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The 18th Military Police Brigade is a military police brigade of the United States Army based in Grafenwoehr, Germany, with subordinate battalions and companies stationed throughout Germany. It provides law enforcement and force protection duties to United States Army Europe. Activated during the Vietnam War, the Brigade oversaw all Military Police operations in the country for a large portion of the conflict, undertaking a wide variety of missions throughout the country and providing command and control for other military police groups in the region. After Vietnam, the Brigade deployed units to several other operations, namely Operation Desert Storm and Operation Provide Comfort. The brigade itself also deployed to Kosovo, supporting many of the units operating there attempting to settle unrest in the area due to the 1999 Bosnian War. The brigade has also seen multiple deployments in the Global War on Terrorism to the Iraq War. Its primary responsibilities have been to train and equip the national Iraqi Police forces. The Brigade recently returned from its third deployment to Iraq, after serving for 15 months in the Baghdad area. ==Organization== The 18th Military Police Brigade is a subordinate unit of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command and United States Army Europe.〔18th Military Police Brigade http://www.eur.army.mil/21TSC/18MP/default.html Retrieved 5 October 2015.〕 The brigade is headquartered in Grafenwöhr, Germany. The brigade has these subordinate units: * * 25px 709th Military Police Battalion, Grafenwöhr * * 92nd Military Police Company, Sembach * * 527th Military Police Company, Hohenfels; Ansbach; Grafenwöhr * * 529th Military Police Company, Wiesbaden * * 554th Military Police Company, Stuttgart * * 615th Military Police Company, Grafenwöhr; platoons in Vilseck The Brigade is modular in nature, allowing it to take on additional units when deployed.〔 Normally the Brigade only deploys with its Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC); organic battalions and companies normally don't deploy with the HHC. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「18th Military Police Brigade (United States)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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