Lessons Learned, Headquarters, 18th Military Police Brigade

Abstract

During the period 1 August through 31 October 1970, the 18th Military Police Brigade provided military police support throughout the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), to US Army tactical, logistical and installation commanders. This support included the following: law enforcement; criminal investigation; physical security for installations, inland waterways, ships, ports and billets; combat support escort for military convoys and civilian contractor convoys; route security; traffic control; evacuation of prisoners of war (PW) from combat unit collection points to Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) PW camps; refugee control; operation of combined police patrols, and population and resources control checkpoints with the RVN National Police (Canh Sat), ARVN Military Police (Quan Canh) and other Free World Military Assistance Forces; and the confinement of military prisoners in the USARV Installation Stockades.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 15, 1970
Accession Number
AD0515785

Entities

Organizations

  • Adjutant General's Corps

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civilian Personnel
  • Contractors
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Criminals
  • Employment
  • Inland Waterways
  • Law Enforcement
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Assistance
  • Military Police
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Physical Security
  • Prisoners
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Security
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Criminal Law
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.