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 Major Kevin Pelley and Major Chris Rivers n the early stages of any potential military conÀict on the Korean Peninsula, the 94th Military Police Battalion will stand alone as the only military police force available to support U.S. Army operations. Competing demands could quickly overwhelm the battalion as tactical and operational commanders request military police to conduct base defense, response force, convoy security, detainee, and law enforcement operations. Leaning forward, the 94th Military Police Battalion seized an opportunity to train with the 2d Infantry Division (2ID) during its annual exercise, Warpath, in November 2012. The 94th Military Police Battalion used this exercise to test the concept of the regional alignment of forces and to narrow the battalion wartime mission. wartime operations. The 94th Military Police Battalion is currently the only military police battalion that supports a threestar headquarters without a higher military police brigade headquarters and staff to support operations. But in an effort to move toward a formal alignment with 2ID, Lieutenant Colonel Todd E. Schroeder, commander of the 94th Military Police Battalion, requested to participate in the exercise. The offer was accepted, and the 94th Military Police Battalion was brought into the task organization of the division as a direct reporting unit. Initially, the battalion was not included in the planning or reporting process; however, division leaders quickly learned the value that the military police battalion provided and began incorporating it into its planning and brie¿ng cycles. The purpose of the 2ID Warpath exercise was to synchronize division, subordinate unit, and supporting organization planning, preparation, and exercise support efforts. The division, with the support of the 8th U.S. Army; the 17th and 26th Infantry Divisions, Republic of Korea Army; the 20th Support Command; the Korean Battle Simulation Center; Operations Group C, Mission Command Training Command; and the Battle Command Training Program, Republic of Korea Army, conducted a computer-assisted exercise in November 2012. The mission of 2ID during Warpath was to train the division and its subordinate units on mission-essential tasks and to improve theater operational readiness. The division commanding general intended to conduct Warpath as a combined exercise, with the division providing mission command of U.S. and Korean brigades. During Warpath, 2ID— Lieutenant Colonel Schroeder established three major training objectives for Warpath. The ¿rst objective was to exercise an operational control relationship with the division. This test required that the 94th Military Police Battalion conduct an analysis of the unit mission set, command relationships, and the use of military police forces. During the ¿nal planning phases of Warpath, the battalion received a full list of missions that addressed three military disciplines and greatly exceeded the available assets. Lieutenant Colonel Schroeder and his planners met with the 2ID provost marshal and representatives from the division plans section to establish a feasible mission set that balanced available assets with capabilities. I ● Developed enduring partnerships with reinforcing U.S. units and Republic of Korea allies. The initial mission task organization stripped the battalion of two of its four subordinate companies, giving operational control to the division combat and engineer brigades; two companies and the battalion headquarters remained in general support of division detention operations. Capture rates remained low during the exercise, and the 94th Military Police Battalion expanded its operations and accomplished its second training objective—selling military police capabilities to a division commander and his staff. No written order speci¿es a relationship between the 94th Military Police Battalion and the 2ID. The 8th Military Police Brigade served as the higher headquarters for the 94th Military Police Battalion before relocating to Hawaii in 2006. With the departure of the 8th Military Police Brigade, the 94th Military Police Battalion was attached to the 501st Sustainment Brigade, 19th Expeditionary Support Command, for day-to-day armistice operations. However, in the event of a resumption of hostilities in Korea, the 94th Military Police Battalion will detach from the 501st Brigade and support 8th U.S. Army One major division task was to consolidate and escort priority convoys across the battle¿eld. The brigade commander who was tasked with this mission was unable to secure the convoys or critical sites with organic assets, so he incorporated the military police battalion into the mission planning process. This critical, division level mission garnered the personal attention of the 2ID commander, so Lieutenant Colonel Schroeder and his staff earned an unexpected opportunity to brief the division deputy commanding general for support on the proposed employment of military police in support of this ● Validated the division ability to conduct assigned missions. ● Demonstrated division preparedness to "¿ght tonight" and win on the Korean Peninsula. 24 MILITARY POLICE . 19-13-1