728th Military Police Battalion

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 728th Military Police Battalion


caption=3rd Platoon, Company B
dates= January 19,1942 - current
country= United States
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branch= Army
type= Military Police
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garrison=Camp Walker, Taegu, South Korea
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battles=Korean War: CCF Intervention; First UN Counteroffensive; CCF Spring Offensive; UN Summer-Fall Offensive; Second Korean Winter; Korea, Summer-Fall 1952; Third Korean Winter; Korea, Summer 1953 [http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=6394&page=1 HHD 728th Military Police Battalion] , The Patriot Files, retrieved 2008-09-26]
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decorations= for 1988
battle_honours= Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army) for KOREA 1952-1954
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commander1=Lt. Col. Brian Bisacre [ [http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17723&Itemid=128 Multi-National Force - Iraq - Special Olympics Torch Run] retrieved 2008-09-26]
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identification_symbol_label=728th MP Battalion unit crest
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name=728th Military Police Battalion
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parent=8th Military Police Brigade
subordinate=57th Military Police Company - Camp Carroll
188th Military Police Company - Camp Walker
552nd Military Police Company - Camp Hialeah

The 728th Military Police Battalion performs Military Police operations to allow US forces to move through an assigned area. The 728th Military Police has three line companies and five Military Working Dog Detachments. The 728th Headquarters is located at Camp Walker, South Korea, surrounded by the civilian town of Taegu. The Battalion works in support of Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (HHD) and the soldiers assigned to it.

History

in 1953.

Since the end of Korean War, the mission of the 728th has been to give Military Police support to the U.S. troops around the Republic of Korea and, maintaining order in the assigned area. The 728th Military Police Battalion missions have included providing security for the return of hostages of the USS Pueblo. Also maintaining security in support of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/728mp.htm]

Activities in Iraq

On October 21, 2004, two platoons of the 728th MP Battalion (70 personnel) deployed to Iraq in support of the United States mission in the Iraqi War. The 57th Military Police Company at Camp Carroll in Waegwan, and the 552nd Military Police Company at Camp Hialeah in Pusan, each supplied 35 troops for this deployment. Prior to their departure, the troops received two weeks of Iraq-specific combat training which included how to deal with roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices; and information on the culture and peoples of Iraq. “This redeployment does not represent the start of a trend of sending soldiers from the peninsula [of South Korea] to Southwest Asia,” Maj. Kate Johnson, an 8th U.S. Army spokeswoman in Seoul, stated. “Our mission is the deterrence on the peninsula, and remains deterrence on the peninsula.” This assignment was expected to last at least six months, after which, the troops would return to their duties in Korea. [Franklin Fisher, [http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=24181&archive=true South Korea-based MPs on way to Iraq] , "Stars and Stripes" International Edition, retrieved 2008-09-29]

On December 10, 2007, the 728th MP Battalion took over the duties of the 97th Military Police Battalion in Iraq. These duties include helping to educate and train the Iraqi Police in all operations and policing tactics. [ [http://www.blackanthem.com/News/toa/MND-North-Military-Police-battalions-transfer-authority12679.shtml MND-North Military Police battalion transfer authority] , "Blackanthem Military News", retrieved 2008-09-29]

References

External links

* [http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/mp/0728mpbn.htm Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 728th Military Police Battalion]