Fort Benning units deploying

Entrance gate to Fort Benning. (Dave Bender/file)

In news about Georgia military affairs, some 270 soldiers from Fort Benning in southwest Georgia are set to deploy to Iraq.

The troops are part of a military police, and a transportation company.

They will leave on Tuesday for a twelve month tour-of-duty, according to an Army statement.

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