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OUR MILITARY MEMBERS SERVE AND PROTECT OUR COUNTRY, BUT WHO PROTECTS OUR SOLDIERS? · Go News To Go: More Good News

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  Hi, Paul slackis goodness, broadcast goodness, plan and pause the world for
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  peace. So we're going to talk about people who have dedicated their life to
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  peace, and that's our military members. They serve and protect our country.
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  But who protects our soldiers? And we're going to learn today that this year
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  marks the eighty second anniversary of the US Army's Military Police, a special corps
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  that protects Army personnel and equipment and resources. And we're very honored to have
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  here a vital role of military police in Sergeants first Class Raul Lopez, a
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  US Army Reserve Military Police instructor. Wow. Okay, Sergeant first Class ral
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  Lopez, Good morning to you, and thank you so much for helping us
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  here. How are you today? I'm doing fine and thank you for the
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  opportunity and happy to be here. And then again, happy day to the
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  Military Police Courps with eighty two years of service. So tell us about the
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  US Army Military Police Corps. So yes, So. Our Military Police Corps
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  was established in September of twenty sixth, nineteen forty one, and basically it
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  was designed to assist, protect, and defend our most valuable asset, which
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  is the American soldier. Without the American soldier, our missions will fail drastically.
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  So that's why the Military Police corpus is so critical for our missions.
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  Oh and so what are some of the kinds of things that you do.
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  So basically what I do as a Military police instructor, I actually teach squad
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  leaders for the Military Police Corps to actually be successful in their missions, regardless
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  if it's in just a peaceful time. So that basically entails being part of
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  the law enforcement program, making sure the law and orders established, making sure
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  that traffic is being forced. And also we we teach contagious emissions, which
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  you know include you know, rose security area, security detention operations which is
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  handling of detainees, and multiple things as well that we cover in the Military
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  Police Corps. Uh huh. Let me, I want to ask you about
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  yourself here I see originally from that pr Puerto Rico. Nice correct, Yeah,
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  alrighty good. We did a big project with the United States Postal Service
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  when the air was a bombing many years ago in Oklahoma City, and we
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  had a partnership with Puerto Rico and we wrote letters ten thousand letters they created
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  in Puerto Rico by the public and private schools. The governor was Rose Errol
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  I think at that time, and we got on a plane, the big
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  plane for the US Postal Service. We brought those letters and we brought children
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  to Oklahoma City because it as a bombing in the federal building. You guys
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  probably were involved with that as well. That sounds to me like, you
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  know, there was some concern. We didn't know what was going on there
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  in Oklahoma City. And have you been you personally? And Puerto Rico is
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  a wonderful, wonderful friend great place. They had threw a party for us
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  as a Homo cow. They closed and we had a parade at the end
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  for helping Come tell me about why did you get into what you're doing here
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  right now? So I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. As a
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  child, Basically, opportunities were limited for people that you know, that don't
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  have a lot of assets that can actually reach out to. So I saw
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  the opportunity as far as joining the military to be some you know, something
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  greater for myself and my family, and I actually wanted to serve and be
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  part of an organization greater than myself. I initially joined just to get some
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  of the benefits you know that the military officers, including in the Army Reserves
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  as far as being a civilian and also being a soldier. But at the
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  same time, I love serving I love the organization. I love the culture
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  and the values that are instilled in every individual soldier that carry on. That's
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  that to me, that's the most thing, that the passionate thing about serving
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  the American people and making sure that the United States Army Reserves is in a
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  good place moving forward. Tell me in your own time. First of all,
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  how long have you been with the US Army so the United I joined
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  in the United States Army Reserves in two thousand and nine, so it's a
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  little bit fourteen years now, yes, sir. And you know, I
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  actually served in Afghanistan. I went a deployed to Afghanistan back in twenty twelve.
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  I also went to Cuba gat Quantanamo Bay to support the mission out there
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  as well. I've been I've made I've been to multiple courses in the military.
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  I'm also thirty one ECHO, which is our version of a correctional officer,
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  so I hold different specialties in our field that actually helped me be a
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  better instructor and also making sure that people are doing the right thing by making
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  sure that you know, we're supervising and making sure that everyone is getting the
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  same treatment and everyone is doing what they're supposed to be doing at their level.
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  Is that is that your your career and going to Afghanistan and Gudkom all
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  day and things like that? Is that unusual for the Army Reserve. The
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  people who are in the reserve go to other like a country in the scenario,
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  not just only here in America. Absolutely, we have the opportunity to
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  serve with other foreign countries and you know, our allies. We can actually
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  find ourselves going to Germany and doing law enforcement over there. We also partner
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  with you know a lot of countries from Asia, you know, Malaysia,
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  Thailand. So the Army Reserves expand, uh, in the in the entire
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  global spectrum. So we actually have different operations going on and partnerships that you
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  know, we try to make sure that the Army Reserves is also present when
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  the Army is just conducting missions. So yes, so we actually have the
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  opportunity to travel a lot. Uh. Why do I think sometimes that the
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  Army Reserve is first week going once a month in my law here in Ilo
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  law. Uh, you're not You're not completely wrong, but it encompasses more
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  than just a regular one. You just report one weekend at the month.
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  We actually the reserve soldiers they're they're they're entitled to fourteen days of active duty
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  service and that's for the whole year. And that's the time that soldiers get
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  the opportunity to travel and conduct missions and train their proficiency task at you know,
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  and in different places around the globe like you know, Germany, uh,
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  Romania. So we have a lot of different stations that we actually go
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  out there and teach or train soldiers to make sure that you know, if
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  the time comes, we're ready to actually do our mission and do it right.
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  Well, I still will too. And you're they're a real a real
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  citizen for our country. And then taking care of us, taking care of
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  the of the of your of your partners, they are working with you,
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  the military members. Where do people go if they would like to one enlist?
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  I guess And there's some like websites things like that. Absolutely, and
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  so if people want to know more about the United States Army Reserve, Military
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  Police Corps or any other job which we offer one hundred and twenty jobs for
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  just regular people. They can actually visit us A R dot Army dot mail.
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  I say again, it's us A R dot Army dot mail, and
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  they can find more about either Military Police Corps, the Army Reserve, or
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  the other one hundred and twenty jobs that we have to offer to the regular
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  civilian. Okay, Sergeant first Class Raoul Lopez, US Army Reserve, Military
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  Police instructor, good guy, no doubt about it. Thank you so much
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  for sharing, and I'm caring. I'm gonna say that word. Thank you
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  so much for the work that you do. Thank you, Thank you for
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  the opportunity, sir, Thank you