State Rep. Royd Chambers, R-Sheldon, has notified his constituents that he has been called to active duty and will likely miss all of Iowa’s 2009 state legislative session.

From the Spencer Daily Reporter:

“Duty calls” topped the statement from state Rep. Royd Chambers, who announced that he will be unable to participate in the first session of the 83rd General Assembly.

The Sheldon Republican serves in the Iowa Air National Guard and recently received notice that he will be deploying again.

“Previous deployments happened to fall outside the legislative session, but not this time,” he said, in an announcement to his constituents. “I will be leaving immediately after the first of the year and am not likely to see any of the session.”

AP reports that Chambers will be deployed to the nation of Kyrgyzstan, a very cold former Soviet Republic in a strategically important location in central Asia.