By Alabama Public Radio
Montgomery, AL – About 530 Alabama National Guard soldiers are preparing to go to Iraq. The latest Pentagon orders involve four National Guard units from Alabama. Two of them are from Huntsville -- the 128th Military Police Company will mobilize in mid-June, and the 11-69th Engineer Group will mobilize in late July. In Dothan, the 186th Engineer Company will mobilize in early July, and in Andalusia, the First Battalion, 117th Field Artillery will enter active duty later that month. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Horton, a Guard spokesman, says the four guard units will deploy overseas for 12 months.