(Page 2 of 2 Pages): The 709th MP Battalion Headquarters vacated Gutleut Kaserne, Frankfurt, in June of 1964 and displaced to Funari Barracks, Mannheim, in anticipation of reorganization under the COSTAR concept and the activation of the 2nd Military Police Group. TOE 19-35 became effective and caused the fourth company, Company D, to be de-activated. Company A was divided between Frankfurt and Darmstadt .During July 1965, the 709th departed Mannheim, temporarily residing in the familiar Gutleut Kaserne,Frankfurt, and then began residency in its own Kaserne in Offenbach, soon named Bieberer Strass Kaserne. In 1966 the adoption of the 15th Military Police Brigade unit patch, "the Griffin." was approved by the Institute of Heraldry in April 1966, and shortly thereafter the patches became available for all members of the 709th Military Police Battalion and replaced the USAREUR patch which was worn prior to 1966. In October of 1972 the battalion Headquarters and Company A moved from Bieberer Strasse Kaserne, Offenbach, to Gutleut Kaserne, Frankfurt, on 12 October 1972. In October 1977, the 709th Military Police Battalion underwent another major reorganization which included expansion of its support mission within the V (US) Corps area of responsibility, the redesignation of its lettered units to numbered ones, and relocation of its subordinate elements. Co A, 709th MP BN was redesignated as the 284th MP Company, 709th MP BN. Lettered Companies B and C, 709th MP BN were deactivated and replaced with Numbered MP Companies. Companies A, B, C and D remain deactivated. "OF THE TROOPS AND FOR THE TROOPS"