Time capsule left by decorated Kentucky Guard MP unit found in Fort McCoy barracks nearly two decades after unit left of Operation Iraqi Freedom [Image 43 of 57]

BAGHDAD, IRAQ

02.20.2005

Courtesy Photo

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office           

Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard’s 617th Military Police Company are shown Feb. 20, 2005, in Iraq, while on deployment. The unit, before they were deployed, were mobilized at Fort McCoy and had left a time capsule in a barracks at McCoy that was discovered in late 2022 by contractors working on Fort McCoy barracks. The company placed the makeshift time capsule in the walls of the barracks thinking they’d come back to it after their deployment completed in 2005 but they forgot about it. The 617th completed their mobilization at Fort McCoy from October to November 2004 and then their demobilization a year later. The unit also is one of the most decorated combat National Guard military police units after completing that deployment. (Contributed photo)

• Date Taken: 02.20.2005
• Date Posted: 03.15.2023 17:57
• Photo ID: 7683532
• VIRIN: 050220-A-A4608-373
• Resolution: 375x606
• Size: 82.31 KB
• Location: BAGHDAD, IQ