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In the 1940s, there was a debate about whether or not women should be allowed in the Army. Pros and cons were offered. Initially, the Army was against establishing the [...]

Editor's note: The individuals mentioned in this aritcle were interviewed at the 728th Military Police Battalion Reunion in Branson, Missouri, from 2 to 6 October 2019. At the Yalta Conference [...]

The area presently known as Camp Blanding, Florida, played a significant part in the history of the Florida militia, the safety and security of Florida and, later (during World War [...]

Author's note: Although never formally assigned to the unit, it seems appropriate that I write about the 13th Military Police Detachment (formerly the 13th Military Police Section [Criminal Investigation]). In [...]

Several U.S. Army military police units were awarded assault landing credit for the Normandy, France, invasion on 6 and 7 June 1944. The following list includes all military police units [...]

A Provost Marshal General's Office and Corps of Military Police were established in 1941. Before that, though, there was no regularly appointed provost marshal general or regularly constituted military police [...]

At the end of hostilities in Europe in 1945, the occupied areas of Germany and Austria were divided into areas of occupation that were controlled by the Allied countries of [...]

As if to make up the full measure of grief and embarrassment to the Commander in Chief, repeated complaints have been made to him that some of the Soldiers are [...]

While many executioners remain anonymous, there have been several noteworthy ones. For example, Master Sergeant John C. Woods conducted many of the hangings in Europe (including those of Nazi war [...]

There were many thousands of men and women who served as military police during World War II; many gave their all during those years. As a history buff, I have [...]

Agent John Kritko, CID Badge No. 1299, was first assigned to the Provost Marshal's Office, North Africa Theater of Operations in 1943. (1) As a former police officer with fingerprint [...]

On 29 June 1942, cadres were drawn from the 726th and 745th Battalions, Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, and transferred to Dodd Field, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where the 796th Military Police [...]

During the 1942-1945 U.S. involvement in World War II, a total of 66,993 U.S. Army Soldiers received general courts-martial, (1) thus prompting the need for confinement facilities for those personnel [...]

I was recently contacted by Mrs. Dene Wilson, the daughter-in-law of Chief Warrant Officer Four William C. Wilson--a deceased U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) (commonly referred to as 'CID') [...]

'The Congress shall have power to ... declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water; to raise and support armies, but [...]

People commit murder for many reasons. Some murders are committed in a fit of rage, while others are meticulously planned. This article describes a case that does not fit either [...]

Some say the birth of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) took place during the U.S. Civil War--or even earlier. I do not believe that is true. It was not until [...]

Military Police Hall of Fame honoree, Major General Harry Hill Bandholtz, had a long and interesting career interspersed with periods of law enforcement duties (even though he remained an infantry [...]

In many instances, military operations present the commander with unforeseen requirements for specialized personnel in order to complete a mission. To solve this problem, personnel are reassigned, regardless of military [...]

In a previous issue of Military Police, Master Sergeant Garland (Retired) wrote about the penal institutions established in the European theater of operations during World War II; but until recently, [...]

On 8 November 1942, the military forces of the United States and the United Kingdom launched an amphibious operation against French North Africa-- in particular, the French-held territories of Algeria [...]

While World War II was raging throughout Europe and the Far East, the United States tried to avoid taking sides; however, we were providing materiel support to our allies who [...]

When the Japanese capitulated, ending World War II in 1945, the U.S. Army's 24th Corps was dispatched from Okinawa, Japan, to the Korean Peninsula to accept the surrender of the [...]

On 27 September 1918, Brigadier General Harry H. Bandholtz was appointed provost marshal of the American Expeditionary Forces in France. Using the constabulary experience that he had gained in the [...]

During the three years of U.S. involvement in World War I, General John J. Pershing appointed four men to serve as provost marshal general (PMG) of the American Expeditionary Force [...]

'The maintenance of good order among our troops under the peculiar condition of service in France was most important, and for this purpose, a military police was essential. Such a [...]