8th Military Police Brigade (United States)

The Brigade is a subordinate unit of 8th Theater Sustainment Command of U.S. Army Pacific. The 8th Military Police Brigade consists of three battalions: the 303rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion, 728th Military Police Battalion, and the 125th Finance Battalion. 728th MP BN "Warfighters" consists of the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, the 58th and 552d Military Police companies, and the 520th Military Police Working Dog Detachment. The 71st Chemical Company is attached to the 303rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion along with the 64th and 716th EOD Companies serving in Alaska. == History ==

Vietnam War The 8th Military Police Group was originally constituted on 8 April 1967 in the regular army and activated on 26 July at Fort Riley, Kansas. After seeing only five months of duty, the group was again deactivated on 18 December of that year. It received its distinctive unit insignia on 12 November 1969. The group operated in Vietnam until the pullout of U.S. forces from the nation, receiving ten campaign streamers for its role in the conflict. However, the brigade would remain provisional and would not be officially activated for another ten years while it operated in this capacity. In 1995, the concept plan was approved for the activation of a military police brigade headquarters in Korea. In October 2007, the Brigade again deployed elements of the 728th MP Battalion to Iraq for 15 months in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. and vehicle accidents. Brigade headquarters deployed in the fall of 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. ==Honors==

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