{"id":22612,"date":"2023-12-29T02:43:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T02:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=22612"},"modified":"2023-12-29T02:43:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T02:43:56","slug":"iowa-national-guard-deploys-soldiers-to-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=22612","title":{"rendered":"Iowa National Guard Deploys Soldiers to Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over 30 members of the Iowa National Guard are set to be deployed to the European nation of Kosovo this week.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/iowa-national-guard-deploying-33-soldiers-to-kosovo-for-peacekeeping-mission\/46242578\">KCCI<\/a>, the Iowa National Guard is sending 33 soldiers to Kosovo as part of a NATO peacekeeping mission.<\/p>\n<p>The guardsmen will be deployed on December 29th for a nine-month tour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/us-deploys-troops-european-country-tensions-rise-1856164\">Newsweek<\/a> reported the 33 guardsmen will \u201cconduct live aerial medevac operations, refueling and maintenance support for the United States, Kosovo Security Forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>33 Iowa National Guard soldiers being deployed to Kosovo | Click on the image to read the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eXS1qw0OeJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/eXS1qw0OeJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KCCI News (@KCCINews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KCCINews\/status\/1740395943759949847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/iowa-national-guard-deploying-33-soldiers-to-kosovo-for-peacekeeping-mission\/46242578\">KCCI<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 Iowa National Guard soldiers are preparing for deployment this week.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say they\u2019re heading to Kosovo \u2014 Iowa\u2019s sister state \u2014 for nine months. While overseas, the troops will help support a NATO peacekeeping operation.<\/p>\n<p>A community send-off ceremony will be held Friday morning at the Waterloo Airport Army Aviation Support Facility.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa National Guard members have been stationed in Kosovo since 2003. Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, the president of Kosovo, visited Iowa in October to thank Iowa for decades of cooperation and to reaffirm the relationship with the state.<\/p>\n<p>In October, the president of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, was welcomed to Iowa\u2019s statehouse by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>LOOK:<\/p>\n<p>The Kosovo anthem and the famous song \u201cLule Bore\u201d echoed in the Iowa State Capitol as Kosovo\u2019s President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VjosaOsmaniPRKS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VjosaOsmaniPRKS<\/a> was welcomed by the Governor<br \/>\nof Iowa, Reynolds. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/S0HXYdI9nM\">pic.twitter.com\/S0HXYdI9nM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Admirim (@admirim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/admirim\/status\/1717089727738720336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Gov. Kim Reynolds welcomed Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu, the president of Kosovo, to the Iowa statehouse on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2011, Kosovo and Iowa have shared a close partnership after former Gov. Terry Branstad signed a sister-state partnership with the country.<\/p>\n<p>In the last two decades, over 700 Iowa National Guard members have been stationed in Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/12\/iowa-national-guard-deploys-soldiers-kosovo\/\">Iowa National Guard Deploys Soldiers to Kosovo<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 30 members of the Iowa National Guard are set to be deployed to the European nation of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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