290th Military Police Brigade

290th Military Police Brigade
Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
Active	November 1, 1971 - present
Country	United States
Branch	Army Reserve
Type	Military Police Brigade
Role	Military Police
Garrison/HQ	Nashville, Tennessee
Motto	Custody with Honor [1]
Mascot	Titans
Commanders
Current commander	COL Jason T. Ruffin
Brigade Command Sergeant Major	CSM Jeffrey R. Culberson
Insignia
Distinctive Unit Insignia

The 290th Military Police Brigade is a Military Police unit of the United States Army.

History

• Constituted in the US Army Reserve on 1 November 1971, as HHC, 290th MP Brigade, activated at Nashville, Tennessee and assigned to the Third US Army.
• Reassigned 1 October 1973, to the First United States Army.
• Reassigned to the Second United States Army on 1 October 1983. Inactivated on 15 October 1985, at Nashville, Tennessee.
• Reactivated to the 200th Military Police Command on 17 September 2010.

Insignia

The partizans were medieval weapons. They are crossed to indicate control of exit and entry. The circular embattled area is symbolic of the prisoner of war camps and military security facilities commanded and operated by the brigade. The two partizans, nine sides of the nonagon and circular center allude to the numerical designation (2-9-0) of the unit. ^[2]

Organization

The brigade is a subordinate unit of the 200th Military Police Command. As of December 2025 the brigade consists of the following units: ^[3]

• 290th Military Police Brigade, in Nashville (TN)
  • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, in Nashville (TN)
  • 160th Military Police Battalion (I/R) (EPW/CI), in Tallahassee (FL)
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, in Tallahassee (FL)
    • 351st Military Police Company, in Ocala (FL)
    • 502nd Military Police Company, in Bossier City (LA)
  • 304th Military Police Battalion (I/R) (EPW/CI), in Nashville (TN)
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, in Nashville (TN)
    • 354th Military Police Company, in Nashville (TN)
    • 449th Military Police Company, in St. Louis (MO)
  • 317th Military Police Battalion (CS), in Tampa (FL)
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, in Tampa (FL)
    • 138th Military Police Detachment, at Fort Bragg (NC)
    • 304th Military Police Company, in Bluefield (WV)
    • 346th Military Police Detachment, in Nashville (TN)
    • 418th Military Police Detachment, in Orlando (FL)
    • 800th Military Police Company, in El Dorado (AR)
  • 535th Military Police Battalion (I/R) (EPW/CI), in Cary (NC)
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, in Cary (NC)
    • 75th Military Police Company, in Joplin (MO)
    • 88th Military Police Company, at Fort Eustis (VA)
    • 805th Military Police Company, in Cary (NC)
  • 724th Military Police Battalion (I/R) (EPW/CI), in Fort Lauderdale (FL)
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, in Fort Lauderdale (FL)
    • 320th Military Police Company, in St. Petersburg (FL)
    • 810th Military Police Company, in Tampa (FL)
  • 733rd Military Police Battalion (CID), at Fort Gillem (GA)
    • Headquarters and Headquarters Company, at Fort Gillem (GA)
    • 234th Military Police Detachment, at Fort Meade (MD)
    • 307th Military Police Detachment, in Jacksonville (FL)
    • 322nd Military Police Detachment, in Owings Mill (MD)
    • 348th Military Police Detachment, at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst (NJ)
    • 366th Military Police Detachment, in Worcester (MA)
    • 383rd Military Police Detachment, in Lakeland (FL)

_{I/R: Internment/Resettlement, EPW/CI: Enemy Prisoner of War/Civilian Internee, CID: Criminal Investigation Division, CS: Combat Support}

References

1. U.S. Army heraldic crests: a complete illustrated history of authorized Distinctive Unit Insignia By Barry Jason Stein, Peter Joseph Capelotti
2. Stein, Barry Jason; Capelotti, Peter Joseph. U.S. Army heraldic crests: a complete illustrated history of authorized Distinctive Unit Insignia. University of South Carolina Press.
3. "200th MP Units". 200th Military Police Command. Retrieved 19 December 2025.