720th |
Battalion History ~ 1993 ~~~~~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~~~~~ |
89th Bde. |
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This Page Last Updated ~ 4 December 2007 ~ Click on all thumbnail photographs to enlarge for viewing. |
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At the start of 1993 the 720th MP Battalion was headquartered subordinate to the 89th MP Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas. |
March |
Date unknown, Operation Restore Hope The Battalion and two units (yet to be identified) deployed to Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope. Operation Restore Hope was an American military operation with the support of the United Nations which was formed to deliver humanitarian aid and restore order to the African nation of Somalia which was suffering from a severe famine, general anarchy, and domination by a number of warlords following the collapse of its Marxist government. |
Date unknown The 64th MP Company (Guardians) were reassigned from their duty station in Germany to Fort Hood to joint the 720th as the Battalions 4th company. |
November |
Date unknown, Task Force Bravo The 410th MP Company, approximately 120 strong, was deployed from Fort Hood, Texas, to Central America at the Tacan Mountain radar site, Soto Cano Air Base, Comayagua, Honduras, to join Joint Task Force-Bravo. |