709th Military Police Battalion


The 709th Military Police Battalion is a United States Army Military Police unit currently located on Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany. The Battalion is the United States Army's only Military Police Battalion in theater. The unit falls under the command of the 18th Military Police Brigade, associated with 21st Theater Sustainment Command.
The 709th Military Police Battalion relocated from Hanau to Grafenwoehr in 2007. The Battalion Headquarters again relocated in the fall of 2018 from Tower to Rose Barracks.
The 709th Military Police Battalion has served with honor and distinction in the European Theater since the summer of 1944. Stationed in Grafenwoehr Germany as part of the "Ever Vigilant" 18th Military Police Brigade, the battalion provides community law enforcement and force protection within thirteen communities while training for future operations and contingencies in support of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command. In addition to providing Law Enforcement across Europe, the Battalion also supports Operation Atlantic Resolve, to include Saber Guardian 2017, Saber Strike 2018 and many other exercises throughout the theater.

Lineage and honors

HHD 709th Military Police Battalion - Vilseck; Commander: CPT Tim Loney, Detachment Sergeant: SFC Jon Petrich
92nd Military Police Company - Kaiserslautern & Baumholder; Commander: CPT Martha Jolly, First Sergeant: 1SG Phillip Wadholm
527th Military Police Company - Hohenfels & Ansbach; Commander: CPT Michelle Deegan, First Sergeant: 1SG Kasey Trapp
529th Military Police Company - Wiesbaden, Vicenza & Camp Darby; Commander: CPT Daniel Lucero, First Sergeant: 1SG Brian Vinci
554th Military Police Company - Stuttgart; Commander: CPT Benjamin Harper, First Sergeant: 1SG Nathaniel Gonzales
615th Military Police Company - Vilseck; Commander: CPT John Fraser, First Sergeant: 1SG Jamie Skiffington

Command group