720th
Battalion History ~ 1986
~~~~~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~~~~~
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At the start of 1986 the 720th MP Battalion was headquartered subordinate to the ??? at Fort Hood, Texas.
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18 July, Change of Command LTC A. Paul Sowa passed command of the Battalion to LTC Carl C. Sutherland.

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Date unknown, MP Corps During 1968 the Army Chief of Staff, acknowledging the Military Police Corps' active involvement in support of military operations in Vietnam, approved changing the branch's identification from combat service support to combat support. This change was clearly justified by the responsibilities assumed by the corps in Vietnam where military police units were organized, trained, and equipped to perform operations in a combat support role.

As a combat support branch, in September 1986 the Military Police Corps was placed under the U.S. Army Regimental System.
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