Military Police Brigade (POW)

Worn from:
18 April 1972 - 15 October 1985.

The circular embattled central area indicates prisoner-of-war
camps and military security facilities whose operations are commanded,
planned, and supervised by the brigade. The interior area also simulates
the sun, symbolic of the dissemination of knowledge, and refers to the
subordinate prisoner of war/civilian internee information center.
The partisans, medieval weapons associated with guards, denote that
the guards both provided for prisoners in confinement and for the
security of military installations and facilities. The partisans are
crossed to suggest control of the entrance and exit involved in the
reception, search, and processing functions. Additionally, the two
partisans, the nine sides of the nonagon, and the circular center
representing zero allude to the numerical designation of the brigade.