Military police are concerned with law enforcement (including criminal investigation) on military property and concerning military personnel, installation security, close personal protection of senior military officers, management of prisoners of war, management of military prisons, hunting down deserters, traffic control, route signing and resupply route management.
In some countries, a military police force, generically known as a gendarmerie, although there are a variety of other names, also serves as a national police force, often acting as heavy backup for the civil police and/or policing rural districts.
The status of military police is usually prominently displayed on the helmet and/or on an armband, brassard, or arm or shoulder flash.
A strong military, and especially a military popular with the general public, was of no interest to the nation's new government — unlike the numerous, well-equipped and well-financed internal forces, guards and police forces.
This contributed to the formation of a community of military journalists — reporters and columnists — who are generally independent-minded and prepared to adequately and correctly satisfy the "social demand" of the civil society for coverage of military issues.
Military journalism for the general reader should be published in publications with large circulations, national or regional, instead of in specialized editions.
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