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12 Minuteman Winter 2008 972nd Military Police Train for Deployment Maj. Gen. Carter addresses the Soldiers of the 972nd MP Co. at Fort Dix, N.J. By Ryan Morton, Public Affairs Staff, Fort Dix Public Affairs Office After mobilizing more than 8,000 Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen in the first half of 2007, Fort Dix still leads the way in deploying military personnel to fight in the Global War on Terrorism. The 972nd Military Police Company is the most recent unit to complete training at the installation for a tour in Iraq. These Soldiers are part of the Massachusetts National Guard, hailing from Reading, Mass. It is a company sized element training as a Police Transition Team, or PTT, with the mission of training the Iraqi police forces. In preparation for this task the Soldiers performed the Army Training Evaluation Program, or ARTEP. The ARTEP represents the final test a unit must perform to a satisfactory level before deploying. In this particular training scenario, Soldiers go to a police station and give instruction to a group of Iraqi police cadets played by role players called Civilians on the Battlefield, or COBs. The MPs teach the cadets how to perform a patrol down a city or town street. The Soldiers and COBs line up on foot and in Humvees patrolling down the Balad streets. During the patrol, they confront various simulated obstacles such as Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), roadside bombs and sniper fire. They have to complete the patrol and are graded on how they handle the obstacles, train the Iraqi police cadets and completion of the mission. The 972nd MP Co. has been at Fort Dix training since mid-July. This unit, like many National Guard and Reserve units in today’s military, has veterans who have already served in OIF and OEF. “It’s great having these experienced Soldiers here because they offer a lot of training and specific advice on what to do,” 2nd Lt. Chris Cunningham said. This PTT mission has a unique set of variables and one main goal. “Our primary job is transitioning the Iraqi police from a force that’s very dependent on us to instilling in them the knowledge and know-how to become independent,” Cunningham said. ✯
The 65th PAOC Relieves the 10th Lt. Col. Charles H. Perenick Jr., commander of the 65th Public Affairs Operation Center, Sgt. Maj. Domenic J. Dinatale, chief public affairs noncommissioned officer of the 65th PAOC, uncasing the units guideon in a transfer of authority ceremony at the Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad. The 65th PAOC is relieving the 10th PAOC from Fort Macpherson, Ga. The 65th is scheduled to run CPIC operations in Iraq until the summer of 2008. By Spc. James T. Deady, 65th Public Affairs Operation Center, Multi-National Force-Iraq Crowded into the press conference room where key coalition and Iraqi leaders address inter - national media agencies, Soldiers from the 65th and 10th Public Affairs Operation Centers sat in anticipation of a ceremony where warm welcomes and poignant farewells followed. The transfer of authority ceremony, held Sept. 8, welcomed the incoming 65th PAOC, Massachusetts Army National Guard from Lexington. Farewells and praise were aimed at the 10th PAOC based out of Fort McPherson, Ga., after completing a deployment, which lasted over a year, to operate the Multi-National Force-Iraq Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad. The 65th PAOC is the first National Guard unit to run the CPIC. The 65th PAOC assumed the responsibilities of the CPIC in Baghdad from the 10th PAOC. Tasking consists of media escorting, media embedding, media credentialing, inter - national media engagement teams, operations and briefings, and the media press desk. CPIC operations are high level missions with a broad span of tasks.Lt. Col. Charles H. Perenick, 65th PAOC commander and MNF-I director of the CPIC, is pleased and confident in his team’s ability to accept the challenging roles. “I know my staff and I will do an outstanding job while we’re here and we’re honored to be the first National Guard unit to operate the CPIC,” said Perenick. “Everything we learned as a unit in Massachusetts helps us to be professional, diverse, flexible and open-minded.” Running the CPIC isn’t the first time the Massachusetts Army National Guard it has set precedence. The Massachusetts National Guard marked its primacy when it began Dec. 13, 1636, as the Massachusetts Militia. When the Revolutionary War began April 19, 1775, in Lexington, Mass., Massachusetts Guard members were the first on the battlefield. It is fitting that members are still immortalizing its heritage. The 65th PAOC, activated on June 2, trained for their deployment to Iraq at Fort Dix, N.J. The unit will be deployed in Iraq until the summer of 2008, at which time they will receive their farewell and welcome another National Guard unit to replace and run the CPIC. ✯ The Force of Freedom 13
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The 65th PAOC Relieves the 10th<br />
Lt. Col. Charles H. Perenick Jr., commander of the 65th Public Affairs Operation Center, Sgt. Maj. Domenic J.<br />
Dinatale, chief public affairs noncommissioned officer of the 65th PAOC, uncasing the units guideon in a transfer of<br />
authority ceremony at the Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad. The 65th PAOC is relieving the 10th<br />
PAOC from Fort Macpherson, Ga. The 65th is scheduled to run CPIC operations in Iraq until the summer of 2008.<br />
By Spc. James T. Deady, 65th Public Affairs Operation<br />
Center, Multi-National Force-Iraq<br />
Crowded into the press conference room where<br />
key coalition and Iraqi leaders address inter -<br />
national media agencies, Soldiers from the 65th<br />
and 10th Public Affairs Operation Centers sat in<br />
anticipation of a ceremony where warm<br />
welcomes and poignant farewells followed.<br />
The transfer of authority ceremony, held Sept. 8,<br />
welcomed the incoming 65th PAOC,<br />
Massach<strong>us</strong>etts Army National Guard from<br />
Lexington. Farewells and praise were aimed at<br />
the 10th PAOC based out of Fort McPherson, Ga.,<br />
after completing a deployment, which lasted over<br />
a year, to operate the Multi-National Force-Iraq<br />
Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad.<br />
The 65th PAOC is the first National Guard unit to<br />
run the CPIC. The 65th PAOC assumed the<br />
responsibilities of the CPIC in Baghdad from the<br />
10th PAOC. Tasking consists of media escorting,<br />
media embedding, media credentialing, inter -<br />
national media engagement teams, operations<br />
and briefings, and the media press desk.<br />
CPIC operations are high level missions with a<br />
broad span of tasks.Lt. Col. Charles H. Perenick,<br />
65th PAOC commander and MNF-I dire<strong>ct</strong>or of the<br />
CPIC, is pleased and confident in his team’s<br />
ability to accept the challenging roles.<br />
“I know my staff and I will do an outstanding job<br />
while we’re here and we’re honored to be the first<br />
National Guard unit to operate the CPIC,” said<br />
Perenick. “Everything we learned as a unit in<br />
Massach<strong>us</strong>etts helps <strong>us</strong> to be professional,<br />
diverse, flexible and open-minded.”<br />
Running the CPIC isn’t the first time the<br />
Massach<strong>us</strong>etts Army National Guard it has set<br />
precedence. The Massach<strong>us</strong>etts National Guard<br />
marked its primacy when it began Dec. 13, 1636,<br />
as the Massach<strong>us</strong>etts Militia. When the<br />
Revolutionary War began April 19, 1775, in<br />
Lexington, Mass., Massach<strong>us</strong>etts Guard<br />
members were the first on the battlefield. It is<br />
fitting that members are still immortalizing its<br />
heritage.<br />
The 65th PAOC, a<strong>ct</strong>ivated on June 2, trained for<br />
their deployment to Iraq at Fort Dix, N.J. The unit<br />
will be deployed in Iraq until the summer of 2008,<br />
at which time they will receive their farewell and<br />
welcome another National Guard unit to replace<br />
and run the CPIC. ✯<br />
The Force of Freedom 13
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