SSG Bill McCoy

Army | Military Police

Dates of Service: 1966 - 1978

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I served in the US Navy (Hospital Corpsman) with a year in Vietnam (USMC), and in the US Army (Military Police). Ultimately, I ETS'd due to a daughter with medical issues which deferred me from one overseas assignment (Korea) and then was levied for Germany in early 1979. I was on the E-7 list for early 1979; but had to sign a "Statement of Intent to Not Reenlist." After 91 days, i'd be an E5.

Military Experiences

Jun 1974 - Dec 1978

SGT & SSG

437th MP Co (519th MP BN) | Fort Belvoir, VA

Patrol Supervisor & Squad Leader '74 thru '76 Desk Sergeant & Squad Leader '76 thru '77 NCOIC, Patrol & Desk Operations '77 thru Dec '78 NCOIC, SWAT The 437th was a Combat Support MP Company, permanently detached from the 519th MP Bn (Fort Meade, MD) because of Ft. Belvoir's crime rate. The Garrison MP Company was understrength, and remained so as the 437th received almost all MP's and NCO's assigned to Belvoir because the TOE requirements as a Combat Support Unit - later changed to Combat Service & Support.

Feb 1974 - Jun 1974

Patrol Supervisor, SGT

Military Police | FS Sobe ASA, Okinawa, Japan

Accompanied Tour was to last three years; however, the Army had sent 140 excess NCO's to Okinawa. MilPerCen (MP Branch) called me and asked where I wanted to go back to the USA because of too many NCO's. I suggested they get a "short-timer," but the SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement) required that the EXCESS personnel be transferred. So I said, "Send me back to Walter Reed." The closest they could get me was to Ft. Belvoir, VA. So, myself, my family, household goods and car were shopped back to the US. SNAFU!!

Apr 1972 - Jan 1974

SP4 and SGT

236th MP Detachment | Walter Reed Army Med Ctr, Wash, D.C.

Six months, "OJT" (On the Job Training) as a SP4. Awarded 95B (MP) as Secondary MOS. Request to have 95B designated as Primary MOS approved; 91B (Medic) became my Secondary MOS. Duties as Sr. Patrolman, Patrol Supervisor and D/Sgt at Walter Reed's Annex at Forest Glen, MD.

Dec 1971 - Apr 1972

SP4 Medic

Radar Health Clinic Ambulance Sec | Walter Reed Annex, Ft. Myer, VA

Ambulance Section - Driver: Emergency Medical Care Submitted paperwork to change MOS from Medic to Military Police. RE (reenlistment) for Medic was an RE4 ($10,000 bonus) MOS & MP was a RE1 ($2,000 bonus) MOS. I was told it was virtually impossible that the request would be approved. Fortunately, the chain of command at Radar Health Clinic provided numerous positive recommendations (MD's, Nurses and a MOST CAPABLE 1st Sergeant).

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