FW: FW: FW: MP organization

> > 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 :).
>

The following link has a nice, concise history of the history of the US
MP's:

http://www.azstarnet.com/~rovedo/mph2.html

Please note that "The Powers That Be", when I was in the service, dated
the
start of the MP Regiment to 1965.  Somewhere around here I've still got
a
25th anniversary T-shirt... <grin>

Happy Reading!

Kiara