117th Military Police Battalion

The 117th Military Police Battalion Combat Support (CS), is a military police battalion of the Tennessee Army National Guard (TNARNG) and the United States Army Military Police Corps with its headquarters located in Athens, Tennessee. When not mobilized or deployed, the 117th MP BN is task organized as a subordinate battalion of the Tennessee Army National Guard's 194th Engineer Brigade located in Jackson, Tennessee. HHD 117th MP BN Athens, TN Call Sign: Gladiator 252nd MP Company Cleveland, TN Call Sign: Patriot Detachment 1, 252nd MP Company Oneida, TN 253rd MP Company Lenoir City, TN Call Sign: Spartan Detachment 1, 253rd MP Company Bristol, TN 269th MP Company Murfreesboro, TN Call Sign: Knight The 117th Military Police Battalion (CS) can mobilize and deploy anywhere in the world as a multifunctional, full spectrum military police combat support force in support of U.S. military contingency operations. The BN can also be deployed within the U.S. and its territories in support of Department of Homeland Security operations and can provide Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) in the event of national, state, or local emergencies and natural or man-made disasters. The 117th MP BN provides command, control, and coordination for military police (MP) elements assigned or attached while facilitating the rapid deployment of organic tactical military police companies for combat operations, homeland security contingencies, and DSCA missions. On order, units of the BN provide security and mobility support, area security, law enforcement, internment and resettlement operations, police intelligence operations, protective services, antiterrorism functions, and support to federal, state, and local authorities under the direction of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and the Tennessee Military Department The motto of the 117th MP BN is "Our History, Our Strength". The painting of "Old Bill" (pictured above), wearing an MP brassard, symbolizes the history of the unit and resides on the drill hall wall of the Tennessee Army National Guard armory in Athens, TN.