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In the 1989 United States invasion of Panama, CPT Linda Bray led the 988th Military Police Company in an assault against Panamanian Defense Forces, and is considered the first woman to lead U.S. troops in combat. [15] CPT Bray was awarded the Commendation Medal for Valor. [16]
59th Engineer Company (Sapper) 519th Military Police Battalion, Fort Meade, MD 209th Military Police Company, Fort Meade, MD; 555th Military Police Company, Fort Lee, VA; 988th Military Police Company, Fort Benning Georgia; 401st Military Police Company, Fort Hood; 7th Infantry Division (Light), Task Force Atlantic [4] A Troop, 2nd Squadron ...
Captain Linda L. Bray, commander of the 988th Military Police Company of Fort Benning, Georgia, led her troops in a three-hour firefight against PDF troops who refused to surrender a dog kennel which (it was later discovered) they were using to store weapons. Bray was said to be the first woman to lead U.S. troops in battle, and her role in the ...
From December 1989 to April 1990 Bray was deployed to Panama for Operation Just Cause as commander of the 988th Military Police Company. [5] President Bush ordered the Panama Invasion following the murder of a U.S. Marine at a road block by soldiers of the Panama Defense Force (PDF), and the kidnapping and torture of two other US citizens ...
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This force was made up primarily of members of the 3rd Special Forces Group, but also included members of the 16th Military Police Brigade, 118th Military Police Company (Fort Bragg, NC), the 101st Military Police Company, the 988th Military Police Company (Fort Benning, Georgia)and 101st Aviation Brigade (Ft. Campbell, Kentucky), 3/2 ACR from ...
Kerry Washington portrays Lt. Col. Charity Adams in the Netflix film. The real-life leader was born in Kittrell, N.C., on Dec. 5, 1918, and raised in Columbia, S.C.
CPT Bray commanded the 988th Military Police Company out of Ft. Benning, GA, and ordered her assault team to fire on soldiers of the Panamanian Defense Forces (PDF) who refused to surrender their positions at a dog kennel.