The Hawkeye River Run is a two-week long, statewide medical training exercise designed to prepare Iowa Army National Guard medics for large-scale combat operations. During the exercise Soldiers assigned to 109th Multifunctional Medical Battalion,...
Soldiers from the 422nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced trained with the 991st Aviation Troop Command on cold-load procedures aboard a CH-47 Chinook for the Desert Forge in Nevada. The training improved aircraft safety familiarity and prepared the unit to provide tactical communications support during the exercise.