720th
November 2007 Battalion Time Line
~ 720th Military Police Battalion Reunion Association History Project ~
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2 November, Baghdad, Iraq CPT Rodolpho "Rudy" Sandoval replaced CPT John W. Copeland as the new Commanding Officer of the 401st MP Company. CPT Copeland was transferred to his new duties as a member of the HQ Detachment, (S3) Operations shop.
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3 November, Baghdad, Iraq The 245th Engineer Company (Sappers) USARNG, Oklahoma, officially transferred authority to the 972nd MP Company (Patriots) USARNG, Massachusetts. The 972nd, subordinate to HQ Detachment, 720th MP Battalion, will be responsible for static and escort Tier-1 Security. The 245th completed its tour and returned to Oklahoma.
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12 November, Baghdad, Iraq CPT Rodolpho Sandoval, Commander of the 411th MP Company, and his staff visited the Mansour District Iraqi Police (IP) Headquarters, and were invited to dinner hosted by the Chief of Police, COL Rahim Jabar Fehid Jabara, to celebrate the occasion. The 401st MP Company has trained and worked with COL Jabara and his Iraqi Police Officers for more than four months conducting police transition team missions. The 401st is broken down into nine squads which cover two districts worth of IP Operations.
The company is responsible for 15 Iraqi Police stations in the Mansour and Abu Ghraib districts of Baghdad. Part of the 401st mission at the police headquarters is to train and monitor the success of the Iraqi Police assigned there. They conducted major training events to include: checkpoint operations, vehicle searches, mounted,

dismounted patrols, community relations, community policing, first aid, and weapons training.  On a daily basis  the 401st conducts Iraqi Police Inservice Training Plan, the Police Officer Survival Course and the Total Quality Management Course. These courses focus on community policing and joint patrolling.

        In addition the 401st has helped clean up the police stations and helped reopen a station in the Mansour district that was not operational before the 401st arrived. The IPs and the MPs have also improved the Mansour District Headquarters utilities and infastructure so the station will be efficient. There has been much improvement in the overall safety of the community as a result of both the IP and Coalition Forces efforts in the Monsour district.

24 November, Baghdad, Iraq Country music singer Aaron Tippin entertained troops at Camp Liberty with a performance on a stage set up outside the Post Exchange. This is Tippin’s second visit to troops in Iraq since Operation Iraqi Freedom began in 2003. Tippin, first performed for service members in Saudi Arabia with Bob Hope in 1990. Members of HQ Detachment, 720th MP Battalion provided personal security.
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