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153rd Military Police Company (CS)
April 07, 2011
"Proven in Combat"
The unit was established September 1996 and is located in Delaware City, Delaware. In the first several years the unit completed missions in Panama (1997, 1998), and the Dominican Republic (1999).
In 2000, the unit participated in a large regional exercise, Operation Blue Crab at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. In 2001 the 153rd traveled to Ft. Bliss, Texas and white Sands Missile Range, New Mexico to participate in Operation Roving Sands.
In April of 2002 the unit was ordered to active duty in support of Operation Desert Spring and later Operation Iraqi Freedom. This was the largest mobilization of the Delaware Army National Guard since World War II. The unit mobilized through Ft. Dix, New Jersey and proceeded to Eskan Village, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The unit was responsible for Force Protection for ARCENT-SA from September 2002 to May 2003.
2003 through 2005 saw intensive efforts to retrain and re-equip the unit. In August 2005 members of the unit deployed to Gulfport Mississippi in response to Hurricane Katrina. The unit conducted law and order and humanitarian aid missions for 31 days.
In 2007, the unit participated in Operation Jump Start along the Arizona/Mexico border. United States Customs and Border Patrol was supported by operating entry identification teams in the Arizona Desert. Over 500 illegal immigrants and 2.5 million dollars worth of illegal drugs were seized.
In April 2007 the unit was again called to federal service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. This marked the first time a Delaware National Guard Unit was deployed twice under Operation Iraqi Freedom. The unit mobilized through Ft. Dix and deployed to Baghdad and Kalsu, Iraq in September 2007.
The unit participated in the training of Iraqi police officers, and personal security detail (PSD) for the 18th Military Police Brigade's Police Training Team (PTT). The 153rd also conducted PSD missions for the MNC-I commanding general, as well as humanitarian missions throughout Iraq. The average Soldier logged over 220 combat patrols. The unit returned without casualities in May 2008.