Iowa field guide
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Explore 3 source-reviewed Iowa guides by region, with current identities, reporting distinctions and official household resources. Counts describe guide pages, including separate campuses and any clearly marked legacy listings.
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Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center is the Iowa Guard headquarters and training installation at Johnston. Camp Dodge and the Des Moines airport wing are different destinations. Ceremonies, museum visits and training have separate arrangements.
Read the field guide132d Wing uses the military campus at Des Moines International Airport. The airport wing campus and Camp Dodge in Johnston are different duty locations.
185th Air Refueling Wing uses the military campus at Sioux Gateway Airport at Colonel Bud Day Field. Sioux City is separate from Des Moines and Camp Dodge; commercial passenger services are not military reception.
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Camp Dodge and the Des Moines airport wing are separate duty locations.
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The 185th Air Refueling Wing uses the Sioux Gateway military campus.
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Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center is the Iowa Guard headquarters and training installation at Johnston. Camp Dodge and the Des Moines airport wing are different destinations. Ceremonies, museum visits and training have separate arrangements.
132d Wing uses the military campus at Des Moines International Airport. The airport wing campus and Camp Dodge in Johnston are different duty locations.
185th Air Refueling Wing uses the military campus at Sioux Gateway Airport at Colonel Bud Day Field. Sioux City is separate from Des Moines and Camp Dodge; commercial passenger services are not military reception.
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State preparedness resourcesNo. Camp Dodge is at Johnston; the airport wing has its own campus.
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