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With the imminent return of the 54th Military Police Company, the number of Fort Lewis troops deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan is down to about 2,000,* according to post officials.
I can't swear to it but I'm pretty sure that's fewer than at any time since the early days following the March 2003 invasion.
Here's who is still over there.
In Iraq: 51st Military Police Company; 4th Squadron, 6th Cavalry Squadron; 62nd Medical Brigade headquarters; 504th Military Intelligence Battalion; 514th Medical Company; 547th Medical Company; 9th Finance Detachment; 102nd Forward Surgical Team; 551st Medical Company; 153rd Medical Detachment; 295th Quartermaster Company; 673rd Medical Company; 22nd HR Company; A/110 Chemical Battalion; 80th Ordnance Battalion; 710th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company; 42nd Military Police Brigade headquarters; 14th Engineer Battalion; 542nd Ordnance Company; 265th Transportation Team; 98th Medical Company; 38th Military Police detachment (CID).
In Afghanistan: 51st Military Police Company; 19th Public Affairs Detachment; 3rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion.
* Deployment figures don't include numbers from the 1st Special Forces Group and the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, who, like Col. Flagg on M*A*S*H, come and go like the wind.
Another 140 military police soldiers are coming home to Fort Lewis after a long tour in Iraq.
The post says soldiers of the 54th Military Police Company are coming in late tonight and will be welcomed home by their families in a ceremony in the wee hours Wednesday.
The company went to Baghdad in May 2007 and spent the past 15 months training and mentoring Iraqi police. The unit made news a couple months ago when they arrested eight of their counterparts on suspicion of participating in attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces.
