720th
September 2005 Battalion Time Line
~~~~~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~~~~~
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Rustimiyah Members of the 720th Military Police Battalion, (unit unknown), operating in support of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), set up three stations in a Rustimiyah building designed to train Iraqi Police lieutenants and captains to conduct crime scene investigations. "U.S. Soldiers train Iraqi Police on ‘CSI’ skills"
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20 September, location unknown Elements of Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 151st Field Artillery "Mustangs," subordinate to the 720th MP Battalion, seized U.S. and Iraqi money and identification cards during a house search.
23 September, Friday SGT Andrew J. Derrick, age 25, of Columbia, SC, a member of the 411th MP Company, was killed in action when his dismounted team came under attack by enemy forces using small arms fire near Baghdad. SGT Derrick's assignments included force protection and the trainin of Iraqi Police. Photograph M00020
Derrick
Personal account of the incident, photographs and remembrances of SGT Derrick for his Honor Roll page. Please contact the History Project Manager via the Email Link above.