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Established Air Provost Marshal. First major milestone in the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
history of our career field. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔General
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Henry H. Hap Arnold |\ |\ |\
1947 - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The history of the United states
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Air force began in
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On july 26 1947 President Harry Truman signed. Authorized the
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creation of the Air Force - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔National
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Security Act of 1947 |\ |\ |\
The first Air police school was established at Tyndall AFB, FL. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔September, 1, 1950 |\ |\ |\ |\
Air Council approved the development of an air base defense
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capability to be placed under the direction of the APM. - CORRECT
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Air police training transferred to Lackland AFB, TX. Where it
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became home to security police training and continues to this day as
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the SF academy. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔October, 13, 1956
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,The name APM was dropped in favor of Director of security and law
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enforcement. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1960
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July, 1, 1965 was the first Air Policeman killed in action during the
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Vietnam Conflict, While supervising flight line security at Da Nang
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Air Base. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Staff Sergeant Terrance Jensen
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The name of the career field was changed from Air police to
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security police - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1966 |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The 1041st Security police squadron was formed to train for
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operational deployment to southeast Asia and acquire the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
experience necessary to develop Air force doctrine on base defense. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Operation SAFE SIDE
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The biggest test of security police combat effectiveness came during
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the Vietnam Tet offensive on January, 31, 1968 - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Battle of Tan Son Nhut |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
A five man team positioned held off the enemy assault long enough
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for back up forces to respond and prevent further penetration of the
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base. The five man team consists of Sergeants Louis Fisher, William
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, Cyr, Charles Hebron, Roger Mills and Alonzo Coggins (the only
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supervisor). - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bunker 051 |\ |\ |\ |\ |\
The enlisted career field was divided into two separate specialties,
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Security & Law Enforcement. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔March
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1971
When 12 female Airmen entered Law enforcement specialist
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training at the Security Police Academy at Lackland AFB, TX. -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔November 1971 |\ |\ |\
100 females volunteers were selected for security specialist training
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in a test to determine the suitability of employing women in combat
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related jobs. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔November 1976
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The first time security police were tasked with a high priority rescue
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mission. When the S.S. Mayaguez merchant ship was seized by
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Khmer Rouge communist forces in Cambodia. - CORRECT
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Ground Launched Cruised missiles were developed staged and
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deployed throughout Europe. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1981 to
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1989