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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force protection knowledge and the requirement for "plug and play" military police forces. missions, but retain responsibility for their personnel. I believe that military police forces will continue to be decentralized over a large operational area and that leaders and Soldiers will continue to be assigned different responsibilities and missions. In preparation for our job as 10th AAMDC ATOs, my platoon sergeant and I completed the Antiterrorism Of¿cer It is my understanding that military police—especially U.S. Basic Course shortly before we arrived in Israel. Therefore, we were fully quali¿ed as ATOs at nearly all levels and we Army Europe military police—will transition to work directly were quali¿ed to develop and evaluate antiterrorism plans under different branches. Therefore, they will be responsible that satis¿ed all requirements. However, I soon learned not only for living up to the expectations of Military Police Corps leaders, but also for that the questions and conveying their capabilities to problems with which I was "I also learned about the importance that the commanders of the other presented covered more commanders place on the "plug and play" branches. Military police than antiterrorism. In the capabilities of military police forces. Leaders need to become the foremost eyes of the 10th AAMDC, my "military police" title at all levels should realize that, for any given experts in antiterrorism and automatically made me the military police mission, they may represent the force protection, and as many leaders as possible foremost expert on all issues only readily available military police expertise. should be sent to training related to force protection Leaders and Soldiers must be pro¿cient in all so that they are not caught as well—even though I had military police functions—even at the team unprepared for these future no training other than the missions. Military police level." Military Police Basic Of¿cer Soldiers must continue to be Leader's Course and no trained in the enforcement of experience other than my time as a platoon leader. I did not immediately know the answers force protection standards, and military police leaders must to many of the questions and problems that I faced. To locate advocate for greater responsibility for Soldiers involved in the answers, I usually turned to information available in the these exercises. Because their professionalism, customs, and courtesies separate them from other Soldiers, military police manuals that I had received. Soldiers will probably always be considered the prime choice The 10th AAMDC sent me to evaluate the force protection for checking identi¿cation badges at guard posts. However, status at Patriot missile sites throughout Israel. I found the they are also the ideal choice for manning entry control points job to be challenging and rewarding. I learned about Scud and conducting security patrols, which fall under the force missile bunkers and safe standoff distances, and I expanded protection mission. Participation in these activities also allows my knowledge regarding force protection requirements. The military police to make use of their tactical knowledge. It is improvements that were made to the sites and site plans as a our responsibility as military police leaders to help them ¿nd result of the evaluations were inspirational. jobs that encourage their growth. While I managed to successfully complete my job as a 10th As the shift in focus to law enforcement continues to be AAMDC ATO, the realization that the 10th AAMDC expected embedded in military police companies around the world, it me, as a military police lieutenant with very little formal force is important to recognize that our knowledge, and more improtection experience, to be a force protection expert was eye- portantly our perceived knowledge, of antiterrorism and force opening. Furthermore, that expectation also extended to the protection will have an impact on the missions that we receive. squad. While any Soldier might be asked to emplace force To reinforce our usefulness to the Army, we need leaders and protection measures around a base, the fact that the squad was Soldiers to become experts in these areas. In addition, we need tasked with those missions further veri¿ed that military police to develop team and squad level leaders who are capable of leaders and Soldiers are expected to be experts in tasks related functioning alone for long periods of time. Our professional to force protection. law enforcement skills, in conjunction with these two conI also learned about the importance that commanders cepts, will carry us into a future where military police will be place on the "plug and play" capabilities of military police best able to serve ground force commanders in contingency forces. Leaders at all levels should realize that, for any given operations. military police mission, they may represent the only readily available military police expertise. Leaders and Soldiers must First Lieutenant Letarte is the platoon leader, 3d Platoon, be pro¿cient in all military police functions—even at the team 615th Military Police Company. She holds a bachelor's degree level. It seemed to me that, for Austere Challenge 2012, the in international history from the U.S. Military Academy, West 10th AAMDC didn't want a platoon of military police; rather, Point, New York. it wanted a lieutenant, a sergeant ¿rst class, and a squad to perform different missions. Therefore, company leaders need to prepare team-size elements and higher for executing missions during extended periods of time away from direct supervisors. Platoon leaders need to focus on their own separate 38 MILITARY POLICE . 19-13-1