Tennessee – Sixteen Soldiers from across the United States became the U.S. Army’s newest military policemen after graduating from the Tennessee National Guard’s Military Police Basic Course at Smyrna’s Volunteer Training Site on August 8. The graduates are now members of the U.S. Army Military Police Corps and certified military law enforcement officers.
The class included Soldiers from Alaska, Indiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, and Ohio. Over a four-week period beginning July 12, they completed an intensive transition course taught by the 117th Regional Training Institute’s 1st Battalion. The unit conducts the MP Basic Course as well as other programs, including instructor certification and Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems training, for Active-Duty, National Guard, and Reserve personnel.
“This course is vigorous and designed to ensure that we graduate the best law enforcement officers possible,” said Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Chick, senior instructor with the 1-117th. “We ensure that each student has realistic training and perform scenarios that reflect what they will have to do after graduation.”…