Guard Unit to be Honored for Service

Release # 2010091301

MONTGOMERY, AL (09/14/2010)(readMedia)-- The Alabama Army National Guard's 203rd Military Police Battalion headquarters company, out of Athens, Ala., will be honored Saturday, September 18, 2010 at 10:00a.m. at the Alabama Veterans Museum and Limestone County Event Center, 100 West Pryor Street, Athens, Ala.

Local and state officials will officially welcome home the 203rd which returned from a deployment to Iraq in June. The approximately 70 members of the 203rd conducted military police security missions in their area of operations during their time in Iraq.

The general public is invited to attend to help honor the Soldiers and families of the 203rd. Local media are also welcome.

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