84 SOLDIERS FROM THE IOWA NATIONAL GUARD’S 113TH CALVARY IN SIOUX CITY WILL DEPART WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DEPLOYING TO THE MIDDLE EAST IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE.
A COMMUNITY SEND-OFF CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE AT 3 P.M.AT BISHOP HEELAN HIGH SCHOOL.
45 SOLDIERS FROM THE LE MARS BASED 113TH CAVALRY, COMPANY C WILL DEPART FROM LE MARS HIGH SCHOOL AT THE SAME TIME.
THE IOWA NATIONAL GUARD WILL HOLD 24 COMMUNITY-BASED SEND-OFF CEREMONIES ACROSS THE STATE OVER THE NEXT THREE DAYS IN HONOR OF APPROXIMATELY 1,800 IOWA SOLDIERS
MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN OSBORN,ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE IOWA NATIONAL GUARD, SAYS THE SEND-OFFS ARE A VITAL TRADITION, REPRESENTING NOT ONLY THE COURAGE AND DEDICATION OF OUR SOLDIERS BUT ALSO THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT STAND BEHIND THEM.
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