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The Protective Services Battalion (officially the U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion, shortened to USAPSB) is a
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unit responsible for the protection of the
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, the
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, and other senior civilian and military officials of the
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(DoD) and U.S. Army.


History

The USAPSB's peacetime protection operations can be traced back to the assignment of
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responsibilities within the DoD to the 1st Military Police Detachment in the late 1960s during heightened domestic unrest caused by the
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. In 1971, subsequent to the establishment of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command as a major Army command, the Protective Services Activity was established to manage Department of Defense protective missions. During the build-up to the 1991
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, the PSA was reorganized as the Protective Services Unit (PSU). In October 2005, the unit was again reorganized as the Protective Services Battalion. In 2007, it was again reorganized to become the U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion.


Composition

Around a quarter of all Special Agents assigned to the Criminal Investigation Command are assigned to the USAPSB.


See also

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United States Air Force Security Forces The United States Air Force Security Forces (SF) are the ground combat force and military police service of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. The USAF Security Forces were formerly known as Military Police (MP), Air Police (AP), and ...
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United States Secret Service The United States Secret Service (USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to American political leaders, thei ...
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Royal Military Police Close Protection Unit The Service Police Close Protection Unit (CPU) is a joint unit within the British Army's Royal Military Police (RMP) Royal Air Force Police (RAFP) & Royal Marine Police (RM Police) that has designated responsibility for protecting senior milit ...


References

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