Military Police contains information about military police functions in maneuver and mobility support, area security, law and order, internment/resettlement, and police intelligence operations.
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By Mr. Jim Rogers A n effort is now underway to add a multipurpose building adjacent to the existing U.S. Army Military Police Museum, John B. Mahaffey Museum Complex, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. A design team from the Directorate of Public Works, Fort Leonard Wood, is currently working on conceptualizing the initial design, securing regulatory approvals, and settling on a ¿rm estimate to be considered for a midyear funding approval. The Directorate of Public Works design team is working closely with Military Police Museum staff to determine facility use requirements and arrive at an interior design concept. The completed addition, which will be designated the Military Police "Regimental Room," will serve the U.S. Army Military Police Corps and the U.S. Army Military Police School in several important capacities. And its close proximity to the museum, coupled with its interior design, is intended to promote branch esprit de corps among those attending the many functions to be held there. The proposed interior design is reminiscent of the interiors of the more ¿nished World War II-era U.S. Army mobilization buildings—such as chapels and recreation buildings—and roughly patterned after the American Craftsman Style that was so popular during the early 20th century. This design concept was intentionally selected to reÀect the interior designs that were in place during 1941, when the Military Police Branch was established as a permanent branch of the U.S. Army. The main double-door entrance to the room will be located where the Mexican-American War exhibit (already slated for replacement) is now. A second, single-door access will be placed at the entrance of the World War II Gallery. Encompassing an estimated 2,000 square feet, the new room is expected to have the capacity for 210 auditorium or lecture style seats to accommodate regimental functions, military police classes and graduations, and other ceremonies and presentations. With versatile seating and tables, it is also anticipated to be used as a meeting room, conference room, reception area, and modest banquet hall. It will feature audiovisual capabilities, a caterer preparation area, and table and chair storage. In addition, the new room will house both of the formal features of the current museum Hall of Fame Room: the Military Police Hall of Fame and the Military Police memorial panels. MILITARY POLICE . 19-13-1 However, these displays will be redesigned to complement the early 1940s interior design. The original paintings of "Of the troops and for the troops" and "Dawn of the Regiment"— along with appropriate, framed period photographs and posters—will also be prominently displayed. Furthermore, several period style cases will exhibit military police equipment, uniforms, and insignia from before and during World War II. Once the new facility has been completed, there will be additional exhibit space available in the present Hall of Fame Room. Although the room currently consists of about 625 square feet, all walls could be removed and a new exhibit area of about 2,500 square feet could be designed. This would allow for more complete artifact coverage of heretofore underrepresented portions of the museum story line. For example, an M1114 Humvee, which is currently on outdoor display, could be moved indoors, where it could serve as an anchor for a new War on Terrorism gallery (and where it could be better preserved). The Marechaussee diorama could be retained, but repositioned so that it could be viewed from the gallery entrance. The Military Police Museum addition project will provide space for regimental functions; military police classes, graduations, ceremonies, and presentations; meetings; conferences; receptions; and banquets within the footprint of the Military Police Museum—an intentional juxtaposition designed to emphasize branch heritage and traditions and to promote Army values and esprit de corps. In addition, the new arrangement will encourage Soldier and family museum visitation and support the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) core functions of leader development, training support, lessons learned, and the sustainment of quality of life, as set forth in TRADOC Regulation 10-5, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.1 It will also directly support the TRADOC Military History Program with regard to Soldier education and will serve as a key enabler in TRADOC's quest to turn citizens into Soldiers and Soldiers into leaders. Endnote: TRADOC Regulation 10-5, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, 18 December 2009. 1 Mr. Rogers is the director of the U.S. Army Military Police Museum, Fort Leonard Wood. 39