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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46 MILITARY POLICE . 19-15-1 By Staff Sergeant Mark S. Patton A bout halfway through a 12.4-mile foot march held at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, on 19 September 2014, Sergeant Joshua Brenner huddled with his three- Soldier team and gave his teammates a pep talk. "We're go- ing to be the doers; we're going to be the ones who did it," said Brenner, who was the team leader. And he was right. The team, which represented the 463d Military Police Com- pany, was made up of Sergeant Brenner, Specialist Daniel Bido, and Private First Class Elisabeth Rogers. They went on to earn frst place in the foot march event and capture top honors in the frst 92d Military Police Battalion Warfghter Team Competition. The march was the culminating event of the 4-day com- petition, which pitted six teams—each consisting of one noncommissioned offcer and two lower-enlisted Soldiers— against each other. The teams represented their respective companies within the 92d Military Police Battalion, 4th Ma- neuver Enhancement Brigade, 1st Infantry Division. Troops were mentally and physically tested during the competition, which included a written examination, an oral board, a physical ftness test, a 3-mile run with weapon, a 2-mile kettle ball run, an obstacle course, day and night land navigation, and combatives. Participants slept at the bat- talion headquarters and subsisted on meals, ready-to-eat during the week. "They never knew what was coming next throughout the week," said Sergeant First Class Charles Shuck, the noncommissioned offcer in charge of the com- petition. The lead in the competition changed hands throughout the week, and the winner was too close to call heading into the fnal day. However, the ability of the team members from the 463d Military Police Company to quickly recognize and use each other's attributes proved to be the difference, as Sergeant Brenner's strength, Specialist Bido's endur- ance, and Private First Class Rogers' speed combined to set themselves apart from the rest of the feld. The 463d Military Police Com- pany rallying cry of "Never Quit" is a motto that was not lost on the Soldiers who represented the company at the competition. "We took our motto to heart," said Sergeant Brenner, who cherishes the title of warfghter champion. And Private First Class Rogers, who joined the unit just a month earlier, said that earning the title of warfghter gave her a big boost in confdence. First Sergeant William Jus- tice, frst sergeant of the 463d Military Police Company, was proud of the winning team. "They really trained hard in prepara- tion for this, working around our already busy schedule. I think that kind of motivation and teamwork is what makes this competition and these Soldiers so special," he said. Each winning team member was awarded coins, a plaque from the Military Police Regimental Association, an Army Commendation Medal, and other items. Staff Sergeant Patton is a journalist with the Public Affairs Offce, 4th Maneuver Brigade, Fort Leonard Wood. Private First Class Rogers, Sergeant Brenner, and Specialist Bido compete in the 12.4-mile foot march.