3 October, Najaf Elements of the 411th MP Company (subordinate to the 42nd MP Brigade) participated in a village cordon and search in Najaf. Photographs, first hand accounts, names of the other personnel present at the this operation in Najaf. Please contact the History Project Manager via the Email Link at the top.

Baghdad Elements of the 411th MP Company (subordinate to the 42nd MP Brigade) participated in a cordon and search in a neighborhood in Baghdad.

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15 October, National Election The Iraqi's once again went to the polls, this time to vote on the referendum for their new constitution. The successfully national election resulted in 79% of the Iraqi people supporting the referendum with only two provinces voting it down. All Quiet on the Baghdad Front By Michael Yon.

64th MP Company "Guardians" Commanded by CPT Donald R. Meeks, Jr., the company was supporting two large police districts, including 184 polling sites. All told, 34 Military Police companies were sponsoring districts in Baghdad, but the 64th was the only company supporting two districts.

C/1st/182nd "Wolverine"s Were responsible for security in Sadr City, the vast slum that comprises more than half of Baghdad's six million or so people.

A/1st/151st "Mustangs" were responsible for security in the Karrada and al-Madaan districts, and 119 polling sites.

19 October 64th MP Company, CPT Donald R. Meeks, Jr. transfers command of the company to CPT Chad Froehlich.

23 October Four members of the 411th MP Company were on a convoy patrol in Baghdad when an enemy roadside bomb (IED) destroyed the Humvee they were traveling in. Three occupants of the vehicle were wounded SGT Kenny Olsen, SPC Bryan T. Anderson and another yet to be identified. Quick reaction at the scene by other team members in the patrol saved the life of the most seriously wounded MP, SPC Anderson, who lost a hand and both legs in the explosion. "Injured in Iraq, A Soldier Reclaims His Independence"

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History Project Managers Note SPC Anderson was the second Battalion MP to become a triple amputee. Thirty-seven years ago PFC James R. Brunotte, B Company (410th), was seriously wounded and his partner killed when their jeep ran over a large Viet Cong land mine in South Vietnam 1 October 1968. PFC Brunotte lost part of an arm, both legs and was blinded in one eye. SPC Anderson is showing the same determination and courage in living a full life after his injuries as did PFC Brunotte.