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)