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Fort Indiantown Gap hosts airborne training
May 20, 2022
An Airman from the 14th Air Support Operations Squadron jumps from a Pennsylvania Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook during airborne operations at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The pilots and crew chiefs of the Chinook worked to provide the Airmen with a stable platform as they moved over the drop area.
Ranger, Sapper assessment conducted at Fort Indiantown Gap
April 28, 2022
Staff Sgt. Paul Almquist, left, a Ranger and Sapper Assessment Program instructor assigned to Pennsylvania Joint Force Headquarters, leads participants in a run to the Marquette Lake for the combat water survival test April 22, 2022. The CWST is one of several events that challenged Soldiers and Airmen physically and mentally to see if they are prepared for Ranger and Sapper School.
Hokanson: State Partnership Program critical to national security
April 12, 2022
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christopher Lane, director of operations for the 137th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, speaks to doctors with the Azerbaijan Operational Capabilities Concept Battalion about aeromedical evacuation roles during a medical knowledge exchange event in Oklahoma City March 30, 2022. The knowledge exchange involved the participation and support of Guardsmen with both the Oklahoma Army and Air National Guard in support of the State Partnership Program.
Pennsylvania National Guard holds Wi-Fighter Cyber Challenge
March 30, 2022
Capt. Sean Smith, right, deputy cyber chief for the Defensive Cyber Operations Element, and a Lebanon, Pa., native, discusses with a Penn State student during the PA National Guard Wi-Fighter Cyber Challenge at Penn State University on March 16, 2022. Smith, also a Penn State alum, assisted students to finish the competition.
Pennsylvania National Guard ends COVID-19 response mission
March 23, 2022
Spc. Gary Sowash, a combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2/112th Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard, administers a COVID-19 vaccine at Lancaster-Lebanon IU13 in Lancaster, March 12, 2021. After two years and hundreds of missions across the commonwealth, the Pennsylvania National Guard ended its COVID-19 response March 16, 2022.
Pennsylvania Guard is first Guard to field new SIGINT system
March 23, 2022
Sgt. Emily Rivas, a cryptologic linguist with the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, is one of eight Pennsylvania National Guard members training March 17, 2022, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, on the new Tactical Dismounted Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence system. Pennsylvania is the first National Guard in the country to field the system.
Pennsylvania National Guard medics train as they fight
March 11, 2022
Combat medics with the Pennsylvania National Guard provide security while another renders tactical field care to a simulated casualty as part of the TC8-800 medic sustainment course March 2, 2022, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The course, which was held Feb. 17-Mar. 3, enabled the 17 participants to train with other medics outside their home units.
Pennsylvania Guard pilots training course for Northern Command
March 10, 2022
Capt. Brandon Sweeney, current operations officer, Pennsylvania National Guard, marks unit locations on a map of Pennsylvania during a staff training course March 8, 2022. The trial course, hosted by U.S. Northern Command, trained staff on emergency preparedness using a notional Category 2 hurricane scenario.
Pennsylvania Guard members pitch in during pandemic
February 23, 2022
Spc. Han Thach, left, a combat medic with the Pennsylvania National Guard, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a patient in Enola, Pa., March 26, 2021. Thach was part of the Guard mission to vaccinate Pennsylvania teachers, child-care workers and other staff.
Pennsylvania Guard expands assistance at care facilities
February 1, 2022
Pennsylvania National Guard Staff Sgt. Kursty Campbell, left, and Pfc. Ryan Whispell, center, test a staff member at Kendal-Crosslands Nursing Home in Kennett Square, Pa., May 26, 2020.
National Guard works with partners on winter storm response
January 18, 2022
Soldiers of the North Carolina National Guard's 113th Sustainment Brigade. 1452nd Combat HET Transportation Company, help stranded motorists in Surry County, North Carolina, during Winter Storm Izzy, Jan. 16, 2022. The Soldiers are assigned to All Hazard Response Teams and other force packages to support local authorities’ winter storm response.
Pennsylvania Guard supports federal COVID-19 response teams
January 5, 2022
Brig. Gen. James McCormack, director of the joint staff, Pennsylvania National Guard, was activated as dual-status commander Dec. 31, 2021, to provide command and control of federal COVID-19 response teams in Pennsylvania.
28th ID Soldier receives rare military intelligence award
December 23, 2021
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Zachery Norris, left, U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s Federated Intelligence Program production manager with the 66th Military Intelligence Brigade, and Staff Sgt. Matthew Haberle, USAREUR-AF FIP mission manager with the 66th MI, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Haberle was the 2021 recipient of the Colonel Carl F. Eifler National Guard award during the National Military Intelligence Foundation’s “Night of Heroes” virtual event Nov. 17, 2021.
Year in Review: National Guard delivered at home and abroad
December 22, 2021
New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, 508th Military Police Company, 108th Wing, and 177th Fighter Wing, arrive near the U.S. Capitol Jan. 12, 2021. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from every state, territory and the District of Columbia traveled to Washington to support federal and district authorities for the 59th Presidential Inauguration.
Pennsylvania Guard leaders meet with Lithuanian partners
December 15, 2021
Pennsylvania Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Mark Schindler, adjutant general, bids farewell to Lithuanian dignitaries after their visit to Fort Indiantown Gap Dec. 14, 2021. The visit was in support of the State Partnership Program and recognizes the 28-year partnership between Lithuania and Pennsylvania.
Lithuanian cyber defense leader visits 111th Attack Wing
December 10, 2021
U.S. Air National Guard Lt. Col. Thomas Love, left, 112th Cyberspace Operations Squadron commander at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, escorts Lithuanian air force Col. Romualdas Petkevicius, front, right, director of the Regional Cyber Defence Center in Kaunas, Lithuania, during a tour of the 112th COS headquarters Dec. 6, 2021, to discuss capabilities, training and areas of future cooperation. Petkevicius was accompanied by, in order, to Petkevicius' right, Geistautas Cernius, chief of the cyber threat analysis cell at RCDC, and Mantas Bacevicius, computer systems engineer at the research and development division of the Lithuanian National Cyber Security Center. Badges in this photo were edited for security.
Obstacles don't slow Pennsylvania Guard chaplain assistant
November 10, 2021
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joshua March, chaplain assistant of the 193rd Chaplain Corps, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9, 2021. March, a drill status Guardsman, is a world champion in obstacle course racing outside of his service with the Air National Guard.
29th ID cadet continues family's long legacy of service
November 8, 2021
Cadet Ethan Pulkit swears into the Virginia Army National Guard in front of family, friends and peers during a ceremony Aug. 20, 2021, at Christopher Newport University, Newport News, Virginia. Pulket will be following in his family's footsteps and be part of the fourth generation to continue the legacy of military service to the nation and the 29th Infantry Division.
Pa. Guard facilitates emergency communication best practices
November 4, 2021
Maj. Victor Yartz, left, Pennsylvania National Guard, and Sgt. Craig Polen, Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Communications Information Services, work at the FEMA Region 3-facilitated Fall Regional Emergency Communications Coordination Working Group at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Nov. 3, 2021. Pennsylvania State Police set-up their mobile command center at the event.
Fort Indiantown Gap the busiest Guard training center again
October 28, 2021
A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, provides dismounted security while the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle gunner provides rear security on the road during improvised explosive device training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, Aug. 11, 2021. Fort Indiantown Gap was the busiest National Guard training center in the country in 2021.