720th
August 2005 Battalion Time Line
~~~~~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~~~~~
89th Bde.
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August, Exact date unknown The 110th Military Police Company, Commanded by CPT Shawnette M. Rochelle, and 1SG Jonh Challis, already serving under the 89th Military Police Brigade at Fort Hood, was assigned subordinate to the 720th MP Battalion.
15 August COL Roderick G. Demps, age 45, former Battalion Commander, June 2000 to June 2002, died suddenly during a morning run at Scholfield Barracks, Hawaii.
Demps
623rd

Battery B, 1st Battalion, 623d Field Artillery (Kentucky Army National Guard) stationed at Logistic Support Area Anaconda (LSA), Iraq, joined Task Force 720th MP Battalion. 

        Battery B was previously assigned to the 503rd MP Battalion (Airborne), 18th MP Brigade. Their mission changed from convoy escort security to main supply route (MSR) security patrols. They have also increased their participation with the Iraqi Highway Patrol (IHP) as well as the responsibility of another IHP station and academy.
503rd
18th
26 August, Civic Action Program Members of the Battalion, Chaplain (CPT) Steven Slauson, PFC Bianca Natividad, HQ Detachment, SPC Robert Gregoire, 411th MP Company, and others yet to be identified, volunteered their services to assist at a local orphanage. "MP’s bring joy to orphans, volunteers"