RELEASED BY: LT. COL. GREG HAPGOOD
     PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER
     OFFICE: (515) 252-4582
     CELL: (515) 971-6385
     HOME: (515) 986-5725

RELEASE: IMMEDIATE

IOWA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES FEATURED ON CBS ‘60 MINUTES’

60 Minutes, a worldwide, one-hour weekly news program produced by CBS News, will feature the deployment of the Iowa Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry on Sunday, May 27, 2007, in “Fathers, Sons, and Brothers.” The program will air at 6 p.m. Iowa time on CBS (check your television listing for the local CBS affiliate) and will dedicate its entire one-hour show to the Iowa Soldiers and their families.
 

Reported by correspondent Scott Pelley, “Fathers, Sons, and Brothers” follows the deployment of the Soldiers to Iraq and the lives of their families back home in Iowa from the initial alert to the present, nearly 24 months total.
 

The 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry is comprised of units located in Waterloo (Headquarters and Headquarters Company, and Detachment 1 of Company B), Dubuque (Companies A and D), Oelwein (Company B), Iowa Falls (Company C), and Charles City (Detachment 1 of Headquarters and Headquarters Company). Approximately 560 Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry are on this deployment, with an additional 130 Soldiers from Company E, 334th Brigade Support Battalion (Waterloo and Dubuque) providing logistical support.
 

The 1st Battalion, 133rd’s core mission is to conduct close combat with enemy forces and provide security of key terrain, facilities, and installations.
 

The unit was alerted in July 2005 to serve as a part of the United States’ Operation Iraqi Freedom and the global war on terrorism. They reported to their mobilization station at Camp Shelby, Miss. in September 2005 for federal active duty before leaving for Iraq in April 2006.
 

In January 2007, the Department of Defense extended the deployment for the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry for up to 125 days, or through August 2007.
 

For questions concerning this release as well as additional information about the operations, training, and activities of the Iowa Army and Air National Guard, please contact Lt. Col. Greg Hapgood, Iowa National Guard Public Affairs Officer by email at gregory.hapgood@ia.ngb.army.mil or (515) 252-4582 (office), (515) 971-6385 (cell), or (515) 986-5725 (home), or Master Sgt. Duff E. McFadden at duff.mcfadden@ia.ngb.army.mil or (515) 252-4666 (office), (515) 480-7647 (cell).

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