191st Now In Iraq, Under Command Of Capt. Cleghorn of Jamestown
FARGO, N.D. (AP) - The North Dakota National Guard says all 182 members of a Fargo-based military police unit are now in Iraq.
The Guard says the 191st Military Police Company will be working on security and supporting troop maneuvers. It was mobilized in January and trained at Fort Dix, N.J.
The Guard says the last members of the unit to arrive in Iraq came this week.
The unit has detachments in Mayville and Bismarck. Its commander is Capt. Ben Cleghorn of Jamestown.
The Guard says the 191st has members from more than 40 communities in North Dakota and neighboring states and more than a third of them volunteered from other units.
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