Some two dozen Iowa National Guard soldiers are leaving the state Tuesday for duty in Puerto Rico. Iowa National Guard spokesman, Colonel Greg Hapgood says they are flying out on KC-135 Stratotanker from the 185th Air Refueling Wing from Sioux City. Hapgood says they plan for soldiers and airmen to be gone for two weeks and adds that electricity is out for the entire island – and food and water is scarce — which raises a lot of security concerns there. Iowa National Guard personnel recently responded to Hurricane Harvey in Houston and also Hurricane Irma in Florida.
