200th Military Police Command (United States)

{{Short description|Senior law enforcement unit within the U.S. Army Reserve Command}}

{{Infobox military unit

| unit_name = 200th Military Police Command

| image = 200MPCmdSSI.jpg

| caption = Shoulder Sleeve Insignia

| country = United States

| type = Military Police

| branch = Army Reserve

| dates = April 16, 2008 - present

| specialization = Military Police and Criminal Investigation Operations

| command_structure =

| size = Division

| garrison = Fort Meade, Maryland

| nickname =

| motto = Commanding the Best{{Cite web |url=http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/MP/200MilitaryPoliceCommand.htm |title=200th Military Police Command Insignia Page |access-date=2009-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331233735/http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/MP/200MilitaryPoliceCommand.htm |archive-date=2008-03-31 |url-status=dead }}

| colors = Green and Gold

| march =

| mascot =

| battles =

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| current_commander = Major General Susie S. Kuilan

| current_commander_label = Commanding General

| ceremonial_chief = John Kyle Jenkins

| ceremonial_chief_label = Command Sergeant Major

| colonel_of_the_regiment = Brigadier General Vance Kuhner

| colonel_of_the_regiment_label = Deputy Commanding General (Support)

| commander4 = Brigadier General John M. Dunn

| commander4_label = Deputy Commanding General (Operations)

| commander5 = Chief Warrant Officer 5 James E. Towle III

| commander5_label = Command Chief Warrant Officer

| commander6 = Colonel Jonathan W. Bennett

| commander6_label = Chief of Staff

| notable_commanders = MG Hussey 2019-2022, MG Garcia 2016-2019, MG Churn 2014-2016, MG Sanford Holman (2011-2014), MG Adolph McQueen (2008-2011)

| identification_symbol = 100px

| identification_symbol_label = Distinctive Unit Insignia

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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 primarily military police units, but the command also includes criminal investigation detachments, chaplains, historians, and public affairs detachments. Units are dispersed across the continental United States with major subordinate units located in California, Michigan, New York, Tennessee, and Indiana. The formation of this command is a departure from the legacy structure of a strategic force in the Army 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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.usar.army.mil/ourstory/commands/200MP/Pages/default.aspx |title=Homepage |access-date=2012-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016204235/http://www.usar.army.mil/ourstory/commands/200MP/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2012-10-16 |url-status=dead }}

History

The 200th Military Police Command was constituted March 6, 2006 (from the former 220th MP Brigade) in the United States Army Reserve as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 200th Military Police Command. It was activated April 16, 2008 at Fort Meade, Maryland.{{cite web|url = http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/mp/0200mpcmd.htm|archive-url = https://archive.today/20121212032717/http://www.history.army.mil/html/forcestruc/lineages/branches/mp/0200mpcmd.htm|url-status = dead|archive-date = December 12, 2012|title = 200th Military Police Command Lineage and Honors| publisher= United States Army Center of Military History}}

The 200th was formed as part of a transformation of the Army Reserve that reorganized units into strategically consolidated forces with similar functional capabilities. Nearly 97% of all Army Reserve military police assets are now commanded by the 200th.{{Cite web |url=http://www.usar.army.mil/arweb/organization/commandstructure/USARC/OPS/200MP/History/Pages/default.aspx |title="Of the Troops, for the Troops" |access-date=2009-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527014211/http://www.usar.army.mil/arweb/organization/commandstructure/USARC/OPS/200MP/History/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2010-05-27 |url-status=dead }}

= Subordinate units =

As of 2024, the following units are subordinate to the 200th Military Police Command:{{cite web |title=200th Military Police Command |url=https://www.usar.army.mil/Commands/Functional/200th-MP-CMD/200th-MP-Units/ |publisher=US Army Reserve |access-date=24 March 2024}}

I/R: Internment/Resettlement, EPW/CI: Enemy Prisoner of War/Civilian Internee, CID: Criminal Investigation Division, CS: Combat Support

See also

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