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FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Honor roll students from West Creek Middle School, Clarksville, Tennessee, visited the 716th Military Police Battalion to experience a day in the life of an MP May 15.
The 716th MP Bn., 101st Sustainment Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, partnered with WCMS faculty, teachers and staff to recognize honor roll students for their dedication to academic excellence throughout the year with a field trip to spend the day visiting with Fort Campbell’s military police.
These students were the top students in the school, which teaches grade levels sixth through eighth.
“This group of students made all A’s throughout the school year,” said Michael Moseley, WCMS’s assistant principle. He also said that nearly 60 percent of his students have a military affiliation.
“This event was one of a series of four,” said Capt. Jonerik Livingston, a school partnership volunteer and military intelligence officer with the 716th MP Bn. “The battalion has been partnering with West Creek Middle School this year and has participated in the school's annual end-of-school test pep rally, testing support for the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program and with the middle schools field days.”
The visit served as the culminating event in the school’s partnership with the battalion, and the day kicked off with a ceremony.
“The Students had the opportunity to see the 716th Military Police Battalion’s Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment change of command ceremony,” said Livingston. The ceremony represented tradition, pride, discipline and teamwork of the military police.
Shortly after the conclusion of the ceremony, the children participated in hands-on demonstrations of military police specific equipment used daily by Fort Campbell’s military police. Students called each other with radios, looked through optics and night vision devices, held the belt military police wear on duty to feel the weight of the uniform, observed medics performing buddy-aid, and watched a military policeman use a stun gun on his partner to demonstrate the effectiveness of non-lethal means to apprehend a perpetrator.
After wrapping up the hands-on portion, the children had lunch with the battalion commander, Lt. Col. Leevaine Williams Jr., at the Oasis Dining Facility. After a short lunch, the students continued their field trip with the military police and completed the last items left on their itinerary.
They students visited the 101st Airborne Division headquarters and toured the vestibule where the division displays its history through portraits, streamers and sculptures. The students then left for an information session on The Sabalauski Air Assault School by a senior Air Assault sergeant. Finally, the students received a demonstration by the battalion’s military working dogs at the Fort Campbell kennels.
“The event was very successful, rewarding students for their hard work throughout the year as well as facilitating community outreach between the 716th Military Police Battalion and our partner school, West Creek Middle School,” said Livingston. “Events like this reward students for hard work motivating them prior to summer break.”
| Date Taken: | 06.15.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 06.30.2015 14:06 |
| Story ID: | 168619 |
| Location: | FORT CAMPBELL, KY, US |
| Hometown: | FORT CAMPBELL, KY, US |
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