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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      April 5, 2005

NINE MEMBERS OF THE 35th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY DEPLOY TO DJIBOUTI, AFRICA

On April 4, 2005, a small contingent of soldiers from the Kansas National Guard's 35th Military Police Company left their home in Topeka to begin a 12-month deployment overseas in support of the War on Terror. These soldiers are being sent to Schofield Barracks in Hawaii where they will be attached to 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard. The detachment will leave for Djibouti, in the horn of Africa, on June 1 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

From their base in Djibouti they will be a personal security detachment for high ranking officials going into and out of the combat zone visiting troops and conducting diplomatic visits to other nations.

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