Military Policing

captiva303

captiva303

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Australia has recently taken to recruiting military police directly . Ie a civilian gets recruited to be an MP they do recruit training and the MP course and bam they become an MP... Previous to this all MPs were internally recruited once a soldier became a corparel they could become an MP if their hearts so desired...

There has been a bit of an outcry from within the army about these new MPs. As they have no experience within the wider army. They won't understand the unique requirements of service. Etc etc...


I understand many other countries already do this. What do you think of this ? Do you really need experience ? Or what?
There is also a bit of concern about the uselessness of the new MP privates as they have no powers until the obtain rank.

Looking at you :shock: highwayman :D
 
As long as the training is up to scratch, there is no issue? That method works well enough in the British military.

I suppose it would perhaps be better if they had previous experience of the military but it's hardly necessary?

It's no different to many of the other units within the military that recruit civilians.
 
When I first done my training I enlisted straight into the RMP. I received full training over 7 months and passed out ready to go to work. On completion of training, I was promoted straight to LCpl. At week 8 of training(after basic soldier training) we received our voluntary transfers (trained soldiers from other units) for police training. It has all changed now. All soldiers, regardless of unit, go to an initial training centre. On completion of ITC, the recruits go to a Service Police College, where all service police army, navy and air force, receive their police training. It works very well as the UK has some of the most highly trained and professional Service Police units in the world. Here in the UK, a number of civilian police forces consult the RMP over various matters and we work very closely together. In some garrison towns, we even have joint civilian/military police stations to foster even closer working relationships. ;)
 
Exactly, I'm very proud of the inter service co-operation and working practices of the service and civilian police in not only the UK but all round the world where UK service police are based. :)
 
I was told that two on the most unappreciated jobs in the military are MP’s and cooks. Everybody is looking at them, all the time, and they work 365 days a year.
 
muscogeemike said:
I was told that two on the most unappreciated jobs in the military are MP’s and cooks. Everybody is looking at them, all the time, and they work 365 days a year.
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They use to call the Army Catering Corps the Aldershot Cement Company.

I must admit we had some good cooks and good grub in the RAF, but the quality of the food always depended on the Catering Officer. Some units I was on the grub wasn't fit for human consumption, while others were brilliant.

In the RAF everyone worked 365 days a year, especially on an operational station.

My Granddad served in the Middlesex regiment during WW1, he hated the Military Police as much as he hated the Germans.
 
I guess it's just something we will have to get used to the direst entry MPs. It's obvious that it has worked every where else for long enough...

As for cooks I would rather have an army cook than the civvies we get in most messes. They don't care at all...


We call army cooks fitter and turners here in oz.. They fit good food into pots and turn it into sh!t ... Hehe
 
I once investigated a barrack room assault. I asked if there were any suspects to which. the CSM replied "100s" I asked why? he said he's the regimental cook! :D
 
BritinAfrica said:
They use to call the Army Catering Corps the Aldershot Cement Company.
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Aldershot was my first company fresh out of training, it was brilliant!!! There were a large number of training units, plenty for a new RMP LCpl with a shiny stripe to get their teeth into. ;) From baby Paras, Cooks Drivers, Medics, Blanket Stackers, Engineers, Guards, Nurses (especially the nurses! ;) ) There were a number of nick names the ACC had from, "Andy Capp's Commandos", "Aldershot Concrete Company", "Any C*** can Cook", "Slop jockies" There was a parade one day, and someone could be shouting at the regi cook - "You're a C***!!!" The CSM shouted out, "Who called the cook a c***?" To which someone shouted straight back, "Who called the c*** a cook!!!" :D :D :D It was a sad day when they were absorbed into the Royal Logistic Corps NOT!!! (or really large corps as it came to be known with it consisting off 3 or 4 other Corps) ;)
 
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WHAT IS A MILITARY POLICEMAN ?

Somewhere between the innocence of a recruit and a Provost Marshal, we find a creature officially known as a Military Policeman.

This species comes in all shapes and sizes but all the same creed, to annoy and harass as many as possible and to inundate with 252’s anyone who passes within a 3 mile radius of the Military Police Station.

Military Policemen are found everywhere, on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, lying beside, or jumping on practically everything and anything.

They are always around when one wants to see them least. Officers salute them, girls love them but everyone else hates them. A Military Policeman is truth with a copy of Garrison Standing Orders in his hand, beauty with a slashed peak over his eyes, wisdom when writing in his notebook and the hope of the future when he sees you with a leave pass.

He likes tea in large quantities, bull, reporting people and leave. He hates the NCO I/C, work in any form, RSM’s anyone in general and you in particular.

When you are in a hurry he stops you and when you want information or help his mind turns to jelly and he refers you elsewhere.

He has the appetite of a horse; ask any cook, a never ending thirst for tea, the lungs of a Sergeant Major, the audacity to ask an officer for his ID card and the enthusiasm of a wet squid.

A Military Policeman is a horrible creature who can be ignored but never avoided. You can never forget him, wherever you are, whenever you are about to do something wrong, he appears from nowhere!

You see him when you are drunk, sober and even in your dreams!

You might as well give up! He is your captor, jailor, Lord and master. He is an unintelligent scowling pinnacle of Justice, who can smash all your hopes of a pleasant weekend by yelling in your ear, as he escorts you to the Guardroom:

“IT’s WORTH AT LEAST FOURTEEN DAYS!”

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