ALBANY--Members of the New York Army National Guard's 206th Military Police Company march into the Empire State Plaza on Wednesday, June 24, as they prepare for a ceremony marking their departure for duty in Iraq.
The 185 members of the unit will train at Fort Dix for approximately two months before deploying to Iraq.
The Empire State Plaza is a state government complex in downtown Albany.
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