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Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers Selected for International Best Squad Competition
December 1, 2025
Seven Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers completed tryouts at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. Oct. 22, 2025, earning their place in a best squad competition scheduled for March 2026 in Lithuania.
Taking Flight: Pennsylvania Guard Expanding Drone Usage
November 24, 2025
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nathan Shea, the Unmanned Aircraft Systems operations officer at the Fort Indiantown Gap UAS facility, operates a first-person-view, or FPV, drone on Sept. 2, 2025, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania.
Maryland Guard Participates in Baltic Blitz 25 With Estonian Partners
November 19, 2025
Maryland Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Alexia De Souza, specialist for the 135th Intelligence Squadron; Tech. Sgt. Matthew Holsey with the 175th Maintenance Squadron; and a member of the Estonian Defence Forces participate in Baltic Blitz 25 at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, Sept. 25, 2025.
Nebraska, Guam Guards Partner with Marshall Islands
November 18, 2025
Nebraska and Guam National Guards partner with the Republic of the Marshall Islands through the Department of War National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.
Philippine, University of Guam Cadets Train Together
November 18, 2025
Philippine Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or ROTC, cadets conduct bounding overwatch with University of Guam ROTC cadets at the University of Guam campus, Nov. 14, 2025, under the Department of War National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.
Montana Guard, Sri Lanka Armed Forces Sign Memorandum of Understanding for Partnership
November 17, 2025
U.S. Ambassador Julie Chung, Brigadier General Trenton Gibson, Adjutant General of the Montana National Guard, Deputy Minister of Defense Major General Aruna Jayasekara (Retd) and Secretary of Defense of Sri Lanka Air Vice Marshal Sampath Thuyacontha (Retd) sign a Memorandum of Understanding in Colombo formalizing the U.S.–Sri Lanka defense partnership under the Department of War’s State Partnership Program on November 14, 2025.
Pennsylvania National Guard Strengthens Cyber Defense at Home and Abroad
November 14, 2025
Lithuanian Vice Minister of Defense, Mr. Margiris Abukevičius, his advisor, Mr. Tadas Sakunas, Ms. Monika Koroliovienė, Defense Counselor, Embassy of Lithuania, visited the Pa. Guard’s Cyber Defense branch, led by Maj. Christine Pierce, Oct. 28 at Fort Indiantown Gap.
Washington Guard Hosts Disaster Response Training with Malaysian Partners
November 14, 2025
A member of the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (SMART) tosses a water rescue throw bag to a swimmer during swift water rescue training in Spokane, Wash., Sept. 28, 2025.
NY Army Guard Provides Funeral Honors for Homecoming of WWII Airman
November 13, 2025
U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the New York National Guard Honor Guard conduct a dignified transfer of the remains of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John A. Pagliuso at Frederick Douglas International Airport in Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 5, 2025.
Washington Guard Continues Strengthening Relationship at Thailand’s Port of Laem Chabang
September 30, 2025
Photo of medical training during a Port Subject Matter Expert Exchange at the Port of Laem Chabang, Thailand, August 20, 2025.