NASHVILLE - The Tennessee National Guard's 251st Military Police Company,
composed of soldiers from Lexington, Bolivar and Savannah, received mobilization orders effective Saturday, December 8.

Upon completion of administrative and logistics operations, the West Tennessee Guardsmen will travel to Ft. Dix, New Jersey, for an unspecified period of time where they will undergo specialized training and preparation for deployment overseas.

The mobilization involves 124 soldiers:  24 from Headquarters Company in Lexington, 50 from Detachment 1 in Bolivar and 50 from Detachment 2 in Savannah.

The MP Company is being deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Since September 11, 2001, more than 12,000 have deployed out of a total of 14,000 soldiers and airman in the Tennessee National Guard. That number
includes many who have volunteered for second and third tours of duty in Iraq or Afghanistan.

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