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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MILITARY POLICE . 19-15-1 31 By First Lieutenant Markus W. Fischbach I n Military Police Corps 2020: Strategic Narrative, Lieutenant Colonel Bob Cosgrove outlines the role of the Military Police Corps in the Army over the next decade, stating, "The Military Police Corps' primary roles in 2020 will be to protect the force, support mobility, and promote the rule of law in order to enable the Army to conduct deci- sive action across the range of military operations in an ever increasingly complex and unpredictable environment." 1 The Army is developing new strategies to deter and defeat vari- ous threats while simultaneously facing "growing fscal con- straints that will impact its ability to modernize itself while our future adversaries close the technological gap with our military." 2 Many military police units—including the 97th Military Police Battalion (Guardians), 89th Military Police Brigade, Fort Riley, Kansas—are preparing for the future battlefeld by enhancing their standoff capabilities with the M1117 Armored Security Vehicle (ASV). The often overlooked ASV, which is the perfect vehicle with which to confront the hybrid threats expected to be faced on future battlefelds, has been a part of the Mili- tary Police Corps stock since 1999. It plays a pivotal role in military police support to wide area security and maneu- ver and mobility support operations on linear and nonlinear battlefelds. The main armaments of the M1117 ASV, which was frst felded by the 709th Military Police Battalion in Kosovo in the late 1990s and has since been employed in Iraq and Afghanistan, include the 40-millimeter MK-19 gre- nade launcher and the .50-caliber M-48 machine gun. In ad- dition, the M1117 has a secondary armament system that consists of the M240H medium machine gun and its defen- sive aspects are on par with its offensive capabilities. It was designed to withstand small arms fre, mines, rockets, and improvised explosive devices by incorporating a V-shaped hull and the Modular Expandable Armor System. In addi- tion, the M1117 ASV contains a gas/particulate air fltration system to protect its crew from chemical and biological attacks. The Guardians realized that they were not fully utilizing the ASV. Because many military po- lice are unfamiliar with the capa- bilities and operation of the ASV, the Guardians developed an ASV training program that focuses on the shoot, move, and communicate aspects of ASV operation. The 287th Military Police Com- pany, 97th Military Police Battal- ion, conducted a week-long ASV gunnery training exercise at the Douthit Gunnery Complex, Fort Riley. Because there was no Mili- tary Police Corps-approved gun- nery program for the ASV weapons platform, the 97th Military Police Battalion developed and felded a program that focused on ASV weapon systems marksmanship An M1117 ASV