Fort Benning soldiers headed for Iraq

12:59 AM, Jul 15, 2011   |    comments
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FORT BENNING, Ga. -- About 70 soldiers assigned to the 233rd Heavy Equipment Transport Company at Fort Benning are scheduled to deploy to Iraq on Sunday.

A brief ceremony is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. in the 233rd Company area, near the post's water tower. Buses will transport the soldiers to Lawson Army Airfield for a flight to Kuwait.

During the yearlong deployment, the unit will conduct convoy operations, transporting heavy equipment, vehicles, shipping containers and supplies.

The 233rd is a component of the 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion.

(Associated Press)