For more than two decades, Master Sgt. Aaron Sassman
has carried a piece of home wherever duty calls. A 22-year resident of Ames, Iowa, and proud
Iowa State University alum, Sassman, a field artillery senior sergeant assigned to Headquarters
and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 194th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat team, 34th
infantry Division, Iowa Army National Guard, has made it a personal tradition to fly his Iowa
State...
“It’s fitting,” said Sgt. Maj. Matthew Strasser, the Command Senior Enlisted Leader of the Iowa National Guard. “We all knew he would do this just because of who he is.”
