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Article: Military Police, United States
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Military Police, United States
The U.S. military police are the law enforcement corps within each of the major services. The army has its Military Police Corps, the navy its Shore Patrol, the air force its Air Force Security Police, and the Marine Corps its Military Police. These forces are staffed almost entirely by military personnel, and are responsible for all the ordinary functions of a police force, as well as additional military duties.
Formal organization of military police in the United States dates back to the early twentieth century. Today the largest of the military police corps is, not surprisingly, that of the largest service, the Army, whose provost marshal general ...
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... ... Offers Courses for Local Law Enforcement the United States Army Military Police moved its training center from Ft. McClellan ... divisions, of which one is specifically for military police training. Some courses with open seats are ...
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