200th Military Police Command (United States)

200th Military Police Command

Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active
Country United States
Branch Army Reserve
Type Military Police Brigade
Role Military Police
Size Command (military formation)
Garrison/HQ Fort Meade, Maryland
Motto Commanding the Best[1]
Colors Green and Gold
Commanders
Current
commander
MG Sanford E. Holman
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 200th Military Police Command is the senior law enforcement unit within the U.S. Army Reserve. The subordinate elements of the 200th MP Command are military police units, and include criminal investigation detachments, chaplains, historians and broadcasting detachments. Units are dispersed across the continental U.S. with major subordinate units to be located in California, Michigan, New York, and South Carolina. The formation of this command is a departure from the legacy structure of a strategic force in reserve with assigned chains of command based mostly on geography. The purpose of this command is to train, command and deploy units primarily by their functional capabilities.[2]

History

The 200th Military Police Command was constituted March 6, 2006 (from the former 220th MP Brigade) in the U.S. Army Reserve as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 200th Military Police Command. It was activated April 16, 2008 at Fort Meade, Maryland. [3]

The 200th was formed as part of a transformation of the Army Reserve that saw units reorganized into strategically consolidated forces with similar functional capabilities. Nearly 97 percent of all Army Reserve military police assets are now commanded by the 200th.[4]

Subordinate units

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