reply to post by Ragnarok691
The military is always changing MOS and rate names. They do like the civies and combine jobs to save manpower. That is the purpose here. Make an
entirely new MOS to man the brigs and keep MPs in the field. A military brig is a mean place to be and they need specialized people. Sending an MP to
the brig for 4 years, then xfering them to the field can be mentally disrupting.
This is completely false, you're entitled to your opinion, but I will kindly show you how you're wrong.
You state that the military is always changing MOS and rate names. Yes, that is correct, in fact the MP Corp was changed from 95B and 95C to 31
series in 2003, but to be specific, in this instance, it is the Department of the Army, not the military. Also, this is not a name change.....now if
this 31E was a change from 31C you'd be correct, but it's not, it is in addition to.
So why? It is redundant, 31Cs are already trained in every aspect of what these 31Es will do.
That is of course, unless you needed a large portion of MPs who 1. could be trained specifically for this kind of work (remember, MOS is mission
occupation specialty) just like a Charlie, and 2. A new group of fighting MPs who would be for the most part new to the military and relegated to
CONUS considering their ARNG status.
A military brig is a mean place......that's pretty eloquent, but don't see your point. What you fail to understand is that the MP Corp, while the
smallest branch in the US Army, is also one of the most specialized. So you're making it sound as if they didn't have specialized personnel for
this, and that is false.
Ever been to a US Army Regional Confinement Facility (RCF)? As a military police investigator, I was attached to one of the largest in the US, and
trust me, Charlies are very very specialized in every aspect of prisoner care, searches and seizures, riot controls, as well as all other Military
Police Aspects.
That's what stinks about this, if they wanted to get MPs with more specialized training concerning Interment/Resettlement Camps, they could have just
made this a new Identifier.
There are many specialized identifiers in the MP corps,
Investigator
K9
Protective Services
Domestic Violence
Special Reaction Team
Traffic
Drug Suppression
....to name a few, but you don't see them making a new MOS for every one of them.
Hmmmn, unless you needed a sh#$ load for a potential scenario that's coming.