With the 4th Infantry Division in Tikrit, Iraq, Major Chris Wynder served as deputy division provost marshal from May 2003 to February 2004. "I was the go-to guy in terms of managing what the section did on a daily basis," he said. Besides assisting the provost marshal, Wynder helped vet, hire, train and equip Iraqi national police forces, border police and Facilities Protection Service individuals, which involved coordination with the Coalition Provisional Authority. Discussing, at length, the history and role of military police on the battlefield, Wynder observed that "we have been training for war, doing operations other than war, on a constant basis for the last 10 years or more. We were prepared to do our mission," he added, "as a result of what we do on a daily basis." Other topics include convoy security, maneuver and mobility support operations and his role on the Effects Coordination Cell staff, which oversaw a number of Iraqi infrastructure reconstruction projects. A special highlight for Wynder was when the 4th Infantry Division blew up a statue of Saddam Hussein, melted it down, and had the remnants formed into a monument back at Fort Hood. “It was dedicated,” he said, “to all the soldiers who were killed in action within the 4th ID” and stands as an important “legacy for those soldiers and their family members.”

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