43rd Military Police Brigade ( United States ) The 43rd Military Police Brigade is a military police brigade of the United States Army . Organization . Within the Rhode Island Army National Guard , the 43D Military Police Brigade exercises command and control over the 118th Military Police Battalion , and its three ( 3 ) separate Military Police companies . In addition , the Brigade has a Medium Truck Company attached . The 1207th Transportation Company , Rhode Island Army National Guard , is located at Camp Fogarty . The 1207th is also the parent organization of an Organizational Maintenance Shop in Rhode Island . Soldiers in this unit are trained as truck drivers and mechanics . The Company ' s mission is to provide for the movement of both dry and refrigerated containerized cargo , bulk water and bulk petroleum products by motor transport . History . The headquarters of the 43rd Military Police Brigade is located in Warwick , Rhode Island . The 43rd Military Police Brigade was constituted March 4 , 1959 and allotted to the Rhode Island Army National Guard as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment , 103d Replacement Battalion . Organized and Federally recognized April 1 , 1959 at Providence . Converted and redesignated March 18 , 1963 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 43d Engineer Group . Converted and redesignated May 1 , 1968 as Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment , 43d Military Police Brigade . Reorganized and redesignated May 1 , 1976 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 43d Military Police Brigade . One of the next major state activations came in 1978 . The " Blizzard of ' 78 " crippled the state and forced all units to be called to duty from February 6 – 16 , 1978 . The 43rd organized traffic control to allow engineers to perform snow removal . MP ' s were stationed throughout the downtown area to prevent looting . There had not been a statewide call up since the " Hurricane of ' 38 " , thirty - nine years earlier . Global War on Terror . Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 43rd Military Police Brigade , mobilized in April 2002 , then deployed from Fort Dix , New Jersey , in May 2002 to the US Naval Base , Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . There they replaced the 89th Military Police Brigade as the new headquarters element for Joint Task Force – 160 ( JTF - 160 ) . In early 2002 , the US Southern Command ( SOUTHCOM ) established JTF - 160 and JTF - 170 to operate a detention and interrogation facility at the naval base . In November of the same year , the two task forces consolidated to become Joint Task Force – Guantanamo ( JTF - GTMO ) . During this period , US military personnel from all five services planned and executed a mission to safely and humanely detain suspected terrorists . Soldiers redeployed in November / December 2002 and demobilized in January 2003 . On January 28 , 2003 , the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff awarded the Joint Meritorious Unit Award ( JMUA ) to Headquarters , JTF - 160 , for exceptionally meritorious achievement during the period January 4 to October 31 , 2002 . Operation Iraqi Freedom . Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 43rd Military Police Brigade , mobilized in August 2005 , deploying to Iraq . The mission was to provide Command and Control ( C2 ) for all Theater Internment Facilities ( TIF ) in support of Task Force 134 and Multi - National Force – Iraq . Additionally the brigade managed the training and integration of Iraqi Corrections Officers and initiated the transfer of authority for all TIF ' s to the government of Iraq in support of UNSCR 1546 . While deployed , the brigade commanded five MP battalions , twenty - three companies , two brigade liaison detachments , and two coalition forces detachments totaling approximately 5 , 000 assigned soldiers , sailors , airmen , marines , and coalition forces at five separate detention facilities throughout the country . The 43rd oversaw the closure of the Abu Ghraib TIF in July 2006 , built a new detention facility at Camp Cropper , and expanded Camp Bucca making it the largest detention facility in the world . The 43rd MP Bde was also responsible for the development of the Iraqi Corrections Officer Academy , which trained over 1600 Iraqi Correction Officers . The 43rd Military Police Brigade was awarded the Meritorious Unit Citation for " Exceptionally Meritorious Service " during combat operations . Operation Enduring Freedom . Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company , 43rd Military Police Brigade , mobilized in March 2011 , deploying to Afghanistan . The unit had control of detention operations along with the Afghan National Police at Bagram Airbase . They returned home to Rhode Island on March 7 , 2012 . Shoulder Sleeve Insignia . The shoulder sleeve insignia was approved on May 16 , 1969 , consisting of a green shield with a yellow wall of two crenelles above three green wavy bars , issuing from base and surmounted overall a white pike all within a yellow border . The fortification above the wavy bars alludes to the wall surrounding the 15th century city of Rhodes , capital of the Island of Rhodes in the eastern Mediterranean after which Rhode Island was named . The wavy bars also represent Narragansett Bay and the many waterways of the state . The pike , any early weapon used by guards symbolizes the 43d Military Police Brigade ' s ability to give protection and strong support .