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June 12, 2008

Shooting on the move

Pfc. Travis Woolsey, gunner, 978th Military Police Company, fires the .50-caliber machine gun during a live fire exercise at McGregor Range, N.M. Photo by Maj. Deanna Bague.

Soldiers from the 978th Military Police Company follow a convoy during a convoy live-fire exercise at McGregor Range, N.M. Photo by Maj. Deanna Bague.

 

Shooting on the move

978th MP Co. prepares for Iraq deployment

Maj. Deanna Bague, Fort Bliss Public Affairs

MCGREGOR RANGE, N.M. – Military police officers from the 978th Military Police Company have been training for several months in preparation for their upcoming deployment to Iraq.

“We’re going to be doing numerous missions down there and that’s what the battalion prepared us for,” said Cassidy. “Any scenario that we can think of was thrown at us just so that Soldiers aren’t caught blindsided.”

The training focused on police training team missions, convoy escorts, security, reaction to an improvised explosive device, and dealing with the civilian populace, said Sgt. 1st Class Michael Cassidy, platoon sergeant, 978th MP Co.

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