Part of Fargo Guard unit to deploy

FARGO — Nearly 30 members of the North Dakota Army National Guard’s 191st Military Police Company will deploy to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba next month for a yearlong mission, the Guard announced Wednesday.

The company, which is based in Fargo with detachments in Mayville and Bismarck, received a mobilization alert order this week.

The mission is expected to begin in late October.

Nearly 30 members of the unit will serve alongside more than 100 U.S. Army Reserve soldiers as part of the 1,000-strong force assigned to Joint Task Force Guantanamo, the Guard stated in a news release.

Joint Task Force Guantanamo has custody of detainees defined by the U.S. government as enemy combatants, including those convicted by military commission.

Before arriving in Cuba, the 191st will receive training at the mobilization station in Fort Bliss, Texas.

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