US Army Military Police in Iraq?

good for you on a career choice. i am both, a civilian law enforcement officer and an mp. i do have some problems with some of your statements though. make it out alive?? you stand a better chance of getting home in one piece in baghdad than you do in memphis, detroit, or washington d.c. an army mp has a very dangerous job. its not all milk and cookies.

the mp has five major functions- law and order, internment/resettlement operations, intelligence operations, mobility/manuever support, and area security. i've been to iraq and did all five in a year. on top of all that you now have ied patrols where you go out and either find them or get the people putting them in. either way, its dangerous. back home on base, you train constantly on all five. sometimes for weeks. you are in the field as much as the infantry. in fact we've been called infantry on wheels. i have fought along side the 1st infantry, 3rd infantry, 4th infantry, 1st cavalry, 82nd airborne, 101st airborne, 2/2 calvalry, and the marines as well. as you can see, being an mp, you will stay busy.

on the civilian side, you are making a mistake by not going to college. my department pays more if you have a degree. apparently college is supposed to make you smarter, by being smarter you can make better decisions out on the streets. also, while in the army, you can save money to go to college and once out, you can go reserves or guard (i am in the guard), most states offer scholarships or will pay up to 100% of tuition.

being an mp will certainly help, but its not going to help you that much. military law enforcement is WAY different than what it is in the civilian side. being a police officer in the civilian side, i don't deal with convoy security, or running a prisoner camp. i basically patrol the streets and respond to calls. in the military, i also respond to calls but they may be from three different units, or in a totally different area of operations. civilian side, i work a set schedule of hours, in the army i work 24/7. civilian side i carry a kimber.45acp with 3 magazines for protection. in the army, i carry a 9mm baretta, an m-16, a mossburg 500 12 gauge shotgun, and various other items. if you have any more questions, feel free to email me at dsm37127@yahoo.com i'd be glad to help.

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Sorry not an mp but I was doing criminal justice back at fort campbell. I was trying to do the whole police officer thing. Even without being an mp and just having army background puts you in a better spot than normal joes with an degree. But of course with mp expierence yea you'll be straight but! Remember you need to get away from a military base when applying for this police officer job. That was my mistake, your army background doesn't help if it's near an army post. To much of the same competition, so go to a place where they don't have much military. Back in 2003 there was a little holding facility on base in Mosul. The mp's there would basicly watch them and do there thing. I know they go out on road patrols and what now also. Don't really know much about that so not gonna say. Just take my advice on the first part, I would say its dangerous.

I'm actually in a military police brigade in Iraq right now, so I can tell you exactly what they do: There are two sides to the MPs mission in Iraq, one is detainee operations--which you've already mentioned. The second side (that I work with) works on developing the Iraqi Police. Squads are "police transition teams" and they meet with individual stations all over Iraq and help develop the Iraqi Police into a force that can actual maintain the rule of law here in Iraq. The MPs are pretty much involved in every offensive out there, as we're spread throughout each area of Iraq, and because we work so closely with the Iraqi Police we are often involved in taking down suspected insurgent leaders. As this war transitions from a Coalition Force led operation to the Iraqis in the lead, you'll see more focus on the Iraqi Security Forces (Army, National Police, and Local Police) and the MP role will become that much more important.

The only advantage you will be offered is you name will always be at the top of the employment application list because you served honorably in the military. But you could get the same benifits being an MP in the Coast guard or National Guard. The best route to take is to do Army National Guard MP or Army RESERVES MP, and during the week you have a full load of college classes. But in my own personal opinion, I would rather go into the military as an officer rather than enlisted, and that requires a four year degree. You can make a higher base salary as a US Border Patrol agent then you can being just an Enlisted E-2 in the army. The real money is when you go in as an officer, they make a nice salary. Enlisted salaries are a joke, I can make more money working in a restaurant. US Border Patrol is recruiting very heavily now. Anyways, what happens when if you get your leg blown off in Iraq? Then you can't be a police officer or continue your military career, but if you had a 4 year college degree in business for example, then you could at least have a nice comfortable job with or without your legs.

They must have changed it. When i enlisted as an MP, it was a minimum 5 year contract. The whole becoming a police officer really depends on your local area. They decide if military service will give you an advantage. Remember, an army MP does not always do law enforcement. I was in Iraq as an enlisted MP and once on the officer side as an MP. I have done everything from convoy security, PSD missions, epw missions and standing guard at an embassy. I actually had no intention on doing civilian law enforcement, and was lucky enough to do more combat operations.

I suggest you go to police academy school instead of try to be MP and then come back for it, couple reasons, first, you pay a lot more even as a junior police then mp in the military, not to mention you will spend so many over 40 hours a week in the military without getting any extra pay, military don't count by hours but by rank and location. Also, once you come back, you need to learn a lot of different rule between civilian and the military law system. But I rather has a chanve to come back home almost every night then to miss a year, and all your hard work count. And plus the worst thing about military, you can't just quilt.

army military police iraq

Military Police are one of the support arms of the Australian Army. The role of Military Police is to provide Specialist Military Police Support to the Army. The tasks carried out by Military Police include investigation and detection of offences, policing the Army both in Australia and on operations, close personal protection of VIPs, military police dog handlers, crime prevention, manning of detention centres, light vehicle convoy escorts and traffic control.

Military Police Units are equipped with the F88 AUSTEYR as their individual weapon. They may also be equipped with the Browning Hi Power 9mm Pistol, MAG 58 General Support Machine Gun, F89 Minimi Light Support weapon which provides supporting fire and a range of grenades and anti armour weapons.

A Military Police Person is initially trained as a General Duty Military Police Person whose role is to police the Army. After completing a period of approximately 24 months they can apply to be trained/qualified in specialist areas such as investigations, close personal protection and other corps or non corps qualifications.

LCDT Grieger,Matthew

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If you want to to be a cop in civilian life, just go for it. You will still have to go through the same process as any other recruit , even with military experience.