1138th Military Police Company The 1138th Military Police Company ( MP Co ) was federally recognized in January 1968 . Company headquarters are located at West Plains , Missouri and a detachment is located at Springfield , Missouri . The company is an Enemy Prisoner of War ( EPW ) Company , the only such Company in the state of Missouri . Since federal recognition , the company has deployed to Panama and the Middle East to support combat actions and has performed humanitarian and security missions within the United States . History . The 1138th Military Police Company ( MP Co ) was federally recognized and assigned to West Plains , Missouri with a detachment in Doniphan , Missouri on 15 January 1968 . Company headquarters , one platoon , and the machine gun section were located at West Plains and the detachment at Doniphan was made up of the remaining two platoons . On 1 July 1993 the platoons at Doniphan were realigned to the 735th Support Battalion at Poplar Bluff , Missouri . The 1138th then added a detachment at Springfield , Missouri . Although it was planned to move the 1135th MP Co to West Plains to replace the 1138th in connection with this reorganization , the plan was cancelled and the West Plains company kept its 1138th number . On 1 October 1996 , a second detachment of the company was assigned at Mountain Grove , Missouri . In 1998 the Mountain Grove detachment was inactivated . The 1138th MP Co was reorganized as a combat support military police company on 1 October 1996 . On 1 October 1998 , the 1138th MP CO was once again organized as an Enemy Prisoner of War ( EPW ) Company ; the only EPW Company in the state of Missouri . Support for civilian emergencies . On 20 June 1993 the company was mobilized for state emergency ( Flood ) duty . While mobilized , the unit served in northeast Missouri for approximately three months maintaining law and order . After the attacks of 11 September 2001 , the 1138th was mobilized as part of Operation Noble Eagle , a military operation providing military support for increased security at potential terrorist targets . The company served on active duty from 1 October 2001 through 21 September 2002 , performing law and order duties at Fort Leonard Wood , Missouri . On 31 August 2005 the company deployed with the 175th MP Bn to Jefferson Parish , Louisiana to support relief operations after Hurricane Katrina . While deployed in Louisiana , the 1138th performed law and order operations and area security missions , returning on 21 September 2005 . In 2009 while preparing for yet another active duty deployment to Iraq , the Ozarks region of rural Missouri was hit by a harsh wave of winter weather and in January the unit deployed a contingent to aid winter storm victims in Southeast Missouri for Operation January Ice . Combat support deployments . In December , 1989 , the company was called into active service for Operation Just Cause ( Panama ) . It was the first Army National Guard unit activated since the Vietnam War . As part of its traditional internment and resettlement mission , the 1138th established a detainee camp at Empire Range , Panama where it handled both civilian and military detainees . On 15 November 1990 , the unit was mobilized and deployed to Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm . It remained in Saudi Arabia for five months guarding EPWs . The 1138th deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom , serving on active duty from 10 February 2003 through 21 December 2003 . Upon arrival in the Middle East , the unit conducted customs , physical security , and law and order missions throughout Kuwait and in Doha , Qatar . After Operation January Ice concluded in 2009 , the company began its preparation for a detainee operations mission in Baghdad , Iraq . While preparing for deployment , nearly fifty 1138th soldiers were transferred to the 1140th MP Co , another Missouri Army National Guard unit preparing to deploy to Afghanistan . The 1138th backfilled its ranks with " In - Lieu - Of " military policemen from twenty - three other Missouri Army National Guard units . On 21 May 2009 , the unit reported to Camp Clark , Missouri for pre - mobilization training . The unit then reported for post - mobilization Training at Fort Bliss , Texas and after completing a twenty day long mission evaluation exercise , deployed to Iraq , to support Operation Iraqi Freedom 09 - 10 .