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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE       May 21, 2008

No. 08-046

KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD’S 35th MILITARY POLICE COMPANY RETURNING TO TOPEKA ON FRIDAY

Approximately 160 soldiers of the 35th Military Police Company, Kansas National Guard, will be welcomed home on Friday, May 23, in Lee Arena in Petro Allied Health Center on the Washburn University campus, 1700 College Ave., Topeka.

The Guardsmen, who deployed to Iraq in June 2007 to conduct military police operations, will arrive at the area at approximately noon to be greeted by family and friends.

“We’re happy to have them back in Kansas,” said Maj. Gen. Tod Bunting, the adjutant general. “These soldiers served honorably and with distinction and have earned time at home with their families.”

The unit is headquartered in Topeka and is commanded by Maj. Robert Stinson. Approximately 85 soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 635th Armor, headquartered in Manhattan, were transferred to the 35th Military Police Company to augment the unit for this mission along with Soldiers from other Kansas units.

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