Cyclone Spirit Overseas: Iowa State Alum keeps tradition alive during deployments 

For more than two decades, Master Sgt. Aaron Sassman
has carried a piece of home wherever duty calls. A 22-year resident of Ames, Iowa, and proud
Iowa State University alum, Sassman, a field artillery senior sergeant assigned to Headquarters
and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat team, 34th
infantry Division, Iowa Army National Guard, has made it a personal tradition to fly his Iowa
State Cyclones flag on every deployment since 2002.