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By Staff Sgt. Morgan Self
BAGHDAD — The 212th “Dragoon” Military Police Company, attached to Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center, has arrived in theater and has completed a transfer of authority with the 94th Military Police Company, taking over military police responsibilities in the Baghdad area.
The 212th MP Company recently relocated from Wiesbaden Army Airfield in Germany to Fort Bliss, Texas, and became part of the 93rd Military Police Battalion, 89th Military Police Brigade, III Corps. Within a matter of months, the company received orders to deploy to Iraq.
The company conducted several training exercises in order to prepare for their pending deployment to Iraq, including a three-week exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La., and a week-long theater entry course at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
“The company performed extremely well during the JRTC exercise at Fort Polk and the soldiers were happy to get the opportunity to train on convoy operations before taking on missions in theater,” said Capt. Vanessa Diez, commander of the 212th MP Company, STB and a Houston native.
Soldiers with the unit the 212th MP Company is replacing, the 94th MP Company, welcomed the Dragoon soldiers, spending long hours and late nights ensuring the newcomers understood the area of operations, the mission and the key personnel in the STB.
“It’s important to set the incoming soldiers up for success and to take pride in the missions we are handing off, in hopes that our pride will become their pride since the Army is one team and one fight,” said Master Sgt. Roy Moweary, operations sergeant with the 94th MP Company and a Londonderry, N.H., native.
“The 94th MP Company has set the bar high in Baghdad,” said 1st Sgt. Edward Henderson, first sergeant of the 212th MP Company, STB and a West Mifflin, Pa., native. “The 212th MP Company will not ruin their reputation or efforts and will excel at all the upcoming missions entrusted to the soldiers of this company.”
“This is your home now and these are your missions,” Moweary advised the incoming Dragoon soldiers. “Take pride in the mission, and promote teamwork within the unit and the missions will be successful.”
Diez said that while some of her soldiers are inexperienced in deployed environments, their training and determination will carry them through.
“This is the first deployment for more than half of my soldiers, but I know the Dragoons’ overwhelming drive to achieve victory will motivate the entire company to work towards perfection,” she said.
The commander of the unit to which the Dragoon Company is attached is confident the company can live up to the high standards set by their predecessors with the 94th MP Company.
“The Special Troops Battalion has high expectations for the 212th MP Company following the success of 94th MP Company in Baghdad,” said Lt. Col. Shilisa Geter, commander of STB, 2nd AAB, 1st Inf. Div., USD-C and a McRae, Ga., native. “The battalion believes the 212th MP Company will rise to meet the challenge ahead and re-deploy as a part of the Dagger family.”
| Date Taken: | 04.21.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 04.30.2011 06:36 |
| Story ID: | 69616 |
| Location: | BAGHDAD, IQ |
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