strength was 224.
One additional officer however raised the officer
strength to seven,
Ten enlisted men from the 504th Military Police
Battalion, Camp Gordon, Georgia, reported for.temporary duty.
The operational period brought an increase in the
ground sweep and air sweep missions both at BIKINI and ENIWETOK
Anous.
These missions were carried out satisfactorily at both
locations.
The routine guard posts as set up prior to the opera-
tional period continued to be manned, many of them on a round the
clock basis.
The Military Police located at BIKINI were unable to
reoccuoy the area following BRAVO.
The base of operations for BEKINI
ATOLL was transferred to the USNS AINSWORTH.
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Various security func-
tions aboerd ship, as well as a minimum number of posts on TARE were
the missions at BIKINI.
The Military Police strength at BIKINI was
altered after BRAVO as has been indicated.
Sites CHARLIE and FOX were
not re-opened, and the officers and enlisted men from these sites
were moved elsewhere,
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The Military Police were given the mission of escorting
a sensitive cargo to Continental United States (CONUS) aboardthe _
USS DALTON VICTORY on 5 March 1954.
A saving in personnel was effect-
ed by utilizing officers and enlisted men for this mission who were
rotating to CONUS at this time.
The mission was accomplished.
BHA
Another secondary mission of the Military Police was
that of furnishing various couriers.
One officer was detailed to
escort aensitive cargo to CONUS and return.
was provided by the ELMER detachment.
12-Tab K
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Daily courier service
This service was from PARRY
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