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  • 185th Airman Awarded Iowa Honor Guard Member of the Year

    During a ceremony honoring the members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) Honor Guard, Senior Airman Preston Crandell was announced as the National Guard Honor Guard member of the year for Iowa.Senior Airman Crandell, a native of LeMars, Iowa, is a Logistics Supply Technician for the 185th. He

  • Sending Holiday Cheer to Deployed Airmen

    SIOUX CITY, IA - Being away from friends and family during deployment is hard. When that deployment is over the holidays, it can be even more difficult. Several families gathered together at the air base on December 9, to make sure that every deployed member of the 185th got something a little

  • Social Media Brings Airmen Closer to Home for the Holidays

    At 1 a. m., during a rare restful sleep, Lori Hill is awakened by a strange sound coming from another room. She slowly stumbles into the room and turns on her computer monitor. On the screen, her husband, Master Sgt. Marshall Hill, greets her, "Good Morning!"The old fashioned "morale calls," where

  • Leadership Summit Aims to Mentor Area Youths

    Eighth graders and Airmen from the Sioux City area spent the day together working on leadership and team work. The Airmen from the Iowa National Guard's 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Sioux City, Iowa invited youths from Sioux City area schools to participate in the day-long event. The students

  • Testing Positive: Could Your Supplements Cause You to Fail Your Drug Test?

    With the new fitness regulations set in place for the Air force, military members young and old are doing what they can to get their bodies into peak physical condition. Sometimes this means taking performance enhancing supplements. As we get older the body just does not seem to do what we would

  • Iowa ADT discovers complexity of Kunar agriculture at demo farm

    The Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team got some lessons in the complexity of Afghanistan's agriculture and governance when its members paid a visit to a demonstration and experimental farm near Asad Abad Sept. 21. The agricultural experts of the ADT found the Salar Bagh

  • Rain and Cold Does Not Stop the 185th ARW or the Race for Hope

    Despite the cold and the rain, over 200 members and family of the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) joined hundreds of racers to participate in the 14th Annual June E. Nylen Race for Hope this Saturday at Maude Adam's Nature Preserve in North Sioux City, S.D. While the trails on the Adam's Nature

  • Dedication to AbilityOne Program Makes 185th Airman a Champion

    There are some people who truly define the word "advocate". Senior Master Sgt. Vicky Williams is one of those people. Since 2007, when she first brought the AbilityOne Program on base at the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, she has continually searched for other AbilityOne

  • 185th Air Refueling Wing Leads the Way in Race for Hope

    The cool fog from the Missouri River slowly dissipates into the warm summer air as Airmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Sioux City, Iowa prepare for their physical fitness test. While the fitness test challenges the Airmen to push themselves harder, many of them are training for

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