as individual companies and fit into a supporting organization without being a big sustainment burden, that is the reason for the generous maintenance section. Last time I checked I thought we had a fueler, maybe we lost it a couple years back. Years ago we used to have cooks and a kitchen trailer too haha.

[@ClayinSWVA]

@ yes, they used to be called independent companies because they would normally deploy as companies instead of battalions. Chemical Decomm and smoke companies are very similar due to having so much rolling stock and attaching at the division level as a company. The old Chemical platoons had one cargo humvee with a trailer but they also had a squad with transport trucks including a 5 ton fuel truck in each platoon.

[@Darth_Traitorous]

I forgot what it's called it's some sort of offensive from Vietnam but it was where the Americans were attacked all at once. I forget what base but it was the Marines military police if I remember right and they held their own against the enemy. I was wondering if you could make a video on that because a lot of people don't understand the military police they believe they just round up deserters or military members who commit crimes. They don't realize that they are just as effective as every combat unit out there.

[@smc912]

your talking about the tet offensive when the viet cong attacked the south and American forces on a holiday. The 716th Military Police Battalion notably helped in the battle of siagon.

[@ijsthee2000]

Now I'm very curious to know how the Koninklijke Marechaussee operates. I cant find much detailed information about it.

[@Tankerdot]

This will do fun 😊

[@ericlane3256]

Just when I start to think I’m understanding the U.S. Army’s new force design, I’m told “yeah some divisions will have one company, some an entire battalion, and others 2-3 companies!”

[@goforbroke4428]

Just think division 86 but a little plussed up on some MTOEs

[@henryhaehn1376]

The biggest difference to this information right now is LEAs or LECs (LE Companies) are being assigned to the garrison's patch wearers. i.e. the LEC at Ft Bragg is wearing XVIII ABC, at Ft Polk the JRTC patch and so on

[@TeamValkyrie2023]

Video summary, mp units guard pows during times of war, and arrest soldiers deserting the front lines.

[@YetiMama]

They try to write tickets to guys driving vehicles in a combat zone fully unaware of the monumental incongruence.

[@Mississippicommunistparty]

Nothing they do nothing but write tickets on base. And sometimes when they are patrolling the local land mine field they will write a ticket for returning troops going 80MPH in a 45Kph zone after taking 80% casualties.

[@DeltaEchoGolf]

No mention of the number of Billy clubs/nightsticks issued (Class 6 Response Team)!

[@DonLolo-v7e]

MP on the War Path, 536 MP Company Grafewoehr, Germany 1993-1996!

[@jaw0449]

Not to mention all the fights us grunts would pick with them

[@fankrack4182]

Please do a review of the Fiji military. Its such a unqiue video.

[@briankelly7920]

Interesting. I served as both a 12 Bravo Combat Engineer and 95 Bravo Military Police in my 6 x 2 in the USAR. 12B was one of the fastest promotion, respected and well provisioned MOSs in the Army. 95B was the slowest promoting, worst supplied, most hated and derided MOS in the Army. Truly at the opposite ends of the spectrum.

[@MandolinMagi]

Wait, M26 shotgun is still a thing? I hadn't heard anything about that in forever.

[@ProjectStrum]

They stay behind and give speeding tickets on base .

[@starwarsheros9245]

They check my id at the dinning hall at Taji

[@patrickmcpartland9681]

Engineers next

[@Oscarhobbit]

l just had a thought, where do MPs detain prisoners in the field, until they can be sent to the rear?