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At the Military History Institute at Carlisle, PA, there was one MP who supervised numerous security guards. Ft. Campbell, KY is still a MP operation.
4v50 Gary,
There are MP's on post who take care of the traffic and law-enforcement duties, as always. However, they've replaced the gate guards with private security. Unless of course they've fired all of them and gone back to MP's since I was there on the 5th. I've seen stranger things on that post.
As far as West Point Officers go, I've seen some really good ring-knocekers (CPT Matt Bowler, class of '95 or '96 IIRC), but I've also seen some really wretched ones, who's names I'll leave out. One of the LT's that I worked for at Campbell was a graduate of the class of 2000 and I had no respect at all for him. We had a Private in our section come up hot on a urinalysis for marijuana, for which he recieved a Field Grade Article 15. This same soldier blows off a weekend of Extra-Duty and Restriction, gets caught using another soldiers' meal card at the dining facility, and is stopped by the MP's for speeding and driving on a suspended license, all within 6 days. The CG revoked the kids' on-post driving privileges for one year, in accordance with published policy. Well, the LT didn't want to impose on the soldiers' wife, so he told the soldier to continue driving on-post, but to be careful, so as to not be caught. In other words, this West Point graduate told a Private to disregard a lawful order from the Commanding General, an order that the LT was duty bound to enforce, not countermand. After that I lost all respect for that officer. He failed the CG and that soldier.
Frank