Basic Job Description
Military Police protect lives and property on Army installations by enforcing military laws and regulations, as well as controlling traffic, preventing crime, and responding to emergencies. Military Police are responsible for providing support to the battlefield by conducting Area Security, Internment/Resettlement, Maneuver and Mobility Support, Law & Order, and Police Intelligence Operations.
Duties performed by Soldiers in this MOS include:
Performs as a team member in support of battlefield operations, installation law and order operations and security of Army resources and installations. Leads military police teams in support of battlefield operations and leads and supervises small sections in support of security and installation law and order operations.
Leads military police squads and sections, operates police desks, plans crime prevention measures, operates evidence rooms and prepares operations plans and orders in military police detachnients in support of both battlefield and installation law and order operations and security of resources and installations.
Training Information
19 weeks, 1 day of One Station United Training (OSUT), which combines basic training and job training into one single course, at Fort Leonard Wood, MO.
ASVAB Score Required: 95 in aptitude area ST
Security Clearance: Confidential
Strength Requirement: moderately heavy
Physical Profile Requirement: 2222211
Other Requirements
- Red/green color discrimination
- Must meet all requirements for Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) qualifications
- Must possess a valid state motor vehicle operator license
- No objection to performing security duties in the vicinity of nuclear or chemical munitions stored or staged for military use.
- No record of more than 15 days lost under section 972-10- USC.
- Minimum age of 18 at time of entrance on active duty
- No record of possession or use of any narcotic or non-narcotic drug
- Most criminal offenses (including three or more minor traffic infractions) will generally be disqualifying
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- First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Police and Detectives
- Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers
- Security Guards
- Business Operations Specialists
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