MP school backed up

[Fubar5812]

just thought i would give those of you fresh out of boot a heads up if your planning on going too MP school after MCT

the school is currently backed up by 2 months,i'm here now and MP 14 just picked up this week,i won't be picking up until MP 17-18 sometime in late august early sept (so there saying) you'll be stuck in MATT platoon,working parties galore.it sucks.hard.

also K-9 handler and SGT. quotas have been met for the rest of the year.

ALSO....

MP school starting in october,will be increased too 13 weeks instead of 9,rumor is too earn your cert in humvee driving,but still not completly sure on that one.

any info anyone else has post it up,any questions about the base or MCT i can answer.FT leonardwood is extremely boring if you don't know what too doo/where too go.

[CplKJSpevak]

Yeah Marine, Working parties while waiting on your class to pick up is nothing new, You actually never really escape them (Things got to get done you know!). Are you going to be a Field MP or more like the Base Police? Or don't you know that until you get your orders to FMF?

[Zulu 36]

Yep, you never escape those working parties as a casual, especial when a non-rate. Just be glad you don't have mess duty instead.

[Fubar5812]

working parties are a fact of marine life,just some of them have been quite..."memorable" lol

i hope too get field MP,word is they choose for you and it all depends on the unit your assigned too (whether it is a field or garrison unit) apparently there trying too phase out garrison MP's all together within the next 3 years and replace them with civilians...so it will be just field Mp's.

i don't mind either way,if i go field,i'll try for HRT or K-9 handler

if i go garrison i'll try for SRT.i'll do whatever the corps needs me too do.

[joecoul89]

I ship to boot on the 28th this month, then I will be going to MCT and then MP school sometime in december hopefully....I'm guessing this will affect me?

[CplKJSpevak]

I hope you get field MP, Standing at the front gate looking at DOD stickers all day, Alway's looked to me like the most BORING job in the world. My cousin was joined the Airforce to be an MP But he couldn't make it through their Boot Camp....poor guy

[Try2CatchMike]

A couple of my friends just graduated from various schools, Admin/Landing Support Specialist and 2800/5900 School and everyone has been backed up around 2-3 months. I saw alot of guys go home on recruiters assistance while I was in my waiting platoon. Something to look forward to if you are just out of boot/mct going to your MOS school if they allow it of course.

[bgsuwoody]

Its even better when you get to salute idiots like me a lowly LCPL because my mother is special lol. Never getting rid of that sticker...makes my life easy

[UsmcMotorT]

Wow, Ft Lost in the Woods. That's where I got my first tattoo.

Are the MPs still having to dress in Service Bravos/Charlies? When I was there in 2002, they weren't allowed to get libo (or at least leave base).

[RockSteady85]

Doesn't shock me at all. I tried to get MP when I joined and it was already filled up, and even when I was at boot, everyone I asked seemed to have MP for their MOS. It goes hand in hand with this news.

[Sonic13]

My buddy is an MP, and he said the PT their is pretty hardcore. Meaning they run, ALOT, concidering they have to pretty much outrun everyone else

[sscjoe]

[quote=Sonic13;My buddy is an MP, and he said the PT their is pretty hardcore. Meaning they run, ALOT, concidering they have to pretty much outrun everyone else [/quote]

Wow, things have changed since I was in. The most PT we did was at MP school and that was Army PT, of course I was a winger but I'm sure the field MP's ran their arses off. We had vehicles didn't need to run to far. The organized PT we did mostly consisted of lots of sprints. Not to diminish the wing, we still had to pass our PFT's and adhere to weight standards.

[sscjoe]

[quote=Cwalling;367997]just thought i would give those of you fresh out of boot a heads up if your planning on going too MP school after MCT

the school is currently backed up by 2 months,i'm here now and MP 14 just picked up this week,i won't be picking up until MP 17-18 sometime in late august early sept (so there saying) you'll be stuck in MATT platoon,working parties galore.it sucks.hard.

also K-9 handler and SGT. quotas have been met for the rest of the year".





To stick with the topic. I was DEP'd for 6 months due to no openings and that was over 30 yrs ago and promotions to Cpl were frozen for more than a year.

[millstrong]

Im about to sign 58XX as my first MOS ,my recruiter says prepared to spend the majority of my 4 year contract in Iraq or Afghanistan, training Iraqi/ Afghan Police, or helping out infantry, Any know personally if this is true?

[Zulu 36]

Im about to sign 58XX as my first MOS ,my recruiter says prepared to spend the majority of my 4 year contract in Iraq or Afghanistan, training Iraqi/ Afghan Police, or helping out infantry, Any know personally if this is true?

MPs assigned to fleet units are primarily convoy escorts and POW handlers. K-9s, of course, do explosive detection work and other similar work. MPs in a combat zone also do law enforcement, but that becomes a secondary job. In garrison, assigned to a Base Provost Marshal's Office, law enforcement is the primary job.

Fleet MP units usually provide a platoon for MEU floats.

In Iraq and the 'Stan, MPs are also training civilian and military police units.

It will all depend on what unit you are assigned to as to where and how often you deploy, just like any other Marine combatant unit. I would suspect you will likely see at least two deployments if the war keeps on keeping on.