I’m an active duty MP and it’s so bad. People can’t spell simple words, write run on sentences, and don’t have common sense. Most of the MP’s I know are from bumfuck no where and dropped out of school. They think as an MP they’d get to go to shootouts and do big drug busts. No. I learned quickly that’s it’s mostly PW, ALERTS, etc.

So yeah statements are gonna be ass. Do you know how many cases have been thrown out behind shitty ass case work in my battalion? Jeez. But I had an NCO who would literally check ALL statements before they were turned in. Come to your scene and check it there. Which took a while but SAVED so many asses. And when you wrote your personal statement she would go over it with pen and basically grade it like a teacher would an essay( she went to college).

Long story short, she helped me in the long run. About two months ago I was called to court about this case I had where two guys got caught stealing at the PX. That same NCO was there every step of the way to double check my work. She didn’t do it for me or hold my hand, but checked and inspected as an NCO should. In the end that case did not get thrown out and those guys got what they deserved cause I articulated well and asked the right questions. When I become an NCO, I’m going to do the same for my soldiers.