Protective Services Battalion
| U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion | |
|---|---|
| File:U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion Seal.png U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion Seal | |
| Country | File:Flag of the United States.svg United States of America |
| Branch | File:Flag of the United States Army.svg United States Army |
| Role | Security detail |
| Size | 40-50 Special Agents (1998)[1] |
| Part of | 701st Military Police Group, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command.[2] |
| Garrison/HQ | Fort Belvoir, Virginia |
| Motto | Tutela Universitas Prolixus |
The Protective Services Battalion (officially the U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion, shortened to USAPSB) is a United States Army military police unit responsible for the protection of the United States Secretary of Defense, the United States Army Chief of Staff, and other senior civilian and military officials of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. Army.[3]
History
[edit | edit source]The USAPSB's peacetime protection operations can be traced back to the assignment of executive protection responsibilities within the DoD to the 1st Military Police Detachment in the late 1960s during heightened domestic unrest caused by the Vietnam War.[4] In 1971, subsequent to the establishment of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command as a major Army command, the Protective Services Activity was established to manage Department of Defense protective missions. During the build-up to the 1991 Gulf War, the PSA was reorganized as the Protective Services Unit (PSU). In October 2005, the unit was again reorganized as the Protective Services Battalion. In 2007, it was again reorganized to become the U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion.[4]
Composition
[edit | edit source]Around a quarter of all Special Agents assigned to the Criminal Investigation Command are assigned to the USAPSB.[5]
See also
[edit | edit source]- United States Air Force Security Forces
- United States Secret Service
- Royal Military Police Close Protection Unit
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