****Update****Send-off for deploying DC Guard MPs Sunday

WASHINGTON, DC (02/08/2013)(readMedia)-- A celebratory send-off for soldiers headed to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom is planned for February 10, 2013, at 3 p.m. in the D.C. National Guard Armory. Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Alfred Durham is slated to give the send-off address to the departing military police. Gen. Frank J. Grass, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and Matt Cary, director of the D.C. Office of Veterans Affairs are scheduled to give remarks. Media and the public are invited to attend.

WHO:

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 372nd Military Police Battalion, D.C. Army National Guard
WHAT:

A ceremony honoring the soldiers of the District of Columbia Army National Guard deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
WHEN: Sunday February 10, 2013 at 03:00PM Eastern Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: D.C. National Guard Armory
2001 East Capitol Street SE
Washington, District of Columbia 20003
NOTES:

Please contact 1st Lt. Miranda Summers Lowe, 301-693-3941 or miranda.m.summerslowe.mil@mail.mil for media escort.