Sustaining BCT Military Police Interoperability Alter tne Removal of Military Police Platoons

摘要

For each military police leader who professes that removing military police platoons from brigade combat teams (BCTs) is a bad idea, another military police leader argues that placing military police platoons in BCTs was a bad idea in the first place. Regardless of your position in this debate, given the extremely high demand for military police support during the past decade of sustained conflict (arguably one of the highest in Military Police Corps history), the ability of military police Soldiers to enable BCTs is more evident than ever. During the past decade, the military police force structure has increased at percentages unmatched by any other branch. The aim of this article is not to defend or proclaim the relevance of military police Soldiers, but to highlight the facts that illustrate the significance of the support which military police Soldiers provide to the BCT. Military Police Corps leaders have the inherent responsibility to ensure that they foster relationships within BCTs on their installations. This enables the Military Police Corps to sustain and increase interoperability among the BCTs.