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The 93d (or 93rd) Military Police Battalion of the
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Mission

The 93d Military Police Battalion deploys worldwide to conduct
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operations, and continuous law and order operations in support of the
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military community.


Organization

The battalion is subordinate to
89th Military Police Brigade The 89th Military Police Brigade is a military police brigade of the United States Army based at Fort Hood, Texas. It is a subordinate unit of III Armored Corps. Activated in Vietnam in the midst of the Vietnam War, the unit provided militar ...
. It numbers over 800 soldiers who are stationed at its headquarters at Fort Bliss, Texas. The battalion consists of one Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, one Law Enforcement Activities (LEA) Company, one Law Enforcement Detachment - the 513th Military Working Dog (MWD) detachment - and three Military Police Companies: * 202nd Military Police Company * 212th Military Police Company * 978th Military Police Company


History


World War II

Activated in France on 13 June 1945 in the towards the end of World War II, the unit served in France during the end of the war before being deactivated on 12 November 1945 in France.


Korean War

On 28 October 1951, the 93d MP BN was reactivated to serve in the Korean War.


Vietnam War

The 93d MP BN was reactivated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 1 June 1966 and deployed to South East Asia.


Operation Desert Storm

The 93d MP BN was reactivated in Germany on 16 October 1986 and deployed to South West Asia.


Operation Iraqi Freedom

The 93d MP BN was reactivated at Fort Bliss, Texas, on 17 November 2007, along with the 591st MP CO, and deployed to Iraq in January 2009. To prepare for deployment, the 93d Commander worked hard to include their unit in NTC Rotation 09-01 alongside 1/1 CAV from FT Hood. The National Training Center (NTC), located in Fort Irwin, California, provides an excellent opportunity for units to conduct realistic training with opposing forces (OPFORs), authentic role players, and professional observers/controllers (OCs) without any constraints. At the NTC, units are put to the test, making use of all systems required in combat. When the 93d Military Police Battalion from Fort Bliss, Texas, was deployed to support 1/1 Cavalry Division (CD) from Fort Hood, Texas, they were allowed to train at the NTC. To prepare for Rotation 09-01, the 93d HHD conducted several rehearsals, including tactical operations center, digital staff, and division-level warfighter exercises with the 8th Military Police Brigade in Hawaii. The 93d Military Police Battalion "War Eagles" conducted NTC Rotation 09-01 from 23 September to 30 October 2008 in conjunction with 1/1 CD (a heavy brigade combat team BCT. The 93d deployed to the NTC with the headquarters and headquarters detachment HDand the 591st Military Police Company from Fort Bliss, Texas. According to the NTC Operations Group, the 93d was the first active duty or reserve component military police battalion HHD to conduct a rotation at the NTC. The 93D Military Police Battalion was deployed to Iraq with 10 Active-Duty, Reserve, and Army National Guard MP Companies and 2 Air Force Security Forces units. The battalion consisted of over 1,800 Soldiers and Airmen who supported Multi-National Division-Baghdad. Their main task was to field and train 95 Police Transition teams, which subsequently trained over 15,000 Iraqi Policemen, including five Provincial and sixteen District-level Iraqi Chiefs of Police. In August 2009, the 93D Military Police Battalion was assigned the additional duty of providing safety and security to the Iraqi International Zone, also known as the Green Zone. This led to a shift in focus towards Force Protection, Antiterrorism, and security transformation to support Green Zone security. The 93D was redeployed to FT BLiss in January 2010. For its performance during its deployment to Iraq, the 93d Military Police Battalion was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation. In Oct. 2013, the 93D Military Police Battalion deployed to Guantanamo, Cuba, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.


References

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