Thanks for adding me :-)

Marty thanks for sharing this.

SSG Robert "Rob" Wentworth Yes, I was fortunate to be in Garrison units the entire time and the only time we went to the field was for Reforger. We'd go qualify with ourM16 and our 45/9m. I joined the army because I wanted a head start learning to be a cop and I was fortunate to get Duty assignments that were heavy duty. Believe it or not though, even though Fort Hood had the highest crime rate of any military installation at the time Germany was actually much more work as a military policeman.

As I had said previously, just about every call we went on with drugs and alcohol. On one occasion we had an entire Engineering Battalion on three floors that were fighting and their first sergeant was right in the middle of it! 3 were in front of agitator with a beer bottle in his hand at the entrance to the washer and dryer and he didn't know I was behind him. Not wanting to set the entire floor off again we took a lesson threatening approach but if he had broken the beer bottle I already had my baton in my hand. Although that might have been time for a handgun. I'm not sure you bring a baseball bat to a knife fight. It worked out and he put it down. Only then did he see me behind him and it was like oh crap! on his face. We didn't play around. Frankly, we didn't have time. It was one call after another. Code 3 runs for common. Some of the calls might have been an hour away with one of the satellite detachments going off. Good Duty!

I actually did get into an incident where we had an officer needed help call with a subject with a knife and we were the first on scene and I encountered a very large male with a knife in his hand. Not knowing the status of the MP's inside we'd already booted the door open and had begun clearing the rooms only to have him appear at the end of a dark, narrow hallway with a knife in his hand. Instantly he had a 45 and center mass. I was a distinguished expert and I would not have missed. After two commands I dropped the safety and then he dropped the knife. We backed him out in the open and everything was copacetic after that.

I was blessed as I said to have worked in Garrison units where we actually had real Duty before DoD Police came in and started sucking up a lot of the work.

I'd really love to hear some of the exploits some of you guys have been through. Or not. Maybe just casual chit-chat about life in general.

SSG Robert Ricci
Hey Bob,
I only had limited fill in’s with 95B.(1973-1977)
The rest was duty (97%)as a 95C at our local Correctional Facility @ Ft. Dix. I spent 4 1/2yrs there, and really enjoyed the duty. In-Processed Soldiers from “AWOL all the way up to the International Spy”, who eventually ended up at Leavenworth the rest of his life. Many trips TDY there & Ft Riley to transfer sentenced prisoners.
To break up monotony, I volunteered for every Army NCO School/Certification available, and went up the ranks quickly as a result.
ARCOMHQ Transferred top senior NCO’s to Combat Arm’s in ‘77, & I was retrained to 16P in Texas for the remainder of my enlistment.
I tried to get back into MP’s, but they were over-strength in ‘79, so I ETS’d.
More guys I’m sure had more 95B time than I certainly did!
Search around, and check it out! But I’m here, should you ever want to chat!
Best to You, Rob

SSG Robert "Rob" Wentworth it sounds like you made the best of your time there. Nothing wrong with being a 95 Charlie.

SSG Robert Ricci
It had its up’s & down’s.
Until I developed more rank as a Supervisor, guard duty was very “slow”, especially while working night shift & all prisoners were asleep.