Iowa Soldiers Returning From 10-Month Middle East Deployment Get our free mobile app Nearly 630 Iowa soldiers who have been deployed to the Middle East for the past 10 months are returning home. The Iowa Army National Guard is hosting modified community welcome ceremonies for soldiers from the 1st Battalion "Ironman" 133rd Infantry Regiment. The cememonies will be several cities this weekend, but they will not be open to the public. They will be live-streamed for the public to view. The soldiers returning to Iowa include a group of about 110 men and women from Davenport, 130 from both Cedar Rapids and Dubuque, and 250 from Waterloo.