Some reminders of how MP duty used to be, back in the day!
~ 720th Military Police Battalion History Project ~ |
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Some reminders of how MP duty used to be, back in the day! |
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Remember When.... |
As a brand new Private your wallet wasn't fat with photos and credit cards, just laminated cards of all the SOPs, rules and regulations you had to remember to avoid the DI's ire and KP duty list. |
| LINK | You worried about correctly recalling your General Orders when the Duty Officer challenged you while on guard duty, (short version). |
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| LINK | You spent hours memorizing the Phonetic Alphabet before going out on your first post patrol. |
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| LINK | You thought that "plain talk" on the radio had to be the better way. |
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You were in training at Fort Gordon MP School and they put you on a box at a 4-way intersection and the Post MP that stopped would not move until you gave the correct hand signal. Larry G. Gates, C Company 1968-1969. |
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You were in training at Fort Gordon MP School and the instructor emphasized that when on foot patrol whenever a woman approached and asked for you field dressing you were to provide it to her without asking why. Tom Watson, 4th AIT Training Brigade, 1966-1967. |
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