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South Dakota Guard Unit Headed for Year at Guantanamo Bay
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — About 110 members of the South Dakota National Guard’s police unit will soon be headed to Cuba for a year-long federal deployment.
The 235th Military Police Company, based in Rapid City and Sioux Falls, will train at Fort Bliss, Texas for several weeks before deploying overseas.
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The unit will provide detention support for Joint Task Force Guantanamo, a U.S. military joint task force based at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba.
The unit's commander, Capt. Pat Moran, says the soldiers have been preparing for the mission for nearly 16 months.
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