1969 Time Line ~ 615th MP Company
95th MP Battalion
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        The company continued their primary missions of discipline, law, and order patrols on Long Binh Post; combined discipline, law, and order patrols with the Quan Canh’s in the city of Bien Hoa; escorting transportation of military personnel from the 90th
Replacement Battalion on Long Binh Post to the Bien Hoa Air Base under Operation Shotgun, highway and village security patrols between Long Binh Post and Saigon, and Long Binh Post and Bien Hoa; Long Binh Post Reaction Force, where they manned designated bunkers and access gates during alerts of enemy hostilities.
        And when the MP's were off duty they made use of their Day Room, rather fancy for the standard construction style of other day rooms on Long Binh Post that were Quonset huts or Adams Huts buildings. The company ate at the 95th MP Battalion Mess Hall.
January CPT Frederick W. Honerkamp, III, completed his assignment as Company Commander and was transferred to the position of Deputy Provost Marshal, Bien Hoa.
21 July The Company received the following new personnel, SP/4’s Steven C. Edwards, Thomas P. Kerns and, PVT's Henry L. Avery, Steven M. Belcher, Frederick Bickel, Dennis Callahan, Gordon W. Linder, William A. McLain, William H. Novosad, and Darrell E. Willis.
31 August PFC Norman Reid, 615th MP Company and Robert Lee, 101st Airborne Division outside the Provost Marshal Office on Long Binh Post.
Date unknown The Long Binh Post Fire Department located across the street from the Provost Marshal Office, caught fire, the cause is unknown.

14 October Thu Duc  PFC Bill Novosad, his partner and a Vietnamese National Policeman, were on highway patrol when they were flagged down by a civilian and directed to the University Village. They discovered a male child unconscious from a swimming incident and that their radio would not transmit. They did what most MP's would do... improvise!

A Small Lifeless Young Boy   Reflections of, SGT William H. “Bill” Novosad, 615th MP Company, 95th MP Battalion, July 1969 to September 1970.

17 October PFC Novosad would receive a Letter of Commendation from LTC Frank W. Richnak, Commanding Officer, 95th MP Battalion and a Certificate of Achievement from COL W. K. Wittwer, Commanding Officer 18th MP Brigade, for his life saving efforts on 14 October.
25 December  Christmas Day Members of the Company hosted a Christmas Party for a group of Vietnamese Orphans in the 95th MP Battalion Theatre on Long Binh Post. To the children's delight there was plenty to eat and an MP Santa Clause.
28 December Operation HOLLY Members of the Company that were not assigned duties related to the operations or security of the Bob Hope USO Tour Show were able to attend as part of the audience at the Curry Amphitheater on Long Binh Post.
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