{"id":5206,"date":"2021-02-03T17:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T17:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/?p=5206"},"modified":"2021-03-17T11:56:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T11:56:31","slug":"mdng-soldiers-and-u-s-capitol-police-unite-for-security-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2021\/02\/03\/mdng-soldiers-and-u-s-capitol-police-unite-for-security-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"MDNG Soldiers and U.S. Capitol Police Unite for Security Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Sgt. Arcadia Hammack, 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade Public Affairs<\/em><\/sub><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Members of the United States Capitol Police and Soldiers with the Maryland Army National Guard\u2019s 115th Military Police Battalion based in Salisbury, Maryland, participate in a joint-training event in Washington D.C., on Jan. 27, 2021. <\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WASHINGTON D.C. \u2013 The Maryland Army National Guard\u2019s 115th Military Police Battalion provided area security and participated in joint training with the United States Capitol Police on Jan. 27-28, 2021, in Washington, D.C. This interagency collaboration comes in the final days of the security mission in support of the inauguration of President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the 115th MP Bn. was stationed in Washington, D.C., they worked day and night shifts conducting security around the U.S. Capitol perimeter, and have received familiarization training on less-lethal weapons and civil disturbance from the USCP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Guard and the United States Capitol Police both have a long history of serving, and together they have been united in protecting the U.S. Capitol Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Army Spc. Justin Evans, a member of the 115th Military Police Battalion based in Salisbury, Maryland, conducts security along the perimeter during his last shift of the Operation Capitol Grounds mission in Washington D.C., Jan. 28, 2021. <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some of the Soldiers have even been united with family members who serve in the USCP. One Guards member was been able to work alongside his father who has served in USCP for over 27 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been working with my dad who is a Capitol Police Officer. It\u2019s one of those things where we get to work side-by-side for once and it\u2019s cool to see what he does for a living, while he also gets to see what I do,\u201d said U.S. Army Spc. Charles Crouch, a combat engineer with the 253rd<\/sup> Engineer Company. \u201cIt has been a cool bonding experience for us and it\u2019s something we could bring back home to our family.\u201d<\/p>\n

As some of the Soldiers have been working near their homes and they reflected on the changes that Washington, D.C. has undergone.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s just been interesting to see how the city transformed since we got here,\u201d said U.S. Army Cpl. Joseph Patterson, a Soldier in the 115th MP Bn. based in Salisbury, Maryland. \u201cThe first couple of days on ground we went from the small, waist-high barriers, to the eight-foot-tall fences with the razor wire on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Soldiers with the Maryland Army National Guard\u2019s 115th Military Police Battalion based in Salisbury, Maryland, conduct security along a perimeter fence in Washington D.C., on Jan. 27, 2021. <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Patterson said that the U.S Capitol Police checkpoints, military checkpoints, and the vast number of Soldiers that were here when we were at full numbers was pretty extraordinary, and it seems like it will be something unprecedented in history.<\/p>\n

Out of the 800 Maryland National Guards members that deployed to Washington, D.C., approximately 330 of those Soldiers were from the 115th MP Bn. Maryland was one of the first to be on the grounds following the events of Jan. 6 and they returned home Jan. 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite what we do back home, we all came here for a mission and a purpose of a successful inauguration,\u201d said U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Brittany Smith, a Soldier in the 115th MP Bn. \u201cWe\u2019re making it work and we\u2019re making it happen, and the unity is definitely strong here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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