What are some of the peacetime duties of an Army Military Police Officer?

Del Core — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 14:55:36 -0500

Whenever an MP Army Officer is not doing detainee operations or combat support, what are some of their garrison duties?

Edit: I'm talking specifically about the OFFICER MOS: 31A. Not the enlisted mos.

Response by SGT Christopher Hayden made Nov 24 at 2020 4:11 PM

SGT Christopher Hayden — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:11:39 -0500

Writing people tickets for going 2 miles over the speed limit during PT hours.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 24 at 2020 4:20 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:20:35 -0500

They appear to drive around base all day here. Sometimes I see them parked in certain areas monitoring traffic. I suppose if there's an emergency that requires MP support they go. I see them fly by with lights flashing once in awhile or hear the sirens at night (live on base). I'm sure they have people who do admin stuff too.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 24 at 2020 6:06 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 18:06:05 -0500

Here's the description: https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/browse-career-and-job-categories/legal-and-law-enforcement/military-police-officer.html#:~:text=Officers%20supervise%20the%20execution%20of,nation%20police%20forces)%2C%20Internment%2F

Or there's this: https://www.rallypoint.com/specialties/31a-military-police

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Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Nov 24 at 2020 11:06 PM

LTC Jason Mackay — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 23:06:00 -0500

The MP Corps as a whole are training for their wartime mission, Ensuring readiness of their units (property, training, medical, maintenance, etc), conducting Law Enforcement Operations, deploying as units, and some internment missions running military confinement facilities (not just the USDB at Leavenworth).

The LEO is going on at each Army Installation with MP units. They work with the Director of Emergency Services and answer to the Provost Marshall (a senior MP officer who may or may not be the Battalion Commander of the MP BN). The PM assists the Senior Commander maintain good order and discipline.

MP LTs are doing what their CO Commander tells them to do. Usually leading MP Platoons. Training, tracking LEO patrols, dealing with soldiers. Learning their craft as officers.

MP Captains are either BN, BDE, or DIV staff. They may be rotated through non MP units authorized MP officers such as Sustainment BDE Stafff. Staff Officers regardless of branch supervise their expertise area, work issues for units, track information, write plans and orders, conduct staff studies, and manages projects at the direction of the BN/BDE XO within the Commander's intent.

MP CPTs aspire to command MP Companies. They are responsible for everything the company does or fails to do. Company Commanders are responsible for the training, readiness, morale and welfare of the soldiers in their unit and their daily duties revolve around that.

MP Majors are staff officers, but most notably senior staff officers that are Provost Marshal, S3 Operations Officers, and BDE/BN Executive Officers (XO). S3 direct operations within the commander's intent, direct training, and resource training. One of the principle outputs is writing and publishing operations orders, plans, and fragmentary orders. The XO is the pinnacle. They direct the efforts of the staff primaries (S1, S2, S3, S4, S6, S8) and the special staff (Chaplain, SHARP, EO, Reenlistment Counselor, etc).

MP Captains and Majors may go to instruct at PME schools or serve as Service level, Joint, and Allied staff positions for broadening assignments.

Lieutenant Colonels are either senior staff at the General Officer level commands (Corps/Division/Combatant Commands) or in the institutional Army. Those selected, Command Battalions or selected Garrisons. Similar to what all branches LTCs do.

Colonels also service in similar staff assignments but are director level staff officers. Selected Colonels command Brigades and Army Garrisons.

There are a handful of GO positions ear marked for MP officers that become GOs. They culminate with the two star that is the Army's Provost Marshal who is the lead MP that advises the Chief of Staff of the Army. https://www.army.mil/opmg#org-about

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Response by MAJ Javier Rivera made Nov 25 at 2020 12:36 AM

MAJ Javier Rivera — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 00:36:01 -0500

I take $400 for Law Enforcement operations, training management, and planing.

Response by MAJ Ronnie Reams made Nov 25 at 2020 9:11 AM

MAJ Ronnie Reams — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:11:59 -0500

SFC Stephen Hurst - Some hands on. When I was at Bragg as a 31A LT it was hands on when there were brawls at the NCO clubs. 82d MPs were always calling 503rd MPs to quell the disturbances at the 82d NCO club which was often quite a melee. Town Patrol on Hay Street got exciting sometimes, too. Also, had to attend traffic stops and domestics involving officers. If you are a good LT you take calls when they are stacked up. This was in the 1970s

This a double post because the web site was doing some funky stuff this morning..

Response by SGM Steve Wettstein made Nov 25 at 2020 10:34 AM

SGM Steve Wettstein — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 10:34:57 -0500

Platoon leader, MP Duty Officer once in a while, additional duties (Armsroom OIC, Motor Officer, Voting Officer etc) you can also be selected to do 10% inventories that happen monthly.

Response by Lt Col Jim Coe made Nov 27 at 2020 5:07 PM

Lt Col Jim Coe — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:07:54 -0500

I'll take a stab at this based on my experience having a son-in-law Security Forces enlisted person during "peacetime". His duties included:
-Gate guard
-Roving or fixed patrol including directing traffic for specific events
-Training, lots of training
-Guarding flight line and sometimes specific aircraft security
-Ground vehicle and POV accident investigation
-Responding to emergency alerts from Commissary, PX/BX, Bank, Credit Union, etc.
-Guard work details and confinement facility
It was all shift work.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 15 at 2020 11:40 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 11:40:22 -0500

like most officers, if you are not in command you are a staff officer. At echelons above Brigade an MP would most likely be in the protection cell or PMO. One could also be at the center of excellence, developing doctrine or force structure, or a generalist performing normal staff functions.