dapaterson said:The MP regiments are numbered IAW the former Area Support Group nomenclature.
Res F dets are numbered IAW the Res F Bde who share their AOR.
Of course, MPs were stripped out of the environments and put into the MP mothership, just as the Health Services were consolidated. Next up: the Int world, I suspect.
garb811 said:Reserve MP Platoons used to be integrated into the Reserve Service Battalions, just like at one point the Reg Force MP Platoons had been integrated into the Reg Force Service Battalions. While that didn't last long for the Reg Force, Reserve MP Platoons remained integrated with the Reserve Service Battalions until...uh...I want to say 2002 or so...? but don't quote me on that. As a result, each Reserve MP Platoon that was integrated with the Service Battalion bore the same number as that Service Battalion. So 31 MP Pl was with 31 Service Battalion etc. When the Reserve MP Platoons became independent from the Reserve Service Battalions, they retained the same numbers and that has perpetuated to this day.
True, good point that I missed that iteration to the CBG alignment in Ontario and Quebec. That wasn't universal though, out west the MP Pls have retained the same numbering throughout and in LFAA, 31, 32, 33, 36, and 37 MP Pls consolidated as 30 MP Pl when MP were split from the Svc Bns, which eventually expanded to 30 MP Coy and 3 MP Regt now has 301, 302 and 303 MP Pls as their Reserve MP Pls. So...tada! Even more of a confusing mess.dapaterson said:Er, no. Until recently, Res Svc Bns were numbered in a pattern aligned with the Reg F - so, for example, in LFCA, home of 2 CMBG, there were 28 Svc Bn in Ottawa and 26 Svc Bn in North Bay and Sault Ste Marie, both within the AOR of 33 CBG. (At the time, all Res Svc Bns in LFCA were numbered 2x to reflect their connection with 2 Svc Bn, the Reg F Svc Bn in 2 CMBG; those in LFWA were 1x becasue of 1 Svc Bn; SQFT were 5x for 5 BNS, and LFAA were all 3x, reflecting the non-existent 3 CMBG). The recent Army Reserve CSS restructure saw Res Svc Bns reduced to a single unit per CBG, which in turn was renumbered to align with the CBG - so, in impeccable Army Math, 28 + 26 = 33 Svc Bn, located in North Bay, Ottawa and Sault Ste Marie.
At the time of the removal of the MP Pls from the Svc Bns, then, the numbering was different - by that logic, the MP Pl in Ottawa would be 28 MP Pl, but it isn't - at some point the Res MP Pl numbering was changed to align with the CBGs. (Of note, the Reserve Field Ambulances still show that old numbering, so the Fd Amb in Ottawa is 28 Fd Amb, showing their origin as part of a larger CSS unit many moons ago).
For additional confusion, before the renumbering 33 Svc Bn was a unit located in Halifax, which is now 36? Svc Bn.
Or, in other words, it's all a confusing mess.
In 1975 all service Battalions were numbered and we became 28 (Ottawa) Service Battalion. The following year the district's 28 Military Police Platoon was attached to the unit, and in 1980 the Medical Company was detached and became independent at NDMC. On 31 March 2004 28 MP Platoon was detached to 2 Area Support Group, and on 1 April 2003 the Platoon became 33 MP Platoon.
garb811 said:True, good point that I missed that iteration to the CBG alignment in Ontario and Quebec. That wasn't universal though, out west the MP Pls have retained the same numbering throughout and in LFAA, 31, 32, 33, 36, and 37 MP Pls consolidated as 30 MP Pl when MP were split from the Svc Bns, which eventually expanded to 30 MP Coy and 3 MP Regt now has 301, 302 and 303 MP Pls as their Reserve MP Pls. So...tada! Even more of a confusing mess.