720th
May 2007 Battalion Time Line
~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~
89th Bde.
This Page Last Updated ~ 6 October 2008
 
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2 May, 1355 Hours PFC Katie M. Soenksen, age 19, of Davenport, Iowa, a member of the 410th (Bravo Spirit) MP Company, was severely wounded when an improvised explosive devise (IED) exploded under her MP patrol vehicle in West Baghdad. PFC Soenksen was rushed to the 28th Combat Support Hospital where she died from her wounds at 1525 hours.
Soenksen
11 May, SPC Wiliam A. Farrar, age 20, of Redlands, California, a member of the 127th (Speed & Power) MP Company, attached subordinate to the 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Brigade, died of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle in Al Iskandariyah, Iraq.
Farrar

12 May After completion of mandatory training requirements in Kuwait under Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-09, the 64th MP Company deployed a small advanceparty (ADVON) to Baghdad to facilitate the rest of the company’s movement into Iraq. Within hours of the ADVON arriving in Baghdad the company was remissioned. The company was originally slated to conduct Police Transition Team (PTT) operations in Baghdad with the rest of the battalion, but based on the need to fill several gaps left by outgoing units in Iraq. The company, along with several other units just arriving in theater, received a new mission.
64th

17 May The 401st MP Company (Always First) was deployed from Fort Hood, Texas to Iraq under Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-09, where they were assigned subordinate to the 92nd MP Battalion.
401st
92nd
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