Provost marshal

While a provost marshal is now usually a senior commissioned officer, they may be a person of any rank who commands any number of MPs; historically, the title was sometimes applied to civilian officials, especially under conditions of martial law, or when a military force had day-to-day responsibility for some or all aspects of civilian law enforcement (such as some British colonies).

The German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) do not have a specific title for military police officers so in most tactical units and especially in multinational deployments, they will use the English term provost marshal.

The provost marshal of the Joint Military Police Unit holds a senior commissioned rank.

The provost marshal is responsible for all three military police units from the Navy, Army and Air Force.

The senior MP officer at the theater, corps, division, and brigade level and for each garrison is known as a provost marshal.