CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marines with Military Police Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group held their last formation as a unit during a deactivation ceremony aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 2.
The ceremony was officiated by Capt. Charles “Chip” Hemcher, the MP Company commanding officer, who offered a few words of recognition to the Marines with the company.
“I think it is important to understand where this company has been,” Hemcher explained. “We can’t forget the legacy we leave behind. The name of the MPs has changed several times, but not the product.”
Hemcher highlighted some things the law-enforcing Marines accomplished during recent deployments as part of the logistics command.
“CLR-27 MP Company and its predecessor units have provided military police forces in support of the global war against terrorism at a dear cost in both Iraq and Afghanistan,” Hemcher, a King of Prussia, Pa., native expressed during his remarks. “Nine Marines killed in action worked here, lived here and were deployed from this unit.”
Hemcher also emphasized the 45 Purple Hearts awarded to MPs for injuries sustained while supporting Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
“If you think about it, that is one Purple Heart [medal per] quarter since the war began in 2001,” Hemcher added. “It is fully appropriate that we deactivate this company with the memories of those who built it.”
Furthermore, Master Sgt. Brian K. Milburn, from Bath, Pa., the company first sergeant, also had something to say about the Marines he was relinquishing to the next command.
“I think the [Marines with the] company are going to do great things when they move over to the new battalion,” Milburn said. “I have all my trust and confidence in all these military policemen behind me that they will be able to go forward with their mission.”
Troops with CLR-27’s MP Company will be consolidated with other MP companies later this month into a large battalion called Law Enforcement Battalion, which will fall directly under II Marine Expeditionary Force.
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