14th Military Police Brigade
| 14th Military Police Brigade | |
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| Country | United States of America |
| Branch | United States Army |
| Type | Active duty |
| Role | Military Police |
| Size | Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Leonard Wood |
The 14th Military Police Brigade is a military police unit stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, in Missouri. Its main mission and purpose is to train new soldiers to work as military policemen.[citation needed]
Contents
Organization
The brigade comprises three MP training battalions:
- 25px 701st MP Battalion
- 25px787th MP Battalion
- 25px795th MP Battalion[citation needed]
Colonel Niave Knell is the brigade commander and Command Sergeant Major David Tookmanian is the brigade command sergeant major.[citation needed]
History
The 14th Military Police Brigade was first activated as the 14th Military Police Group in Mannheim, Germany on 25 June 1965. The group was reorganized 10 June 1968 at Fort Meade, Maryland to provide support to the nation’s capital until it was reactivated and returned to Germany at Moehringen, Germany on 16 November 1981. It was reorganized and redesignated as the 14th Military Police Brigade on 16 August 1985 at Wilkin Kaserne, Kornwestheim, Germany.[citation needed]
The brigade, composed of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, the 385th Military Police Battalion in Kornwestheim, and the 793rd Military Police Battalion in Nurnberg, supported VII (US) Corps. It conducted rear combat operations, battlefield circulation control, prisoner of war operations and wartime law enforcement. The brigade also provided trained military police for peacetime force protection in the thirteen military communities of the VII (US) Corps. The brigade deployed with one battalion to Saudi Arabia in December 1990 in support of Operation Desert Shield while its remaining units provided security for the soldiers and families left in Germany. When Operation Desert Storm commenced in January 1991, the brigade commanded 21 units of active and reserve forces – 2,800 soldiers – until redeployed in May 1991. It was then inactivated at Kornwestheim, Germany on 17 March 1992 and reorganized at Mannheim, Germany on 18 March 1992 as the command and control headquarters for the 95th and 97th Military Police Battalions. The 14th Military Police Brigade was later inactivated on 15 September 1994 at Mannheim, Germany. On 1 October 1999, as part of the move of the Military Police Corps Regiment from Fort McClellan, Alabama the brigade was reactivated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.[citation needed]
Lineage and Honors
HEADQUARTERS 14th MILITARY POLICE BRIGADE
Constituted 24 June 1965 in the Regular Army as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 14th Military Police Group
Activated 25 June 1965 in Germany
Inactivated 20 June 1972 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
Redesignated 16 November 1981 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 14th Military Police Group, and concurrently activated in Germany
Reorganized and redesignated 16 August 1985 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 14th Military Police Brigade
Inactivated 15 September 1994 in Germany
Headquarters transferred 1 October 1999 to the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command and activated at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri[citation needed]
Campaign participation credit
Southwest Asia Defense of Saudi Arabia Liberation and Defense of Kuwait Cease-Fire
Decorations
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered SOUTHWEST ASIA 1990-1991
