The 35th Military Police Brigade (Combat Support) is a unit of the Missouri Army National Guard, located at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. Activated in September 2020, the brigade provides command and control of the stateâÂÂs major military police formations, including the 175th and 205th Military Police Battalions.
With the formation as of 2020, this combines all Military Police Battalions of the Missouri Guard into one Combat Support Brigade.
The 35th Military Police Brigade was activated in September 2020 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, as part of a larger restructuring within the Missouri Army National Guard. The new headquarters brought MissouriâÂÂs military police and transportation forces under a single command, including the 175th and 205th Military Police Battalions and the 220th Transportation Battalion.
Although the brigade itself is relatively new, its subordinate units have long records of service overseas and at home.
MissouriâÂÂs military police battalions were heavily involved in the Global War on Terrorism. Companies from the 175th and 205th MP Battalions deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan, where they provided convoy security, detainee operations, police training, and force protection.
Missouri MPs also deployed to Kosovo in the early 2000s as part of NATOâÂÂs KFOR mission, conducting peacekeeping and security patrols. These operations are considered part of the lineage of todayâÂÂs 35th MP Brigade.
At the state level, Missouri MPs have been called on regularly for disaster response and civil support missions. Soldiers were mobilized during the Great Flood of 1993 and have returned for subsequent Missouri River floods in 2007, 2011, 2017, and 2019, assisting with traffic control, levee security, and relief operations.
MP units were also activated in 2014 during the Ferguson unrest, where they provided security support to law enforcement.
Most recently, during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020âÂÂ2021), Missouri MPs helped operate testing and vaccination sites, secured medical facilities, and provided logistics and transportation support.