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Unit/Organization Information
  • New Mexico Army Ntational Guard
  • 226th Military Police Battalion
  • 126th Military Police Company
Location
Coin Location: 18I8
Homebase: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Deployment: Camp Arifjan, Kuwait
Additional Information
Date Acquired: 11 October 2016
Donated by: SFC Kass
Copies: 1 of 1

C005695

Location: 18I8

Coin: Command - Deployment

National Guard » U.S. Army » Law Enforcement - Military Police

Narrative

Round shaped coin, pewter in color, 2 inches in diameter.

Journal - Page 122 - Line 19

From a news release by the New Mexico National Guard dted 5 November 2016 and datelined Albuquerque, New Mexico

"The 126th Military Police Company of the New Mexico National Guard arrived back on U.S. soil Oct. 23 after nine months in the Middle East. NMNG Adjutant General Brig. Gen. Andrew Salas and the NMNG’s senior leadership team greeted them. The unit, led by Capt. Joshua Walsh and First Sgt. Lacey Macias, supported Operation Spartan Shield from their base in Kuwait, inspecting cargo at maritime ports and air-ports throughout the Middle East. - - - - The soldiers are going through the demobilization process at Fort Bliss, Texas, and then a yellow ribbon ceremony will be scheduled to welcome them back home to New Mexico."