177th Military Police Detachment
"Mustangs"
In October 2005, as part of a reorganization of military police units within XVIII Corps (Airborne), the 10th Military Police Battalion (Provisional) was inactivated. The 177th Military Police Detachment was also inactivated.
The 177th Military Police Detachment included both the headquarters staff and soldiers that supported the Provost Marshall Office. Its mission was to provide 24-hour provost marshal operations, military police and traffic accident investigations, military working dog, and force protection support to the Fort Drun Community; maintains liaison with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies; support installation contingency operations and FORSCOM directed deployments. It also performed functions as the 10th Military Police Battalion (Provisional Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment.
The history of the 177th Military Police Detachment dates back to 6 April 1966, when it was activated at Fort Riley, Kansas, under authority of General Order 63, Headquarters, Fifth US Army. Major Everett Hayes became the first Commanding Officer. During July 1966, the detachment received orders to deploy to the Republic of Vietnam. Personnel of the 177th Military Police Detachment (Provost Marshall), less the advance party, boarded the ship Weigel on 9 August 1966. On 30 August 1966, the detachment came ashore at Thompson Beach (Red Beach) at 0945 hours and opened operations at 102 Vo Tanh Street, Qui Nhon, RVN.
On 3 September 1966, under General Order 5547, Headquarters, US Army Vietnam (USARV), the 177th Military Police Detachment was assigned to the 89th Military Police Group, APO 96307. The 98th Military Police Group's General Order 39 then attached the detachment to the 504th Military Police Battalion and on 19 October 1966 the detachment began to move from its old location at 102 Vo Tanh Street to the newly renovated PMO/MP station at 9 Mai Xuan Street.
During late 1967, the 504th Military Police Battalion began relocating some of its units. Consequently, C Company support was withdrawn from the 177th Military Police Detachment. To balance this withdrawal, the 93rd Military Police Battalion, on 17 December 1967, placed the 66th Military Police Company in support of the 177th Military Police Detachment (PM). Under the detachments supervision, highway operations on QL 1 and QL 19 were taken by the 66th Military Police Company, while the 127th Military Police Company continued support of Provost Marshall operations in Qui Nhon.
During the Tet Offensive of 1968, the VC attacked Qui Nhon early on the morning of 30 January 1968, capturing the Vietnamese Radio Station, MSS Headquarters, Quan Cahn Station, Railroad Station and part of the Qrirrang Hotel. The 177th Military Police Detachment Compound was located in the middle of the area attacked. Personnel of the unit and other Military Police units were in periodic combat. One attacked Military Policeman was killed and 4 were wounded. At 1830 hours, 3 February 1968, the Military Police Duty Officer, 1LT Dingus Banks, 127th Military Police Company was shot and killed while clearing one of the last remaining VC elements in Qui Nhon.
On 1 December 1968, as the result of the reorganization of the 16th Military Police Group, the 93rd Military Police Battalion expanded their Area of Responsibility to include Pleiku and An Khe. The 177th Military Police Detachment subsequently detached personnel located in Qui Nhon, Pleiku, An Khe, Phu Tai, and Phu Heip, RVN and was inactivated.
The 177th Military Police Detachment was reactivated in March 1998 in support of the 10th Military Police Battalion and Fort Drum.
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