290th Military Police Brigade

290th Military Police Brigade
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Country	United States
Branch	Army Reserve
Type	Military Police Brigade
Role	Military Police
Size	Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Nashville, Tennessee
Motto(s)	Custody with Honor[1]
Colors	Green and Gold
Commanders
Current commander	COL Pete A. Vanderland
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 290th Military Police Brigade is a Military Police unit of the United States Army.

History

• Constituted in the US Army Reserve on 1 November 1971, as HHC, 290th MP Brigade, activated at Nashville, Tennessee and assigned to the Third US Army.
• Reassigned 1 October 1973, to the First United States Army.
• Reassigned to the Second United States Army on 1 October 1983. Inactivated on 15 October 1985, at Nashville, Tennessee.
• Reactivated to the 200th Military Police Command on 17 September 2010.

Insignia

The partizans were medieval weapons. They are crossed to indicate control of exit and entry. The circular embattled area is symbolic of the prisoner of war camps and military security facilities commanded and operated by the brigade. The two partizans, nine sides of the nonagon and circular center allude to the numerical designation (2-9-0) of the unit.^[2]

Subordinate Units

• 160th Military Police Battalion (Detention)

Commander: LTC Thomas Lemoine

Battalion CSM: CSM Daniel Williams

• 304th Military Police Battalion
• 317th Military Police Battalion (Combat Support)
• 535th Military Police Battalion
• 724th Military Police Battalion

References

1. U.S. Army heraldic crests: a complete illustrated history of authorized Distinctive Unit Insignia By Barry Jason Stein, Peter Joseph Capelotti
2. Stein, Barry Jason; Capelotti, Peter Joseph. U.S. Army heraldic crests: a complete illustrated history of authorized Distinctive Unit Insignia. University of South Carolina Press.