ISIS gunman kills two Iowa National Guard members in Syria terrorist attack. Community mourns loss of Nate Howard and fellow soldier in tragic incident.

With nearly four centuries of service, the Army National Guard is about as old as the Taj Mahal and the Palace of Versailles.

Meskwaki Nation Police Chief Jeffrey Bunn posted on the department's page that his son, Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, is one of the victims.

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Friends and family members have identified the two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in Syria this weekend as Nate Howard and Edgar Torres. Governor Kim Reynolds said three more Iowa National Guard soldiers were hurt in the attack, as well as civilian interpreter, identified by family as Ayad Sakat.

The Senate is set to question military leaders over President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to American cities.

Ten Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, or MPAD, were honored during a

U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was laid to rest with full military honors on Tuesday at the West Virginia National Cemetery. Beckstrom died Nov. 27 after being fatally wounded the previous day in a shooting attack that also injured Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, near the Farragut Square Metro Station in Washington.

Two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed in a Syria ambush are the Guard’s first combat deaths since Sgt. Terryl Pasker was fatally shot in Afghanistan in 2011.