The Top Military Police Company in the United States Army During the 1970s. It isn't often that one is able to maintain that his or her military unit was the top-dog in the entire United States Army, but that's the remarkable truth regarding the 529th Military Police Company of Heidelberg, Germany in 1974 - and euphemistically for the decade of the 1970s. In the early 1970s, it had been barely 25 years since the end of World War II in Europe, and Germany, again, was a place of violence. The children of some of the former henchmen of Nazi Germany were determined to rid their country of its American occupiers - whatever the cost - and the leader of the United States Army in Europe (USAREUR) was a primary target. Standing between these criminals and the pursuit of their goals in Heidelberg (USAREUR Headquarters) was the 529th Military Police Company of Patton Barracks. Though the Nazi descendants struck with violent and often fatal terroristic attacks throughout Germany in their effort to oust the American presence - striking in Heidelberg on two separate occasions causing three deaths, numerous injuries, and massive destruction of property - they were never successful in achieving their stated goal. In 1952, the 529th had been transferred from La Rochelle, France, to Heidelberg, and assigned a security mission for the commander-in-chief (CINC) of the United States Army in Europe and his staff at the sprawling USAREUR headquarters command post which had been set up in a former Nazi Germany Wehrmacht (army) installation. In this security mission, the 529th was designated not only as the protective unit for the CINC and the Deputy-CINC and their staff, but also for the Command Building at which the CINC and his staff were located; the USAREUR Command and Control Center ("War Room"); the airfield at which the CINC's aircraft were located; the CINC's residence; and the large complex of buildings and staff comprising the USAREUR Headquarters. The 529th in Heidelberg was also an "Honor Guard" unit which represented and "carried the torch" for the USAREUR Command at various official ceremonies and functions throughout Europe. Within this honor guard mission, the 529th in Heidelberg was a sister-unit to the famed "Old Guard" in Washington, D.C. As a result of all of the above, the 529th Military Police Company was held to an exceptionally high standard, and its proficiency soon became obvious. Only the best were selected for and retained in this unit. In 1973, the fi