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290th Military Police Brigade

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Country
  
United States

Role
  
Military Police

Garrison/HQ
  
Nashville, Tennessee

Branch
  
Army Reserve

Size
  
Brigade

290th Military Police Brigade

Type
  
Military Police Brigade

The 290th Military Police Brigade is a Military Police unit of the United States Army.

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History

  • Constituted in the US Army Reserve on 1 November 1971, as HHC, 290th MP Brigade, activated at Nashville, Tennessee and assigned to the Third US Army.
  • Reassigned 1 October 1973, to the First United States Army.
  • Reassigned to the Second United States Army on 1 October 1983. Inactivated on 15 October 1985, at Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Reactivated to the 200th Military Police Command on 17 September 2010.

    • Insignia

    The partizans were medieval weapons. They are crossed to indicate control of exit and entry. The circular embattled area is symbolic of the prisoner of war camps and military security facilities commanded and operated by the brigade. The two partizans, nine sides of the nonagon and circular center allude to the numerical designation (2-9-0) of the unit.

    Subordinate Units

  • 160th Military Police Battalion (Detention)

    • Commander: LTC Thomas Lemoine

    Battalion CSM: CSM Daniel Williams

  • 304th Military Police Battalion
  • 317th Military Police Battalion (Combat Support)
  • 535th Military Police Battalion
  • 724th Military Police Battalion

    • References

    290th Military Police Brigade Wikipedia
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