The Pentagon has called to active duty Virginia National Guard units from Manassas and Powhatan.
Major General Robert Newman Jr. said in a statement Monday that approximately 170 soldiers from the Manassas-based 266th Military Police Company and approximately 160 soldiers from the Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Company will enter active federal service in early October.
He said the units will serve as part of Operation Iraq (web|news) i Freedom. There is no word on when they will be deployed.Newman said both units have started pre-mobilization training at their home armories as well as Fort Pickett.
The Manassas unit will conduct its final mobilization training at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, and the Powhatan unit will head to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.
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