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38th MP training nears completion
Story and photos by Staff Sgt. Jeff Lowry,
Indiana National Guard
Posted:
April 24, 2008
FORT DIX, N.J. - As the 38th
Military Police Company training nears completion, the military
policemen are a step closer to their departure to Southwest Asia.
The 38th, now at
Fort Dix,
N.J.,
is scheduled to depart early May in support of Operation Iraqi
Freedom. Once there, they will teach, train and guide the Iraqi
Police.
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| A 38th Military Police Company Soldier
fires an M-2 .50 caliber machine gun from a Humvee at a Fort
Dix, N.J., range Wednesday, April 16. The MP Company is
scheduled to deploy to southwest Asia in support of
Operation Iraqi Freedom in early May. (Indiana National
Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jeff Lowry) |
"Their mission is tricky and
complex because they're working with the Iraqi Police and rebuilding
confidence with civil authorities in
Iraq,"
said Lt. Col. Andrew Lyons, the 72nd Brigade’s Training Support
Battalion commander.
Lyons
mentored the MP company during its training at
Fort
Dix.
"They are hard-charging, very
dedicated Soldiers and a very well supported unit," said
Lyons.
The 38th Infantry Division commander, Maj. Gen.
Richard Moorhead, saw that first hand as the company practiced
interacting with Iraqis, portrayed by other Soldiers, in a
mock-village on post.
"You can tell that if
Soldiers aren't ready, that they'll be ready by the time leave
here," said Moorhead.
"The training is good to go."
Others agreed.
"I feel more secure knowing that they've been
well-trained," said Karen Lucas, Family Readiness Support assistant.
Moorhead
and other division leaders visited the military policemen April 15
and 16. The company is a subordinate unit of the 38th Infantry
Division.
Caption, home page thumbnail: Utah Army National Guard 1st Lt.
Shawn Clark and Indiana Army National Guard Sgt. Derek Lancaster
confer over a report during a training mission at Fort Dix, N.J.,
Wednesday, April 16. Clark is with the 128th MPAD, and Lancaster is
with the 38th MP Company. (Indiana National Guard photo by Staff
Sgt. Jeff Lowry)
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