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JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. - After more than five decades since their activation in Germany, the 42nd Military Police Brigade officially cased its colors in an inactivation ceremony on Watkins Field at Joint Base Lewis McChord, May 29. Lt. Gen. Matthew W. McFarlane, America’s First Corps commanding general, presided over the ceremony and interim command sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. Donald Durgin Jr., along with Col. Jessie J. Brewster, 42nd MP BDE Commander and Command Sgt. Maj. Brian J. Waananen, 42nd MP BDE command sergeant major, were in attendance. On October 16 2004, the 42nd MP Brigade activated at Joint Base Lewis-McChord and deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Since then the 42nd MP BDE deployed...

05.29.2025 | TACOMA, WASHINGTON, US | Story by Sgt. Derick Fennell

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