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The course is new to Maryland and helps save money by training Maryland Soldiers at home as opposed to out of state. The RTI and the 200th MP Co. worked together to train Soldiers to deploy.<\/p>\n[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1768″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1500561874506{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1500561885612{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 1px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 1px !important;}”]<\/p>\n
Photos by Maj. (MDDF) Richard Mulderick, 70th RTI Unit Public Affairs Representative<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1500561896322{margin-top: 1px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 1px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Article by Sgt. Regina Glott, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1500561908028{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 1px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 1px !important;}”]REISTERSTOWN, Md. (Aug. 10, 2013) \u2013 Through the 31B reclassification course, the Maryland National Guard\u2019s 70th Regiment provided training to help meet the Guard\u2019s demand for military police officers.<\/p>\n
The 2nd Battalion, 70th Regional Training Institute successfully graduated its first complete 31B MP reclassification course class here at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation in March.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to train Maryland Soldiers in Maryland,\u201d said Master Sgt. Buddy Houston, operations and quality assurance noncommissioned officer for the RTI. \u201cThis is the first time we actually produced MOS [military occupational specialty] qualified soldiers from beginning to end.\u201d<\/p>\n
Previously, Maryland only taught phase one of the course, and Soldiers were sent out of state for the second phase.<\/p>\n
Houston, who is responsible for ensuring the course is in accordance with Training and Doctrine Command standards, indicated the state was in jeopardy of losing the 31B mission, so it ramped up its capabilities to expand the course to teach two phases.<\/p>\n
This expansion was also in response to the high demand for trained MPs to support the 200th MP Company\u2019s deployment.<\/p>\n
The course is new to Maryland and helps save money by training Maryland Soldiers at home as opposed to out of state. The RTI and the 200th MP Co. worked together to train Soldiers to deploy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe received phenomenal assistance from the 200th,\u201d said Houston. \u201cThey provided us with role players to help make the scenarios more realistic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Staff Sgt. Keith Radcliffe, a currently deployed member of the 200th MP Co. with a background in law enforcement, served as a military police instructor for the 31B course and has held the MOS for five years.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy experience as an instructor was very eye-opening to me. Being able to use my talents and experiences to help and teach others to perform the job was very humbling,\u201d said Radcliffe. \u201cI enjoyed teaching, as well as learning, from my students.\u201d<\/p>\n
The process to become an instructor took Radcliffe almost a year to complete, from submitting a packet to teaching two phase one and phase two level courses, to include the boards. The boards, also known as murder boards, are when the student instructors train\u00a0 instructors from the United States Army Military Police School using the same curriculum USAMPS created for the MP Corps.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe selection for becoming an instructor was very hard . . . they took the best of what the MP Corps had to offer in Maryland,\u201d said Radcliffe.<\/p>\n
Six states sent Soldiers to the Maryland 31B reclassification course.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe success of our 31B [program] is due to the collaboration with MP units. Using their equipment, weapons, vehicles and role players to enhance the program, [and] working collaboratively, we will build a successful program,\u201d said Houston.<\/p>\n
The Maryland Army National Guard\u2019s 200th and 290th Military Police Companies, as well as the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment of the 115th Military Police Battalion, are currently deployed to Afghanistan.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe course helped deploying unit members with the basic skills to become an MP and carry out the mission overseas,\u201d said Radcliffe. \u201cThe training was fresh in the students\u2019 minds, and they could apply it right away.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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