• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Military / Guard spokesman hopes for better news in December

Guard spokesman hopes for better news in December

December 2, 2003 By admin

The spokesman for the Iowa National Guard says he hopes the black cloud that hung over the organization in November with the death of four of its members in Iraq will dissipate in December. Colonel Robert King says over 27-hundred Iowans remain on active duty — about half in Iraq. King says the Thanksgiving visit by President Bush last week was a morale boost to him and likely to those overseas. He says it had to be a huge morale booster, even for those soldiers who didn’t actually see him, as he says word spreads fast. King says the visit showed the troops have support from the top. He says it wasn’t necessarily the sacrifice, it was the risk the president took as his role as the leader of the free world and the Commander in Chief. King says he admires the president for making the trip. King says the visit was a good boost in morale at the Guard headquarters at Camp Dodge after what has been one of the worst months for deaths in the organization since World War Two. King says the deaths show the diverse nature of the Iowa Guard as they included a 43-year-old full-time helicopter flight instructor, to the latest, a 22-year-old part-time guardmember. He says if you go to some of the units they send away, you see everything from 18 and 19-year-olds to all the way up to 50 year olds. King says all the deaths are hard to take, especially when it’s someone in their 20s.He says they sacrificed their time, their lives, so you and I can get to do the things we do, and they don’t get the opportunity to do the things we do because they sacrificed. A total of nine Iowans have died in the most recent action in Iraq — including the four Iowa guardmembers in November.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Military Tagged With: Iowa National Guard

Featured Stories

Abortion opponents call for ‘life at conception’ law to ban all abortions

Bill would limit placement of solar arrays on farm ground

Marquette casino moving to land, leaving only 2 casino boats in Iowa

Reynolds signs her ‘school choice’ bill into law

Governor Reynolds touts 2024 Iowa Caucuses in Inaugural Address

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

UNI looks to end skid at Evansville

No. 11 Iowa State visits West Virginia

Fast start boosts Drake at Murray State

No coaching changes coming for Iowa football

Iowa State names new receivers coach

More Sports

Archives

Copyright © 2023 ยท Learfield News & Ag, LLC