31B: Military Police

Major Duties: Military police supervise or provide support to the battlefield by conducting battlefield circulation control, area security, prisoner of war operations, civilian internee operations, law and order operations on the battlefield and support to the peacetime Army community through security of critical Army resources, crime prevention programs andpreservation of law and order. Duties for MOS 31B at each level of skill are:

• Skill Levels
  • Skill Level 1 MOSC 31B1O. Performs as a team member in support of battlefield operations, installation law and order operations and security of Army resources and installations.
    
    
  • Skill Level 2 MOSC 31B2O. Leads military police teams in support of battlefield operations and leads and supervises small sections in support of security and installation law and order operations.
    
    
  • Skill Level 3 MOSC 31B3O. Leads military police squads and sections, operates police desks, plans crime prevention measures, operates evidence rooms and prepares operations plans and orders in military police detachments in support of both battlefield and installation law and order operations and security of resources and installations.
    
    
  • Skill Level 4 MOSC 31B4O. Leads military police platoons, large detachments and sections. Supervises and performs duties as Provost Sergeant and MP Operations NCO, prepares circulation or traffic control plans and operations orders in support of both battlefield and installation law and order operations and security of resources and installations.
    
    
  • Skill Level 5 MOSC 31B5O. Performs 1SG duties or provides staff supervision, prepares plans, procedures and operational orders as Provost Sergeant, Operations Sergeant, Intelligence NCO and Security NCO in support of battlefield and installation law and order operations and security of resources and installations.

Physical demands rating and qualifications for initial award of MOS. (Qualifications in subparagraphs (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (15) and (16) below are required for retention of MOS). Military police must possess the following qualifications:

(1) Physical Demands Rating: moderately heavy

(2) Physical Profile: 222221

(3) Red/green color discrimination.

(4) Minimum score of 95 in aptitude area ST.

(5) A security clearance of CONFIDENTIAL.

(6) Meets all requirements for Personnel Reliability Program (PRP) qualifications.

(7) Must possess a valid state motor vehicle operator license.

(8) No objection to performing security duties in the vicinity of nuclear or chemical munitions stored or staged for military use.

(9) No record of more than 15 days lost under section 972-10-USC.

(10) No information in Provost Marshal Office, Intelligence Office, Military Personnel Record Jacket (MPRJ) or medical records which would prevent the granting of a security clearance under AR 604-5.

(11) No record of pre-trial intervention or conviction by military or civil court of the following:

(a) Any offense involving force or violence.

(b) Any offense listed under para 4-22, AR 601-210 (misdemeanor), or similar offense not listed for which the maximum possible sentence exceeds 4 months of confinement.

(c) Two or more offenses within 5 years prior to the date of enlistment listed under AR 601-210, para 4-21, (minor non-traffic), or similar offense not listed for which the maximum possible sentence is less than 4 months confinement.

(d) Three or more minor traffic offenses as listed under AR 601-210, para 4-20, (minor traffic) during the 12 months period prior to entry on active duty (does not include traffic violations considered misdemeanor or felony by virtue of fine amount per AR 601-210.

(e) No pattern of behavior or actions that is reasonably indicative of a contemptuous attitude toward the lasw or other duly constituted authority.

(12) Minimum age of 18 at time of entrance on active duty.

(13) No objection to performing security duties in the vicinity of nuclear or chemical munitions stored or staged for military use.

(14) Must possess a valid state motor vehicle operator license.

(15) No record of possession or use of any narcotic or nonnarcotic drug as defined by Article 134, UCMJ and AR 600-50. (Personnel entering active duty may be granted waiver at Military Entrance Processing Station by the PERSCOM Security Interviewer DoD policy on cannabis use).

(16) Formal training (completion of MOS 31B course conducted under the auspices of the U.S. Army Military Police School) mandatory.

(17) All applicants for MOS 31B must be interviewed by PERSCOM Security Interviewer. Waivers will only be granted by ODCSPER (DAPE-MPA-RP). Service members reclassifying for MOS 95B must be interviewed by local Provost NCO (SFC or above) or Provost Marshal (CPT or above). Written endorsement must accompany re-enlistment contract.

MOS 31B had the alphanumeric designator of 95B prior to fiscal year 2004.

The major duties, physical demands, physical profile, and skill levels were obtained from Army Pamphlet 611-21.

MOS List for Military Police