A Centreville-based Alabama Army National Guard unit heads to Fort Lewis, Wash., next week for final training before be sent to Iraq.

The state Guard said in a news release that about 80 members of the 129th Medical Company will provide health protection and ground evacuation to coalition forces in Iraq.

A send-off ceremony for the unit will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Fort I. Judson Sneed Armory in Centreville and the company will leave for Fort Lewis the next day.

Another Iraq-bound Army Guard unit, the 203rd Military Police Battalion from Gadsden, will be sending about 75 soldiers for some final pre-deployment training to Fort Bliss, Texas, following a send-off ceremony June 19.