Commandant's Service was the name for the

military police Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state. In wartime operations, the military police may support the main fighting force with force protection, convoy security, Screening (tactical), ...

of some

Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Pact (WP) or Treaty of Warsaw, formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republi ...

Warsaw Pact Ground Forces, Gordan Rottman, Osprey Publishing Elite 10, p 49 Coprwyrite 1987 and other armies. Its principal duties were providing garrison security and traffic control. It is not to be confused with a similar organization called

Traffic Regulator Traffic guards, also known as traffic controllers and flaggers, are trained to set up warning signs and barricades to slow down the speed of traffic in a temporary traffic control zone. When they are on scene they will set up equipment to war ...

s operated by the Transport Troops of the

Rear Services Rear services were those agencies in Warsaw Pact and Soviet style military forces concerned with military logistics and support. The Rear Services supplied the armed forces with ammunition, fuel, spare parts, food, clothing, and other material. The ...

Soviet Union/Russia

Gorky Automobile Plant in Nizhniy Novgorod (23)

The ''Komendantskaya sluzhba'' (Russian: комендантская служба) or 'komendatura' (Ru:комендатура) in the

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

and

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militaries were designated by a red shield on one or both arms bearing a yellow letter "K", plain red

shoulder board A shoulder mark, also called rank slide, or slip-on, is a flat cloth sleeve worn on the shoulder strap of a uniform. It may bear rank or other insignia. A shoulder mark should not be confused with a ''shoulder board'' (which is an elaborate ...

s and a white helmet bearing a red star and broad red circumferential stripe. These helmets were generally painted at the unit level The ''komendatura'' are being replaced by the newly established

Military Police Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state. In wartime operations, the military police may support the main fighting force with force protection, convoy security, Screening (tactical), ...

(Ru:Военная полиция России or Voennaya politsiya or VP). At one time the komendatura officers wore a black cloth or leather uniform with white helmets and gloves, and belts and holsters.

Bulgaria

The Commandment Service is part of the

Ministry of Defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in state ...

, located in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. ...

and is in charge of real estate management, transportation, library services, documentation publishing and communications support for the central administration of the MoD, transportation support to the immediate MoD personnel, classified information, cryptographic, and perimeter security for the MoD administration buildings.

East Germany

The

East German Army The National People's Army (german: Nationale Volksarmee, ; NVA ) were the armed forces of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1956 to 1990. The NVA was organized into four branches: the (Ground Forces), the (Navy), the (Air Force) an ...

Commandant's Service was called the ''Kommandantendienst'' or KD, in addition to traffic control and military police duties it performed courier services. The ''Kommandantendienst'' wore a white stripe on their helmet and a white cross strap and belt,

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and gloves.Warsaw Pact Ground Forces, Gordan Rottman, Osprey Publishing Elite 10, Color plate A

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