Protective Services Battalion

The Protective Services Battalion (officially, the U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion) is a U.S. Army unit responsible for protection of the United States Secretary of Defense, the United States Army Chief of Staff, and other senior civilian and military officials of the United States Department of Defense.[1] It is, operationally, part of the United States Army Criminal Investigation Command.[2]

U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion
Country United States of America
Branch United States Army
Rolesecurity detail
Garrison/HQFort Belvoir
Motto(s)tutela universitas prolixus

According to the U.S. Army, its peacetime protection operations began with the assignment of this responsibility to the 1st Military Police Detachment in the late 1960s during heightened domestic unrest caused by the Vietnam War. In 1971, subsequent to the establishment of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command as a major Army command, the Protective Services Activity was established to manage Department of Defense protective missions. During the build-up to the 1991 Gulf War, the PSA was reorganized as the Protective Services Unit (PSU). In October 2005, the unit was again reorganized as the Protective Services Battalion, later redesignated the U.S. Army Protective Services Battalion.[3]

As of 1998, an Army spokesperson reported that the unit had between 40 and 50 special agents.[4]

See also

References
  1. Montgomery, Nancy (October 16, 2013). "Army CID agent killed in Afghanistan first to die in combat since 1971". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  2. Prince, Erik (2013). Civilian Warriors. Penguin. ISBN 0698154002.
  3. "701st Military Police Group (CID)". cid.army.mil. U.S. Army. Retrieved April 21, 2017. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Hunter, Lisa. "Army's 'Secret Service' trains to protect leadership". Federation of American Scientists. U.S. Army. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
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