DES MOINES, Iowa– The central Iowa community has been hit hard by combat deaths overseas. Not only were all six soldiers killed in Kuwait at the start of Operation Epic Fury assigned to the Army Reserve’s 103rd Sustainment Command in Des Moines, but two were central Iowa residents. Waukee resident Maj. Jeffrey R. O’Brien, 45, […]
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