What is it like being an MP in garrison?

If you enjoy responding to domestic calls only to be attacked by the caller because she didn't want you to arrest her man, she just wanted you to make him stop beating her, then garrison MP is the job for you.....

It depends on the organization's MTOE. If their mission, training, and equipment reflect field work, you will do very little road work. You may have a month rotation of working the road while the other platoons train for the field. If you get stationed with a detachment like I did, you might as well forget about the field bc it basically doesn't exist. The unit is run like a civilian law enforcement. You may do PT on your own, work details, be assigned to a section, and you will patrol everyday, except on your scheduled days off. You will conduct some field training bc it's the Army and you have to be ready for everything, but there won't be much of it. I hope this helps.

Good luck with that DA6 lol

.... An assignment to a Garrison is the "Best" Tour an M.P. could ever have. There is an "Active" array of encounters from RAs and their desire to do something entertaining is the focus point of this assignment. Have fun, because all of those you encounter will be having fun in getting arrested.

I went to Germany for three weeks with my last unit, and we were covering down for an active unit so they could go field train for a few weeks. Be prepared for stupid calls and lots of wrecks in the winter

It's like civilian police work but in a fort

If you like the law enforcement side of the MP Corps then you're gonna love it. You can get schooling that most field MP's don't get a chance at. Like SRT, MO, Hostage Negotiations,MPI,& Marajuana Eradication for example. If you don't like the law enforcement side, well then you're gonna hate it.

I was stationed at Ft Stewart Ga back in 1982-84. I enjoyed road duty and field duty. I polished up on what was learned in basic and AIT. I'd do all over again with a few minor changes.

It was OK patrolling around base and pulling people over but I never wrote one ticked while in a garrison unit. I loved being in a combat mp platoon or company.

Sometimes a headache, depends if you work nights or days. Most bases now are mostly DID police last I've been to one