Iowa National Guard activated for presidential inauguration

Approximately 1,000 soldiers and airmen from the Iowa National Guard will assist federal, state and local agencies with support missions for the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20 in Washington, D.C.

The National Guard Bureau made the request Friday, Jan. 9, as a result of increased operational requirements and growing participant estimates. Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa Army National Guard, and Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing and 132nd Fighter Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, will be activated in mid-January. Officials anticipate the service men and women be activated for 10 days with duties to include crowd management, traffic control, personnel support and transportation.

Members from the following Iowa Army and Air National Guard units will be activated for the inauguration mission (number of Soldiers or Airmen per unit are approximate):

Boone

• Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (45 Soldiers)

Camp Dodge, Johnston

• Troop A, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (55 Soldiers)
• Troop B, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (40 Soldiers)
• Company C, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (40 Soldiers)
• Company B, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (30 Soldiers)

Carroll

• Company A, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (55 Soldiers)

Des Moines

• 132nd Fighter Wing (40 Airmen)

LeMars

• Troop C, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (85 Soldiers)

Sioux City

• Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (90 Soldiers)
• Troop D, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (65 Soldiers)
• 185th Air Refueling Wing (40 Airmen)

Cedar Rapids

• Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (140 Soldiers)

Dubuque

• Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (100 Soldiers)

Davenport

• Company A, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (55 Soldiers)

Council Bluffs

• Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (85 Soldiers)

Denison

• Company D, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (40 Soldiers)

Red Oak

• Company F, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (15 Soldiers)

Shenandoah

• Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (90 Soldiers)

A total of approximately 7,000 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from at least eight states will supplement security, communications, medical evacuation and other support during the presidential inauguration period.