U.S. Army Military Police School
Mission
The United States Army Military Police School Trains, Educates, and Develops Military Police Civilians, Soldiers, and Leaders; executes proponent functions; integrates DOTMLPF-P solutions that provide Military Police capabilities enabling maneuver forces across the range of military operations.
Vision
As a learning organization, USAMPS is a team of highly skilled, talented, and innovative professionals of character exercising disciplined initiative with shared understanding, to develop and deliver to the Army the best MP Soldiers, Civilians, Leaders, and capabilities for the current fielded force while transforming the MP Corps to support the requirements of the Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) capable force of 2028 and the MDO ready force of 2035.
Priorities
Mission Priority 1: Drive DOTMLPF Change
- MP Force Modernization
- Protection Proponency
- DoD Peace Officer Standards/Curriculum
- Engage Leaders
Mission Priority 2: Develop Leaders, Soldiers, and Civilians to generate readiness
- Individual, Leader, Collective, and Functional TNG
- LPD Opportunities
- METL Assessments
People Priority 1: Informing and Caring for People
- Maintain a professional, healthy, and safe environment
- Recognize/Reward creativity, innovation, and excellence
- Shape Information Domain
Commandant
COL Sarah K. Albrycht
A native of Bennington, Vermont, Colonel Albrycht entered the United States Army and was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps as a Distinguished Military Graduate from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst in 1995. She received her Masters of Policy Management from Georgetown University in 2006 and her Masters of National Strategy from National War College in 2017.
COL Albrycht’s assignments include Platoon Leader, 552nd Military Police Company, Korea, Platoon Leader in the 982nd Military Police Company and Assistant Operations Officer, 759th Military Police Battalion, Fort Carson, CO, Provost Marshal, United States Support Group- Haiti, Assistant Operations Officer and Adjutant, 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC, Company Commander, 65th Military Police Company (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC, Plans Officer for 16th Military Police Brigade (Airborne), Fort Bragg, NC, Junior Military Assistant for the Honorable Dr. David S.C. Chu, Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness and Strategic Planner for the Army Provost Marshal General, Pentagon, Operations Officer and Executive Officer, 709th Military Police Battalion, Grafenwoher, Germany, J34, Assessments Deputy Branch Chief, United States Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, CO, Battalion Commander, 5th Military Police Battalion (Criminal Investigations),Kaiserslautern Germany, Military Police Human Resource Manager for Colonel’s Management., Pentagon, Commander, 6th Military Police Group(CID), Joint Base Lewis-McCord, WA, Chief of Staff of the Army Senior Military Fellow at Center for A New American Security, and most recently Executive Officer to the Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G8. She currently serves as the Deputy Director, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (USACID), Quantico, VA, and Deputy Provost Marshal General(OPMG), Pentagon.
COL Albrycht’s military education includes Senior Service College, Intermediate-Level Education Resident, Joint Planning Course, the Jumpmaster Course, Army Command and General Staff College, Military Police Officer Advanced Course, Military Police Officer Basic Course, and Airborne school. Her civilian education includes a Bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies and a Masters of Policy Management.
Her awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (1 OLC), Legion of Merit (1 OLC), Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (4OLC), Joint Commendation Medal (1 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (4 OLC), Army Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Superior Unit Award, National Defense Service Medal, Afghan Campaign Ribbon with four campaign stars, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Army Service Ribbon, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon with Numeral“3”, NATO Service Medal, Army Staff Identification Badge, Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge, and Senior Parachutist Badge.
Assistant Commandant
Colonel Steve Yamashita
COL Steve Yamashita was born in 1971 on the island of Guam. He graduated from the University of Guam with a degree in Criminal Justice. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Military Police (MP) through the University’s ROTC program in December 1993.
COL Yamashita has held a variety of leadership and staff positions to include Platoon Leader; Company XO; Brigade S1; Company Commander; Plans Officer; Observer / Controller; Battalion S3; Battalion XO; Chief Strategic Initiatives Group (HQDA OPMG); Battalion Commander; Chief, MP Branch, Human Resources Command; Chief, Detainee Affairs Division, Joint Staff, J-37 Deputy Directorate for Special Operations, Counterterrorism and Detainee Affairs Division; and Commander, Joint Detention Group, JTF GTMO.
His duty stations include, Fort McClellan, Alabama; Daegu, Korea; Mannheim, Germany; Wurzburg, Germany; Heidelberg Germany; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Fort Carson, Colorado; Newport, Rhode Island; The Pentagon; Grafenwhör, Germany; Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort McNair, DC; US NAVSTA Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
His awards include the Defense Superior Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal (1OLC), the Defense Meritorious Service medal, the Meritorious Service Medal (1 Silver OLC, 1 Bronze OLC), the Army Commendation Medal (2OLC), and the Army Achievement Medal. His badges include the Combat Action Badge, and the US Army and Australian Basic Parachutist Badges, the Army Staff and Joint Chiefs of Staff ID Badges.
He has deployed to Bosnia (Balkans Summit), Kosovo, Iraq - Operation Iraqi Freedom I, and Operation Iraqi Freedom 06-08.
COL Yamashita’s education includes the Military Police Officer Basic and Advanced Courses; Combined Arms Services Staff School; Intermediate Level Education at the Naval College of Command and Staff, Naval War College; and Senior Service College at the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, National Defense University. He received Masters in National Security and Strategic Studies and a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy.
He is married to his high school sweetheart and they have two children.
Regimental Chief Warrant Officer
CW5 Mark W. Arnold
Mark W. Arnold was born in Kankakee, IL and raised in Delavan, IL. He is a 1985 graduate of Delavan Community High School and a 2006 graduate of the American Military University of Charles Town, WV with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice. In June 1984, he enlisted in the Illinois National Guard and attended the US Army Military Police (MP) training in 1985. In 1987, he enlisted in the US Army and in August 1994, he was accepted into the US Army Criminal Investigation Command (USACIDC) as a Special Agent. In February 1997, he became a US Army Warrant Officer.
His USACIDC assignments include being a member of the General and Economic Crimes Team in Fort Bragg, NC; General and Economic Crimes Team Chief in Camp Humphreys, Korea; Special Agent-in-Charge at Rock Island Arsenal, IL; Special Agent-in-Charge in Tallil, Iraq; Commander of the 20th Military Police Detachment (CID), Camp Humphreys, Korea; Military Police Investigation Division Chief, U.S. Army Military Police School at Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Battalion Operations Officer, 22nd Military Police Battalion (CID)(FWD) in Bagram, Afghanistan; Battalion Operations Officer, 22nd Military Police Battalion (CID), Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, Chief of Investigative Operations, at the Headquarters, USACIDC, Quantico, VA and Group Operations Officer, 3D Military Police Group (CID), Hunter Army Air Field, GA.
CW5 Arnold is a graduate of the US Army Warrant Officer Candidate School, CID Warrant Officer Basic Course, CID Warrant Officer Advanced Course, Warrant Officer Staff Course and the Warrant Officer Senior Staff Course. Additionally, he attended numerous military and civilian schools and courses during his career to include the Protective Services Training course, Fort McClellan, AL, Hostage Negotiation course, Fort McClellan, AL; Advanced Fraud Investigation course, Fort McClellan, AL; Antiterrorism Program Manager course, Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Environmental Crimes Investigations course, Fort Leonard Wood, MO; Crime and Criminal Analyst Course, Fort Leonard Wood, MO, White Collar Crimes Course, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; and the Fire/Arson Investigation, National Fire Academy.
He has received numerous awards recognizing his work, including the Bronze Star Medal (1) Army Meritorious Service Medal (7); the Army Commendation Medal (2); the Army Achievement Medal (6); Army Good Conduct Medal (3); National Defense Medal; Iraq Campaign Medal; Afghanistan Campaign Medal; Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; NATO Medal; Korea Defense Service Medal; NCO Professional Development Ribbon (2); Army Service Ribbon, and the Overseas Service Ribbon (6).
Regimental Command Sergeant Major
CSM Shawn A. Klosterman
CSM Shawn A. Klosterman is a native of Rapid City, SouthDakota. He entered the Army on September 11, 1996 as part of the delayed entryprogram and attended Basic Combat Training and Advanced Individual Training inSeptember 1996 at Fort Benning Georgia and graduated as an Infantryman. Heagain attended Advanced Individual Training at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri inJanuary 2001 and graduated as a Corrections NCO.
His stateside assignments include Headquarters andHeadquarters Company (HHC), 1/23 and 1/24 Infantry Battalion, Ft Lewis, WA, 67thMP Company, 704th MP Battalion, Ft Lewis, WA, HHC JRCF, 165thMP Company, 705th MP Battalion, and 291st MP Company, 40thMP Battalion, Fort Leavenworth Kansas, HHC, 504th MP Battalion, andHHC, 508th MP Battalion, JBLM WA. His overseas assignments includeHHC, 1/506th Battalion, Camp Greaves, Korea, 249th MP Detachment,Camp Humphreys, Korea, 193rd MP Company, 525th MP Battalion, Cuba.His deployments include HHC, 705th MP Battalion, Camp Taji and CampCropper, Iraq, and, 291st MP Company, 40th MP Battalion,Camp Sabalu-Harrison, Afghanistan.
He has served in many leadership positions, including TeamLeader, Squad Leader, Hostage and Crisis Negotiation NCOIC, SORT NCOIC, WatchCommander, Platoon Sergeant, Battalion Training NCO, Battalion and Brigade S2NCOIC, Company Operations NCO, First Sergeant, Operations Sergeant Major, BattalionCommand Sergeant Major, and previously the Command Sergeant Major for the 18thMP Brigade.
His military and civilian education include PrimaryLeadership Development Course, Basic Noncommissioned Officers Course andAdvanced Noncommissioned Officer Course, Air Assault School, Airborne School,Hostage and Crisis Negotiations Course, Fitness Leaders Course, Non-LethalWeapons Instructor Course, Combatives Level I/II Course, Advanced SituationalAwareness Course, Action Officer Supervisor and Manager Development Course,Combat Life Saver Course, Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military EducationCourse, Master Resilience Training Course, Battle Staff Course, First SergeantCourse, and the United States Army Sergeants Major Academy class 66. He has Master’s Degree in Management andOrganizational Leadership from Excelsior College.
His awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit,Bronze Star Medal (1 OLC), Meritorious Service Medal (1 OLC), Army CommendationMedal with (1 SOLC), Army Achievement Medal (1 SOLC), Good Conduct Medal (8thAward), National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Service Medal (1Bronze Star), Iraqi Campaign Service Medal (1 Bronze Star), Global War onTerrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, KoreanDefense Service Medal, Armed Forces Service Medal, Outstanding VolunteerService Medal, Nato Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional DevelopmentRibbon (bronze numeral 5), Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon (bronzenumeral 6), Meritorious Unit Citation (1 Bronze Star), Army Superior UnitAward, Expert Infantry Badge, Air Assault Badge, Airborne Badge, German ArmedForces Badge for Military Proficiency in gold (2nd), the Order ofthe Marechaussee in bronze, the Sergeant Morales and Sergeant Audie MurphyAward.
He is married to Tametra Klosterman of Texas CityTexas. They have seven children: Justin,Terrill, Lauryn, Tahrik, Zachary, Jahnessa, Alexis.
