They are due back between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m.Friday at the National Guard armory on South Street in Auburn.
Pvc.Robert Madill of Waterloo cleans his M-16 along with other members of the 102nd Military Police Battalion. The New York Army National Guard unit stationed in Auburn has members serving in Iraq. Fourteen are set to return on Friday.
Among the returning Guardsmen are 14 soldiers from the Auburn area. They are due back at the National Guard armory on South Street between 12:30 and 1:30 p.m.
The guard unit, part of the 222nd Military Police Battalion based in Auburn, left for active duty last June and spent nearly 10 months in Basra training Iraqi police officers and providing security during elections held in April in Iraq.
The National Guard soldiers have spent the past two weeks at Fort Dix, N.J., being debriefed. They are expected to board a bus convoy Friday morning for the trip to New York.
In Binghamton, convoy will separate, with buses travelling to Latham and Utica, while one proceeds to Auburn, Rochester and Buffalo.
The Auburn-bound bus will travel north on Interstate 81, west on Route 20 to Auburn and south on South Street.
The 206th is based in Latham but its ranks are drawn from across New York. Large contingents of its members come from the Hudson Valley, Utica, Auburn, Rochester and Buffalo areas.
Reach John Stith at jstith@syracuse.com or at 251-5718.