Iowa National Guard

We're less than TWO WEEKS away from our Summer Kickoff with Standing Hampton and the 34th Army Band's Scrap Metal 🎶 Join us Thursday May 21, 2026, at Camp Dodge for live music, summer fun and FREE ice cream! 🍦 We can't wait to kick off the season with you!

Welcome to the Iowa Army National Guard! 🇺🇸 These new Iowa Army National Guard Soldiers officially received their unit patch at Camp Dodge after completing Initial Entry Training on May 14, 2026. See all the 📸 : flic.kr/s/aHBqjCTKYW

A historic American flag carried by the 133rd Infantry Regiment of the Iowa Army National Guard during World War II has returned to the Grout Museum District following conservation work in Minnesota. cbs2iowa.com/news/local/his…

Huge shoutout to everyone who showed up for the “Ruck for a Cause” at Iowa State University on May 9! 📷📷 Together students and Soldiers rucked 5 miles across campus carrying donated food in their packs and because of your support, we collected over 500 pounds of food!

Community leaders gathered at the Iowa National Guard’s Marshalltown armory for an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Center of Influence event on May 4, 2026. #iowanationalguard #esgr #nationalguard #CitizenSoldiers #MarshalltownIA

First in the nation, Ready to defend Iowa. 💪 From April 27 to May 1, 2026 the Iowa National Guard cyber teams supported a groundbreaking cybersecurity exercise protecting critical infrastructure and assessing cyber readiness. Outstanding work by each Soldier and Airman involved!

Members of the West Des Moines Leadership Academy took a tour around Camp Dodge in Johnston, Iowa on April 23, 2026. During the visit, they learned how the Iowa National Guard trains to stays ready for any emergency. #AlwaysReady. IANG Photos by Staff Sgt. Annalise Guckenberger

The Iowa National Guard is a frontline force, training, deploying, and fighting alongside active-duty partners as a shield at home and a sword overseas. #AlwayReady

Please join us next Thursday at 10 a.m. on Facebook for the Condition of the Guard, an annual overview of the Iowa National Guard’s accomplishments and objectives, presented by the Adjutant General of Iowa, Maj. Gen. Stephen Osborn. #AlwaysReady

Upon arrival, the Iowa National Guard Honor Guard conducted an honorable transfer of remains to ceremoniously receive them from the aircraft. (U.S. Army National Guard photos by 1st Sgt. Jason Everett and Spc. Armani Wilson)

The remains of two fallen Iowa National Guard Soldiers, Staff Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines and Staff Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, arrive at the Des Moines International Airport, Dec. 24, 2025.

The dignified transfer ceremony also included the transfer case of Ayad Sakat, a U.S. civilian interpreter.

Howard and Torres-Tovar, who were assigned to 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, 2/34IBCT, Iowa Army National Guard, were killed in Syria, Dec. 13, 2025, while serving in counterterrorism operations there. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Zach Sheely)

@POTUS Donald J. Trump, @SecWar Pete Hegseth, @IAGovernor Kim Reynolds, join @IowaNatGuard senior leaders, and state and national leadership to observe the dignified transfer of Sergeants William Howard and Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, Dec. 17, 2025.

Official Iowa National Guard photos of Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard and Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tovar.