I take off for fort leonard wood Missouri on May 19th to go through the integrated basic/AIT MP course. I'm very excited as i have always thought about doing something law enforcement related but do not want to be a cop my whole life (no offense, hold you guys in the utmost respect). Any one gone through the program / training and can give me some advice/details or any info on what its like to be a deployed MP?


Thanks guys,

NDS

Not me. If you are guard you will most likley come to my base for your BNCOC and ANCOC. We even have a transition school if you have a previous MOS.

My son was a MP in Iraq

Lots of hours behind the wheel outside the wire..





Lots of checking Haji’s ID




some action


Glad he’s home!!!

Thanks for the info scotto. I figured if i do get deployed there will be lots of driving/patroling done. Not the safest job in the world by any stretch i am guessing. Im glad your son made it home safely!

I thought basic was a blast, yeah there are times that suck but whenever i was getting down on myself a little i would look around and realize there were alot of people there that were way worse off than i was.

Keep motivated and realize basic is a head game. Do your best and put forward 110% but in the Drill Sgt's eyes you will always fail to meet the standard.

I was also deployed as an MP even though i was an artillery man. Lots of miles on the road waiting to get shot at so we could shoot back.

Thanks Prairie Shadow,

Im doing my best to get prepared before i leave. Ive been working out with ROTC this whole year working on Passing the APFT. Im good on the run and good on push ups, but i can garuntee they will want me to touch my chest at basic. SIt ups are my big sticking point but i am dieting and working hard right now to lose some weight and come around before May 19th. So how bad is the integrated training type? When do they stop riding you so much? I know its drill sergeants all the way through instead of a split set up like most of the other AIT's out there

I did basic and AIT back when you had drills at both. I am sure that most of the military folks here can tell you the same thing. One day you will wake up and your group will start working as a team instead of a bunch of cluster f***ed individuals. From that moment on life will be easier. Until then life will be hell for everybody. We basicly woke up one morning and told each other that if one of our drills drops us we push alone but if somebody elses drill drops us then everybody in ear shot that was in our platoon drops too. This showed our drill that we were, from that point on, a team and not a bunch of individuals. The day everybody wakes up and starts to be a team pass or fail, right or wrong, then life gets better. Some groups figure it out the 1st week some dont get it until week 7 but they all eventlually get it. Life gets better. If everybody starts from day one with the attitude that NOBODY GETS LEFT BEHIND then it will be easy. You will quickly see those that are leaders and those that are followers. Nothing is wrong with either as long as each stays in there place. You help each other with D&C or with polishing brass (being as you dont have to polish boots any more) as soon as you become a team life gets allot better.

Retired Navy "Bubblehead" with NEC-9545 went to Lackland AFB when they moved the school from Lakehurst, NJ. 1 week service unique (USN, USAF, and USMC) then they put us all together for the rest of training. I was in the first class to go through the combined services course. For the Navy and Marines it wasn't bad, all of us were on our second tour. The problem was the Air Force was just kids still in one phase or another of basic. They had no idea how to deal with a large number of Fleet Sailors and Marines! Got stationed at Pt. Mugu NAS (later NAWS) in CA just north of L.A. Got really spoiled with our duty schedule. NO rotating shifts, NO rotating days, we got comp time when we worked over, cuz we worked with DOD police.
This was just after Reagan left office. Because he had a ranch the other side of Thousand Oaks and flew into the Base, we had a highly trained Military unit to augment security (they had some nice "Toys"). Which helped when the SEALs came to town! The SeaBees (at Hueneme) got slurped up like icecream and we held our own! This was just as Operation Desert Shield was getting going. We didn't know how many of us might get tagged to go. The only one that did was an Engineman because of his Rating and his training as an MP. He was there 3 mo.s then got hurt on a boat and wound up in Bethesda hosp. MD for 6 mos. for a spinal injury.
I really liked the duty, my wife understood, unfortunatly the Navy wouldn't let me cross rate to MAA, so I went back to punching holes in the Pacific Ocean then the Atlantic and Med. My last Deployment was a 6 mo to the Med with SEALs aboard. We were on our way home from Spain when we found out about 9/11. Hung out for a couple of days, then THEY told us to go home, we had done our job well for 6 mos already. Good/Bad....Good- we went home to our families,
Bad- Those of us who where older/had been in a while wanted to go kick some a$$!
To all those who serve or have served (I come from a long line of those who served, some like my father who were Combat Wounded, or like my nephew who is a LT in the Marines currently serving in the SandBox) GOD Bless you all and keep you safe!
Mike USN(SS) RET

Shouldnt be so bad during the spring, Leonard Wood gets boiling during the summer, which is when I will be there.

Hooah!

I can only relate my Basic Training/AIT as an MP from 1977 at Ft. McClellan, Alabama. I saw your other post about being good on the running and pushups, but working on the situps. Keep working on it (especially the running and pushups!). Be a team player, don't "smart off," and most importantly, NEVER, EVER, VOLUNTEER FOR ANYTHING!

What's it like being deployed as an MP? My experiences in Germany (1977-1980) will be different then the guys in Iraq and Afghanistan. But I can tell you, it was great being deployed, doing something for our country. Serving is one of the most rewarding things you can do. You'll always be able to look back on your service, to the nation, and be proud of what you have done. As you can see by my avatar and username, it's something I'm still proud of, over 28 yrs. later. I am currently a police officer (it's what I always wanted to do, and no offense on your comment). Good luck to you, in year military career, and God Bless you.

Whoops, meant to say "your military career" (forgive the misty eyes of an "old man")

First off I just want to thank you for your service to our country..

My son Alex’s was also authorized to ware the Combat Patch of the “Big Red One” as his unit was attached to the 1st ID In the Baghdad area..

Here are some more pics from his tour that you might me intrested in seeing, he took some good ones..

scotto - thank you, it was (and is) my pleasure.

I'm glad your son, Alex, made it back safely. Great pictures, thank you for sharing them. Would you please thank Alex, from me, for serving. It's great to see someone else in the Big Red One (No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too great - Duty First). Every time I see the 1st ID patch, I get nostalgic (some of the best times of my life). I know Alex will too, when he gets older!

I'm not an MP, But I can tell you about being a Paratrooper if you ever decide to attend Airborne school at Benning. Good luck, Its not a bad life