First Military Police Brigade
The First Military Police Brigade provides the Fort Lewis Community with law enforcement support, combat support, and prisoner confinement operations. The 1st Military Police Brigade is a Provisional brigade-level command organized as a law enforcement command on 24 February 1976 to provide a command and control structure for a variety of military police units at Fort Lewis. The Law Enforcement Command was redesignated the Military Police Command on 9 September 1994 and again redesignated the 1st Military Police Brigade on 16 September 1996 to reflect both its combat support and law enforcement roles. Since its activation, the command has successfully maintained that very important balance between providing garrison law enforcement to the Fort Lewis community and training for the vital wartime functions assigned to the subordinate units under its charge.
The law enforcement mission includes every service you would expect to find in a civilian police force--from patrol officers to investigators to McGruff the crime dog.
The 504th MP Battalion provides combat support to I Corps. The 504th is the most decorated military police battalion in the Army and has recently participated in operations in Hungary, Panama, and Haiti. Not only do the 504th soldiers train to deploy for contingency operations around the world, they also conduct garrison law enforcement operations. Browse through the 504th site and experience their 70 year history.
The 704th MP Battalion runs the Regional Confinement Facility and the police operations sections. Recently, the 704th MP Bn provided support for refugee operations in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and MP Support for drug interdiction operations on the southern U.S. border. The Sentinels of Justice conduct their mission with the utmost professionalism and pride. Click on 704th's page to find out more about this versatile unit.
