(Des Moines) — The leader of the Iowa National Guard, Major General Stephen Osborn, plans to retire in January.
Osborn, a Davenport native, has held the top spot in the Iowa National Guard since 2023 and released a statement today that says: “It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve the State of Iowa, its citizens, and especially the Soldiers and Airmen of the Iowa National Guard.” General Osborn talked with Radio Iowa during a celebration of the Army’s 250th birthday in 2025 about how he got into the military.
“My dad was a Marine in the Korea time frame, and my mom’s dad served in World War I, so I had some military influence as I grew up. And I determined early in my high school days I was either going to go play college football or I was going to join the Army,” he said…