217th MPs leaving, Mayor Byard asks locals to line the route in support
Prattville Mayor Jim Byard Jr. has asked citizens to line the departure route as the 217th Military Police Company leaves for a year in Iraq.
The company is meeting around 5 a.m. Tuesday at the Prattville National Guard Amory on U.S. 82. They'll board buses and depart for the Montgomery airport around 7:15 a.m. From the armory, they'll follow 82, turning right onto U.S. 31 South to the city limits at the Alabama River Bridge.
Byard said in a release that there's no formal plan, but that he thinks it woudl be great for the soldiers to see locals lining the route and showing their support.
For more on the unit and their deployment, click here.
The company is meeting around 5 a.m. Tuesday at the Prattville National Guard Amory on U.S. 82. They'll board buses and depart for the Montgomery airport around 7:15 a.m. From the armory, they'll follow 82, turning right onto U.S. 31 South to the city limits at the Alabama River Bridge.
Byard said in a release that there's no formal plan, but that he thinks it woudl be great for the soldiers to see locals lining the route and showing their support.
For more on the unit and their deployment, click here.
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