Romanian Military Police

During World War I the Military Police corps performed all its specific tasks, including combat missions, and provided assistance to the civilian population.

With Romania's entry in World War II starting on 22 June 1941, as part of Axis troops, the Gendarmerie/military police performed following main activities: The Law 264 from 22 April 1943 stipulated that: "The Gendarmerie is a military corps.

On 23 August 1944, during King Michael's Coup, the Romanian Government decided to leave the Axis and join the Allies, with the main objective to regain Northern Transylvania and liberate Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

The main missions accomplished by MP structures/units were: Meanwhile, other Gendarmerie/MP units acted as light infantry, performing specific activities or fighting in close combat.

Starting with 1947, the communist regime established some separate branches as parts of the Ministry of Defense to deal with military police matters.

In 1990, after the Romanian Revolution, the Ministry of National Defence decided to unify all the former MP-type branches into a single structure called "Military Police".

The 265th Military Police Battalion (Batalionul 265 Poliție Militară) is the largest and most important MP unit.

[2] 2002 – continuing, Afghanistan, different subordination, different MP structures 2003 – 2006, Irak, An Nasiryiah, 1 MP Coy mostly made of subunits of the 265th Military Police Battalion (but not only) were detached in July 2003, in Nasiriyah, Iraq, under the operational command of the Italian Carabinieri – in Multinational Specialized Unit in Iraq.