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Originally Posted by CDAT
They had three to five per three man HMMWV. Now I do not know if that was normal or where they got them, as it is not normal for them to turn them in to EOD but had a couple of companies do this.
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Times change, opinions change........ I can only speak for Desert Storm in 91, and Iraqi Freedom in 03,04,05.
Come to think of it ....... The National Guard MP company that was attached to the same Battalion had AN/PVS-14s for the Driver and TL / SL and the Gunners had the AN/PVS -7Bs (00s). Additionally, this NG MP company had the new lighter and smaller airborne version of the SINCGARS radios.
... (MP companies are swapped between Battalions too.) Consisted of three Active, one National Guard, and a Cavalry Troop.
MPs are odd that way. The MP Battalion deploys sometimes separately without companies and takes over units supplied from other active posts, plus reserve, NG, and loaner elements like supply, signal, cavalry, infantry....... mission depending.