[OT]ish - More MP stuff

Just for those who might not have visited the link Kiara 
sent... two things caught my attention:

Item 1)

December 20, 1989 - At approximately 1:00 
a.m., Operation Just Cause begins in Panama. 
The 7th and 82nd Military Police Companies 
take part in the operation with their respective 
divisions as well as the 549th MP Company, 
stationed in Panama. 
At 1:30 a.m., Captain Linda Bray, of the 519th 
MP Battalion, leads a platoon of military police 
in an attack against a Panamanian Defense 
Forces (PDF) compound near Panama City. 
After calling for their surrender, and receiving 
fire, she drives a vehicle through the closed gate 
of the compound, forcing them to flee. Military 
police quickly secure the compound and capture 
weapons left behind. They then secure other 
portions of the Curundu and Curundu Heights 
areas and protect the Balboa harbor. By her 
actions, she earns the distinction of being the 
first woman in United States history to lead US 
troops into battle. 

Item 2) John was surprised at the amount of 
firepower the MPs had on call. Take a gander at 
this - TANKS! Now that's firepower. 
February 27, 1991 -The 214th MP Co, (AL 
ARNG), assigned to the 118th MP Bn, 14th MP 
Bde, under the operational control of the 2nd 
Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR), VII Corps, 
engages enemy units while advancing north in 
Iraq, just west of the Kuwaiti border. The unit is 
engaged in making an "end run" in an effort to 
capture Iraqi Republican Guard units still in 
Kuwait. 
On this date, the 214th uses it's attached cavalry 
platoon, with four M1A1 Abrams tanks and four 
M3A1 Bradley fighting vehicles (from the 2nd 
ACR), to engage an Iraqi motorized rifle 
company, and destroys seven BTR's and kills 15 
enemy troops. 

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Thomas Barclay
Instructor, CST 6304 (TCP/IP programming for the Internet)
kaladorn@fox.nstn.ca 
http://fox.nstn.ca/~kaladorn/CST6304
http://stargrunt.ca/tb/CST6304
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