Joint multi-component mobilization training prepares Alaska Guard MPs for deployment

[The Patriot]

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF - RICHARDSON, Alaska - When Army Reserve and National Guard units mobilize and deploy, Soldiers don't just put on their uniforms and head into combat. Instead, units like the 196th Infantry Training Brigade and the 3301st Mobilization Support Battalion train and prepare them for deployments in very specific jobs. One such specialized mobilization training and validation underway is that of an Alaska Army National Guard Military Police Company based in Wasilla, Alaska, where a National Guard military police company is trained and prepared for their upcoming deployment to the Central Command region by Active, Reserve and Guard Forces, with the Air Force assisting as well.

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