Military Police

SPRING 2015

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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Center were assigned to MSCoE, where they comprised a di- verse blend of professional, small-group leaders for the Basic Offcer Leader's Course and the Captain's Career Course. Junior offcers attending the Basic Offcer Leader's Course and the Military Police Captain's Career Course now have the opportunity to converse with Project Warrior of- fcers about how their decisions could potentially affect the battalion or brigade mission. In addition, as junior offcers prepare themselves for offensive, defensive, and stability operations against the multifaceted threat array included in decisive-action training, other topics of discussion with Project Warrior offcers might include interdependence and interoper- ability. Project Warrior offcers maintain reachback connec- tions with their respective CTCs, which allow them to serve as liaisons for the centers of excellence to which they are assigned. Furthermore, Project Warrior offcers, who have worked together in one fashion or another for the pre - vious couple of years, serve as a bridge for collaboration between branches. As outreach efforts, CTC ride-along pro- grams, and Project Warrior expand, you can expect to see more agile, adaptive leaders arriving at your units. Are you interested in participating in Project Warrior? To become a qualifed applicant, you need— • An endorsement from your battalion or brigade com- mander. • A professional development timeline that allows for 2 years as an observer-coach-trainer and a 2-year, follow-on assignment at a center of excellence. • An assessment screening by branch/career managers with the U.S. Army Human Resources Command. Captain Jones is a leader with the Military Police Basic Offcer Leader's Course, Headquarters and Head- quarters 14th Military Police Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood. He holds bachelor's degrees in psychology and justice Drury University, Springfeld, Missouri, and a - ter's degree in business and organizational security 33 MILITARY POLICE . 19-15-1 By Captain Darrell C. Jones I n May 2013, General Raymond Odierno, U.S. Army Chief of Staff, announced that he was restarting Proj- ect Warrior—a program in which captains serve 2 years as observers-coaches-trainers at combat training centers (CTCs) and then 2 years as small-group leaders at U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command centers of excel- lence, where they contribute insight gained while conduct- ing complex operations at the CTCs. By December 2013, behind-the-scenes work was under- way to bridge the gap between the CTCs and the centers of excellence. Engineer; chemi- cal, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN); and military police offcers traveled from the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, and the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, to meet with senior leaders at the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE), Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Dis- cussions were centered on trends that had been observed at the CTCs and on means that schools could potentially use to combat negative trends before leaders reached their as- signed units. Senior leaders from MSCoE had the opportu- nity to engage observers-coaches-trainers and to determine which areas of study required more classroom instruction time. Other topics of discussion included the hybrid threat and ways in which military police offcers can affect opera- tions to help reinforce a particular warfghting function. At the conclusion of the visit, the participants agreed that this form of round table discussion should be continued in the future. Shortly after the engineer, CBRN, and military police of- fcers visited Fort Leonard Wood, U.S. Army Military Police School (USAMPS) leaders traveled from MSCoE to the Joint Readiness Training Center to participate in a ride-along program. Small-group leaders and cadre observed common mistakes made by junior leaders at the CTC. The observa- tions were taken back to USAMPS and shared among cadre. In the end, small-group leaders refned instructional focus areas to help improve leader development. During the summer of 2014, several talented engineer, CBRN, and military police offcers who had served as observers-coaches-trainers at the Joint Readiness Training "Junior offcers attending the Basic Of- fcer Leader's Course and the Military Police Captain's Career Course now have the opportunity to converse with Project Warrior offcers about how their decisions could potentially affect the battalion or brigade mission."

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