Iowa National Guard members being deployed to Middle East Nearly 2,000 members of the Iowa National Guard are being deployed to the Middle East as part of the U S military's mission to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS Roughly 1,400
Iowa National Guard deploys troops to Middle East, families . . . At the new West Des Moines training facility on Wednesday, 214 soldiers were recognized They’ll be supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, international efforts to defeat ISIS The service members boarded four charter buses and brought an Iowa flag along with them
Hundreds of Iowa National Guard troops to soon deploy to the . . . 18-hundred Iowa National Guard troops will soon be heading to the Middle East to help provide security, support, and stability in the region The soldiers come from across the state, and will be gone for one year
Fort Dodge soldiers head to the Middle East | News, Sports . . . The soldiers from the local unit are among about 1,800 Iowa Army National Guard troops deploying for the overseas mission Their upcoming task has been described as a security and support mission The soldiers are initially going to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson in Louisiana