720th
August 2003 Battalion Time Line
~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~
This Page Last Updated   2 April 2008
89th Bde.
 
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        Photographs of members of the 720th MP Battalion on assignments in the month of August.

23 August, Tikrit-Kirkuk, Salah-Al-Dein Provence A force of forty Task Force Iron Horse soldiers from the 720th Military Police Battalion and one-hundred eighty Iraqi Police officers from the Salah Al-Dein Province went on a joint raid in the city. The operation was the largest of its kind in the Tikrit area since the battalion arrived and began working with local Iraqi Police.

        The joint raid took place in a small village on the highway between Tikrit and Kirkuk. The location was suspected of housing gang members responsible for robberies, female assaults, and car theft in the area. This joint raid was the first time the Iraqi Police were responsible for planning and executing such an operation on their own. Task Force Iron horse soldiers provided support in case any unexpected situations arose.

 
 
        The successful operation resulted in the arrest of 25 suspects by the Iraqi Police and confiscation of several million Dinars (iraqi currency), as well as weapons and ammunition.
 
26 August, Tikrit Members of the 720th Military Police Battaltion, 89th MP Brigade, supported Iraqi Police during a successful raid to search for illegal weapons in Tikrit, Iraq.
 
28 August, Tikrit A total of sixty-seven Iraqi Police (IP) Staff Officers received their diplomas after graduating from the three week Police Transition Integration Program (TIP), conducted by members of the 720th MP Battalion. The ceremony was held at the 4th Infantry Division, 1st Brigade Headquarters, just south of Tikrit.