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Authorities were combing New Jersey woods for a man wanted on charges related to the January 6 riot at the Capitol. The search for 46-year-old Gregory Yetman began around 9am on Main Street in Helmetta, as police were trying to serve a warrant. The FBI described him as a white man in his 40s wearing a red jacket and a ball cap. Yetman fled into a wooded area, according to officials, who said he may be armed. Spotswood Public Schools sheltered in place and local streets were closed. Tactical teams could be seen in the backyard of homes. Aerial footage...

A Shaw Air Force Base airman shot an individual who attempted to illegally get into the property in South Carolina on Friday. According to a press release, the individual who attempted to enter the base is being described as a "gate runner," WCBD reported. The individual was taken to a local hospital....

While our military fights American civilians for exercising their constitutional rights, their effectiveness at their actual job is in question.As Chris Bedford pointed out Friday, it’s no surprise U.S. military brass released a fake outrage squirrel with Tucker’s Carlson’s name on it the day after a war games leak suggesting the United States would lose a fight with China over Taiwan. Noncommissioned officers marshaling military resources to wage an information operation against an American journalist over his opinions doesn’t just happen by accident.The operation also reveals that Carlson was right on the mark to target leftist identity politics as compromising...

Soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been ordered to be ready to deploy within four hours if called, according to three people with direct knowledge of the orders. Soldiers in Fort Carson, in Colorado, and Fort Riley in Kansas have been told to be ready within 24 hours.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As unrest spread across dozens of American cities on Friday, the Pentagon took the rare step of ordering the Army to put several active-duty U.S. military police units on the ready to deploy to Minneapolis, where the police killing of George Floyd sparked the widespread protests. Soldiers from Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Drum in New York have been ordered to be ready to deploy within four hours if called, according to three people with direct knowledge of the orders. Soldiers in Fort Carson, in Colorado, and Fort Riley in Kansas have been...

Video of convoy of Humvees heading to Chicago? Video from twitter.

Violent clashes have erupted during anti-government protests in Ukraine's capital, Kiev, with at least nine people, including two policemen, dead. In the worst violence in weeks, police used rubber bullets and stun grenades as thousands of protesters marching on parliament. A deadline set by the security forces for the violence to end has passed with no immediate sign of police action. The clashes came as MPs were due to debate changes to the constitution. The proposals would curb the powers of President Viktor Yanukovych, but the opposition say they were blocked from submitting their draft, meaning no debate could take...

The following self-learning course from the U.S. Army Military Police School at Fort McClellan describes procedures for military police involvement in civil disturbance operations. The course makes it clear that temporary detention facilities in the event of a civil disturbance overloading local resources would be operated under existing military doctrine for internment facilities. The course cites U.S. Army FM 3-19.40 Internment/Resettlement Operations, which is now numbered FM 3-39.40 since its most recent revision in 2010, as the primary reference for the operation of these facilities. This lesson is designed to describe the nature and causes of disaffection and social unrest;...

591st Military Police Company Soldiers walk back to their vehicles after checking on the progress of their Iraqi Police counterparts at a checkpoint in western Baghdad, July 24. Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. BAGHDAD — Since Sovereignty Day, June 30, the Iraqi Security Forces have taken the lead, but the 591st Military Police Company (MPC) still has work to do here. These U.S. MP continue to train their Iraqi Police (IP) counterparts to take over security on the outskirts of western Baghdad. To that end, the MP met with the IP yet again, July 24."Our...

CONTENGENCY OPERATING BASE BASRA, Iraq, July 15, 2009 – A new law and order force is now on duty here to provide a safe and secure environment for servicemembers. Army Sgt. David Karlson, military policeman with the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division’s 34th Military Police Company, approaches a vehicle to address a violation during a training exercise on Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, July 11, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Darryl L. Montgomery   (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Military police of the 34th Military Police Company began patrolling the base here July 11 due to the combined...

Description: Mark DePue tells the story of the Army National Guard's 233rd Military Police Company, which was assigned to patrol Baghdad just after the invasion of Iraq. Members of the Springfield, Illinois-based 233rd talked to Mr. DePue about their experiences, both good and bad, for his new book "Patrolling Baghdad." Mr. DePue shares their stories in this event hosted by Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Springfield, Illinois. He is joined by 1st Sgt. Robert Elmore of the 233rd, who provides first-hand accounts of his time in Iraq. Author Bio: Mark DePue served with both the U.S. Army and the Army...

I was fortunate. I had both a pack of cigarettes AND a tasty beverage on my person to enjoy during the upcoming hour and a half stuck in the bunker as various high ranking folks combed the FOB to see if anybody had been hapless enough to get vaporized. Oh, and to make sure there were no unexploded surprises sputtering away in the middle of darkened roadways to disturb any late night treks to the loo. Actually, we were only in the 'sandbag sauna' for about 20 minutes--a new record in speedy Bomb Damage Assessment. So we were sitting in...

What would you do differently if you knew that you were going to die today? Really knew it? In the 'normal' world, we may wonder about death every so often, usually after watching a disturbing movie, or maybe after we see an obituary of someone we once knew in the paper. But, unless you are grappling with a serious illness, or wondering what that semi is doing crossing into your rain-soaked lane at 4 a.m., or have decided that skydiving this weekend might be a great way to "bond" with your new girlfriend, it probably doesn't seem like a real...

Polish Military Police on mission in Congo 19.06.2006 A group of 31 Polish soldiers has departed from Wroclaw on a mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are Military Police officers from Gliwice and Warsaw who are the first from among 130 Poles to be stationed there. The MPs will be entrusted with securing the International Military Forces Command in Kinshasa as well as the airport in the capital. They will also cooperate with the EUPOL police mission. This is the first such Polish military mission in Africa.

Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, 617th Military Police Company, Iraq FEMALE SERGEANT WINS SILVER STAR Terrorists Humiliated By Woman Warrior From Hell A female military police soldier was awarded a Silver Star Thursday in Iraq for helping to fight off insurgent forces that ambushed her convoy in March. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester of the 617th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit out of Richmond, Ky., is the first woman since World War II to receive the prestigious award for bravery under fire, according to a Defense Department press release. Hester, 23, received the award along with two other soldiers from...

Sergeant, 23, Is First Woman Awarded Silver Star Since World War IIBy John J. Lumpkin Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 16, 2005 WASHINGTON (AP) - A 23-year-old sergeant with the Kentucky National Guard on Thursday became the first female soldier to receive the Silver Star - the nation's third-highest medal for valor - since World War II. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, who is from Nashville, Tenn., but serves in a Kentucky unit, received the award for gallantry during a March 20 insurgent ambush on a convoy in Iraq. Two men from her unit, the 617th Military Police Company of Richmond,...

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A military policeman has been sentenced to three months in prison after pleading guilty to assault and two counts of making a false statement in the 2002 beating death of a prisoner in Afghanistan. In a plea bargain, Army prosecutors agreed not to pursue a charge of maltreatment against Spc. Brian E. Cammack. Cammack also agreed to testify in other cases related to the deaths of two inmates at the Bagram Control Point. Cammack was sentenced Friday during a court-martial at Fort Bliss. He will be demoted to private, fined more than $3,200 and given...

FORT HOOD -- In his quarter century working in military courts, attorney Guy Womack can count on the fingers of one hand the times he has allowed a client to testify. "My knee-jerk reaction is never to do that," said Womack, an ex-Marine Corps lawyer based in Houston. "I've never regretted not doing that." But he may make an exception to his rule for Spc. Charles Graner Jr., the Army reservist accused of leading the much-publicized abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. He says Graner, whose trial begins with opening statements Monday, can explain better than anyone...

-- Sgt. Jeff Hayford, who is serving in Iraq, says he may voluntarily return to the prison because it is short-handed. By David Panian -- Daily Telegram Staff Writer BASRA, Iraq -- An Adrian man serving as a military police officer in Iraq may soon return to the Abu Ghraib prison, his primary assignment when his unit arrived in Iraq about eight months ago. Sgt. Jeff Hayford is serving with the 428th Military Police Co. of the U.S. Army Reserve based in South Bend, Ind. His regular unit is the 303rd Military Police Co. in Jackson, but he volunteered to...

The MPs of Connecticut's 143rd Went To Iraq To Restore Order After The War Seemed Won. But The Struggle Had Just Begun.Over the course of a year in Iraq, the 143rd would come to know fear under enemy fire. They'd be shot at, cursed, bombed and shelled. They'd do their best to help the Iraqi people, and understand, too, that not all Iraqis welcomed their presence. Some would find love. And though it might be a defining time for their generation, they couldn't wait to have it all done with.