720th
May 2003 Battalion Time Line
~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~
This Page Last Updated   2 April 2008
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Date Unknown, Al-Fallujah Members of the 720th MP Battalion, Task Force Gauntlet, conduct security clearing operations in support of Task Force Iron Horse, in the city of Al-Fallujah. The successful operation resulted in the seizure of weapons and ammunition.
 

2 May, (on or about) 401st MP Company The 401st MP Company, under command of CPT Marc C. Blair, was headquartered at FOB Gunfighter, a small compound comprised of two large fortified houses in a southern suburb of Tikrit, Al Saladin Provence.

        The 1st Platoon under command of 1LT Bishop and SFC Pierre was initially co-located with the company headquarters after they completed 5 week mission in Baghdad. They were later relocated to Camp Speicher, an airfield in north Tikrit.

        The 2nd Platoon under command of 1LT Woods and SSG Gardner and 3rd Platoon under 1LT Amanda Dorsey and SFC Smith were co-located with the 1st Battalion, 22nd Infantry (Mechanized), in a former Iraqi palace on FOB Ironhorse in Tikrit.

        The 4th Platoon under command of 2LT Marks and SFC Blanche spent many months in Samarra under the task organization of 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment.  The 4th Platoon later co-located with the company headquarters in Tikrit.
 
4 May, Baghdad Members of the 410th MP Company provided security at the Baghdad International Airport for a U.S. fact finding congressional delegation that arrived to meet with senior military officials in Iraq.
 

11 May, Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Lieutenant General Jay Garner (appointed director 21 April) was replaced as director of the CPA, by L. Paul Bremer.

 
17 May, Al-Falluja The 720th MP Battalion, Task Force Gauntlet left Al-Fallujah and became attached to the 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit. MAJ Paul Green, operations OIC, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and Task Force Gauntlet said Task Force Gauntlet not only accomplished its primary mission, but also earned the confidence and trust of Al-Fallujah’s citizens.
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