Re: FW: FW: MP organization

David Rodemaker wrote:

> The MP Regiment became a separate entity about 35 years ago.	Yes, we
had
> MPs, but not at all like what we have now.  I don't have the facts
straight
> any more - I'll have to look them up for you.  I braindumped most of
that
> when I got out.  But for a long time, MP duty was not a primary
mission, but
> rather something you were detached to.  Back to this later.

IIRC, many of the men who washed out of paratrooper training in WWII
were
seconded to the MP's, which probably explains in part why the MP's
seemed to
dislike troopers so much :).

Mark