Activities in Iraq
On 21 October 2004, two platoons of the 728th MP Battalion (70 personnel) deployed to Iraq in support of the United States mission in the Iraqi War. The 57th Military Police Company at Camp Carroll in Waegwan, and the 552nd Military Police Company at Camp Hialeah in Pusan, each supplied 35 troops for this deployment. Prior to their departure, the troops received two weeks of Iraq-specific combat training which included how to deal with roadside bombs and other improvised explosive devices; and information on the culture and peoples of Iraq. “This redeployment does not represent the start of a trend of sending soldiers from the peninsula to Southwest Asia,” Maj. Kate Johnson, an 8th U.S. Army spokeswoman in Seoul, stated. “Our mission is the deterrence on the peninsula, and remains deterrence on the peninsula.” This assignment was expected to last at least six months, after which, the troops would return to their duties in Korea.
On 10 December 2007, the 728th MP Battalion took over the duties of the 97th Military Police Battalion in Iraq. These duties include helping to educate and train the Iraqi Police in all operations and policing tactics.
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