Warrior Police Rolling with America's Military Police in the World's Trouble Spots

by Cucullu, Gordon; Fontana, Chris

• ISBN13: 9781250013132
• ISBN10: 1250013135
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-18
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

For the first time ever, an explosive inside look at modern military police units and their role in defending our freedom America has been at war on several fronts since the 9/11 attack. While public attention has focused on Marines, conventional Army units, and Special Operations Forces, a lion's share of the war-fighting has been done, under media radar, by Military Police units. These squad and platoon-sized units patrol dangerous urban streets, build up local police units to improve neighborhood stability, and conduct civic action missions. On many occasions they have rushed into a vicious firefight to come to the assistance of infantry units in desperate straits. They keep villages Taliban-free, monitor balloting sites, and interdict drug shipments. In detention centers at Camp Bucha, Iraq, Bagram, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo, Cuba they guard some of the most dangerous terrorists in history. The story is told by the soldiers themselves, recounting what they have seen and experienced, along with historical context and first-hand field observations by the author team who were provided with unique inside access. Warrior Policetakes readers into the bloody streets of Iraq, the dangerous back-country of Afghanistan, and wherever our Military Police are needed.

Author Biography

Lieutenant Colonel (RET.) Gordon Cucullu is a former Special Forces lieutenant colonel who saw combat in Vietnam and El Salvador. The author of two prior books, he was embedded with U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2008 and twice in Afghanistan in 2008 and twice in Afghanistan 2010. Chris Fontana was a longtime researcher and analyst on terrorism issues and the primary researcher for the book Inside Gitmo. She was embedded with U.S. forces in Afghanistan twice in 2010.

Table of Contents

Testing the Regiment
Nothing but the Flag	p. 3
Military Police Soldiers' 9/11 Awakening	p. 8
Finding a Role for the Military Police: Operation Enduring Freedom	p. 17
Military Police in the Shadows	p. 26
Toppling Saddam: Operation Iraqi Freedom Begins	p. 36
Cul-de-Sac of Death	p. 50
The Year from Hell Begins	p. 66
Fueling the Flame	p. 76
Growing Pains	p. 90
Coalition Under Siege	p. 107
The Cost of War	p. 122
Deep in the Triangle of Death	p. 135
National Guard Weekend	p. 142
Deployment Cycles	p. 150
The Forgotten Theater	p. 160
Betrayal in Karbala	p. 168
Losses … and Gains	p. 188
Rolling with Warfighters and Superstars	p. 193
The Powerhouse MPs	p. 215
Bitter Fruits of Corruption	p. 226
Gobsmacked: A Downrange Reality Check
Grinding It Out	p. 243
The Wild East	p. 257
Taking It to the Taliban	p. 265
Bloodhounds and Dragon Fighters	p. 271
Conclusions	p. 286
Notes on Sources and Acknowledgments	p. 295
List of Casualties	p. 305
Endnotes	p. 313
Index	p. 321
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