1970 Time Line ~ 615th MP Company
95th MP Battalion
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        In addition to post patrols the Company was also responsible for security and the Long Binh Post Main Gates.

        The duty assignment consisted on one half of the shift spent on motorized patrol inside the post and the second half at one of the main gates performing personnel security and vehicle inspections.

10 February Major General Karl W. Gustafson, Provost Marshal General, United States Army (PMG), and former commander of the 18th Military Police Brigade, returned to Vietnam and his old headquarters during a tour of military police units, to include the 615th MP Company..
13 May SP/4 Olie S. Elliott was promoted to the rank of Sergeant (E-5), under 95th MP Battalion, Special Orders Number 126.

June Members of the nigh shift started cracking down on unsecured vehicles on Long Binh Post. When vehicles were found unsecured, operational procedure dictated that they would be seized and brought to the Provost Marshal Office by the MP patrols. The unit commanders responsible for the vehicles would be notified and required to have someone come in to recover them. Everything was going fine, until.....

CYA Cover Your Ass    SGT William H. “Bill” Novosad, 615th MP Company, 95th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, July 1969 to September 1970.
13 June SP/4 William H. Novosad is presented a Letter of Commendation for outstanding performance while driver for the Battalion Commander, 7 December 1969 through 15 June 1970, from LTC Richard A. Fitzgerald, 95th MP Battalion Commanding Officer.

9 July SP/4’s Jerry M. Gross, Jacquess Girard, Dennis M. Callahan, William H. Novosad were appointed to the rank of Acting Sergeant, PVT’s Paul E. Nanney and Douglas D. Brown were promoted to Private First Class (E-3), under 615th MP Company, Unit Orders Number 76.

12 July Acting Sergeant (SP/4) William H. Novosad was promoted to the rank of Sergeant (E-5), under 95th MP Battalion, Special Orders 185.

November Award Presentation WO Frank Lupin, 1SG Lewis, SSG Raymond Ragar, SP/4 Reid, and SP/5 Wayne Bennett, received awards for meritorious service.
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