Iowa Red Bulls assume command
Iowa National Guard Soldiers assigned to 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa Army National Guard assume command over Task Force Guardian, providing base security in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Inherent Resolve August,...
Cyclone Spirit Overseas: Iowa State Alum keeps tradition alive during deployments
Iowa National Guard 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,...
Forward observers call for fire at JRTC
Iowa National Guard Forward observers from 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa Army National Guard, coordinate indirect fire missions during a training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Johnson,...
Three-plane minimal interval takeoff
Iowa National Guard Three U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers assigned to the 185th Air Refueling Wing fly as part of a three-plane minimal interval takeoff from the 185th ARW in Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 26, 2025. The planes would fly to refuel U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs. (U.S....