Iowa — Round 160 troopers from the Iowa Nationwide Guard’s 1133rd Transportation Firm are going to be despatched to Europe. And 15-20 troopers from the 2168th Transportation Firm based mostly in Sheldon are going alongside. The 1133rd troopers are from Mason Metropolis and Iowa Metropolis.
The 1133rd and the volunteers from the 2168th will finally deploy to Poland in assist of Operation European Guarantee, Deter, and Reinforce. Employees Sergeant Duane Parizek has been within the Iowa Nationwide Guard for 16 years, and 9 years in the past, the unit he was assigned to deployed to Afghanistan.
The 1133rd was used to haul provides through the first a number of months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A sendoff was scheduled for Sunday in Mason Metropolis. The troopers will first go to Texas to organize for the journey.