The following Military Police roles/descriptions come from various Army Recruiting brochures and handbooks of various years.

 Australian Regular Army Commissioned Officers brochure – May 1960

The Provost Corp renders service as a preventative rather than a repressive force, whether the matter being dealt with is traffic control, control of inhabitants in a forward area, or control of soldiers outside their unit areas.

 Australian Army Today Recruiting Handbook – 1979

This Corp provides the Army with its Police Force and the staff which runs the military corrective establishment to which members of all three Services may be sent for offences against Service regulations.

In wartime , military police help control convoys and other military traffic, contribute to the protection of military installations, act as armed escorts, and prevent and detect crimes involving Army personnel. The Corps works closely at all times with civilian police departments.

In peacetime, the Corp assists in maintaining Army discipline and looks after the security of military installations and property.

 Army Reserve Recruiting Handbook – December 1983

The role of the Royal Australian Corp of Military Police is to provide specialist support to the Army in peace and war. Tasks include crime prevention, traffic control, and security duties.

A military policeman will find that he has to apply many of his skills in "real life" situations.

 Australian Army Recruiting Handbook – 1989

Military police provide specialist support to the Army, including crime prevention, traffic control and security duties. The Corps provides advice to commanders about military and civilian police matters such as crime investigations.

The RACMP is also responsible for a number of security tasks such as light convoy protection for convoys, control and evacuation of prisoners of war and the apprehension of absentees and deserters.

To serve with the Corps it is necessary to serve with another Corps for a minimum of twelve months. The Corps school is at Ingleburn, NSW, with regular Army units Australia wide.