Commandant's Service was the name for the

military police Military police (MP) are law enforcement agencies connected with, or part of, the military of a state. Not to be confused with civilian police, who are legally part of the civilian populace. In wartime operations, the military police may supp ...

of some

Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a Collective security#Collective defense, collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Polish People's Republic, Poland, between the Sovi ...

Warsaw Pact Ground Forces, Gordan Rottman, Osprey Publishing Elite 10, p 49 Coprwyrite 1987 and other armies. Its principal duties were providing garrison security and traffic control. It is not to be confused with a similar organization called Traffic Regulators operated by the Transport Troops of the Rear Services.

Soviet Union/Russia

The ''Komendantskaya sluzhba'' () or 'komendatura' () in the

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

and

Russian Russian(s) may refer to: *Russians (), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *A citizen of Russia *Russian language, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages *''The Russians'', a b ...

militaries were designated by a red shield on one or both arms bearing a yellow letter "K", plain red

shoulder board A shoulder mark, also called a rank slide or slip-on, is a flat cloth sleeve worn on the shoulder strap of a uniform. It may bear military rank, rank or other insignia. A shoulder mark should not be confused with a (an elaborate shoulder strap ...

s and a white helmet bearing a red star and broad red circumferential stripe. These helmets were generally painted at the unit level The ''komendatura'' has been replaced by the Military Police of Russia established in 2014. At one time the komendatura members wore a black cloth or leather uniform with white helmets and gloves, and belts and holsters.

Belarus

, there are 6 military commandant's services in the Belarusian Armed Forces.

Bulgaria

The Commandment Service is part of the

Ministry of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and Mi ...

, located in

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

and is in charge of real estate management, transportation, library services, documentation publishing and communications support for the central administration of the MoD, transportation support to the immediate MoD personnel, classified information, cryptographic, and perimeter security for the MoD administration buildings.

East Germany

The East German Army Commandant's Service was called the ''Kommandantendienst'' or KD, in addition to traffic control and military police duties it performed courier services. The ''Kommandantendienst'' wore a white stripe on their helmet and a white cross strap and belt,

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and gloves.Warsaw Pact Ground Forces, Gordan Rottman, Osprey Publishing Elite 10, Color plate A

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