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Pennsylvania Guard Hosts Lithuanian Leaders for Cyber Talks
November 1, 2022
Margiris Abukevičius, Lithuanian vice minister of defense, arrives at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, with his adviser, Tadas Sakunas, and Embassy of Lithuania representatives Monika Koroliovienė, defense counselor, and Master Sgt. Valdas Kačerauskas, deputy defense attaché, to visit the 112th Cyberspace Operations Squadron, a subordinate unit of the 111th Attack Wing. The Lithuanian delegation was accompanied by Col. Donald O’Shell, director of staff, Pennsylvania Air National Guard; Lt. Col. Thomas Love, commander, 112th COS; Army National Guard Maj. Christine Pierce, cyber defense branch chief, Pennsylvania Army National Guard; and Capt. Nathaniel Curtis, State Partnership Program coordinator, PAANG, to discuss strategic planning, cyber defense and areas of future cooperation.
PA Guardsman Leads Project Building Houses for Cherokee Vets
October 14, 2022
An aerial view of the Innovative Readiness Training construction site in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, June 2022. Construction is being completed for the IRT Cherokee Veterans Housing Initiative, a multiyear project that enables Guardsmen and Reservists from the Marines, Army, Navy and Air Force to build homes each year for Cherokee veterans.
Lithuanian Land Force Commander Visits Pennsylvania Guard
October 13, 2022
Command Sgt. Maj. Jon Worley, second from right, senior enlisted leader, Pennsylvania National Guard, points out a feature of Fort Indiantown Gap's training area to Command Sgt. Maj. Darius Masiulis, far right, Lithuanian Land Forces command sergeant major, Oct. 9, 2022. Masiulis and Brig. Gen. Arturas Radvilas, Lithuanian Land Forces commander, and Brig. Gen. Modestas Petrauskas, Lithuanian defense attaché to the United States and Canada, visited Fort Indiantown Gap and attended the 28th Infantry Division departure ceremony in Harrisburg.
Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers end Middle East Mission
October 12, 2022
The 1067th Transportation Company, 228th Transportation Battalion, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, conducting loading operations with the Montana Army National Guard, Combined Arms Battalion, 1-163rd Cavalry Regiment, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Soldiers trained on loading and unloading the M1A1 Abrams Tank and the M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle for a simulated Homeland Response Force movement.
Body of Korean War Soldier Comes Home
August 31, 2022
U.S. Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s funeral honors team support the memorial service and burial of Pfc. Donald M. Born, whose remains were recently identified and given a proper burial Aug. 30, 2022 — 72 years after he went missing in action during the Korean War.
1-110th Infantry Scouts Conduct Live-fire Air Assault Training
August 30, 2022
Soldiers from the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade hold the UH-60 Black Hawk steady as Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, rappel down during training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., Aug. 3, 2022. The rappel training was practice and preparation for the Soldiers to rappel from the Black Hawk onto a building.
Lithuanian Liaison Meets with Pa. Air Guard Engineers
August 25, 2022
Maj. Mantas Kazakevičius, right, Lithuanian Armed Forces liaison officer to the Pennsylvania National Guard, met with Pennsylvania Air National Guard engineers and senior leaders Aug. 24, 2022, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The Pennsylvania Guard and Lithuania have been partners under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program since 1993.
Pennsylvania Guard Soldiers Complete National Training Center Rotation
August 8, 2022
Soldiers from the Independence Brigade maneuver Strykers through the Mojave Desert during National Training Center rotation 22-08 at Ft. Irwin Calif.
Pennsylvania Guard Joins Dense Urban Terrain Exercise
August 1, 2022
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade flies over Philadelphia during a Dense Urban Terrain exercise. The exercise, which ran from July 25 to 29, was conducted by Task Force 46, a 600-personnel chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear response element comprising National Guard units from states across the country.
Leaders of Pennsylvania Guard, SPP Partner Lithuania Meet
July 6, 2022
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda and Maj. Gen. Mark J. Schindler, the adjutant general of Pennsylvania, visit the First Troop Philadelphia City Calvary Armory in Philadelphia July 2, 2022. The Pennsylvania National Guard and Lithuania have been partners for 29 years under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.
Three Nations, One Goal: Continued Freedom
June 24, 2022
Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, talks with multinational troops supporting a NATO mission, Ādaži Military Base, Latvia, June 16, 2022.
171st Air Refueling Wing, 159th Fighter Wing Train Together
June 22, 2022
Louisiana Air National Guardsmen, from left, Airman 1st Class Emily Savoie, Staff Sgt. Julie Lobre, Tech. Sgt. Ryan Smith, receive hands on material management training from Pennsylvania Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Benjamin Bruce, right, a material handler with the 171st Air Refueling Wing, June 14, 2022. The training is part of a partnership between the 159th Fighter Wing’s Logistics Readiness Squadron and the 171st Air Refueling Wing.
New Air National Guard Exercise Tests Agility in Michigan
June 7, 2022
A U.S. Air Force Airman from the 127th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., performs Agile Combat Employment training while marshaling an A-10 Thunderbolt II in an Integrated Combat Turn during Agile Rage 22, June 7, 2022.
Pennsylvania National Guard Leaders Visit SPP Partner Lithuania
June 7, 2022
Maj. Gen. Mark Schindler, Pennsylvania adjutant general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Jon Worley, senior enlisted leader, Pennsylvania National Guard, visit with senior Lithuanian leaders and Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers deployed to Lithuania in support of Defender Europe 22 and NATO exercise Flaming Thunder May 19, 2022.
Pennsylvania Army National Guard Supports Defender Europe 22
June 3, 2022
Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery Regiment, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, drive M109A6 Paladins, M992A2 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicles, and M572 Armored Mortar Carriers from the Army Prepositioned Stock area to their cantonment area May 10, 2022, in Pabrade, Lithuania. The Soldiers deployed to Lithuania in May to support Defender Europe 22 and NATO exercise Flaming Thunder.
National Guard strengthens NATO readiness in Europe
June 1, 2022
U.S. Army Spc. Jonathan Guernsey, left, and U.S. Army Spc. Khym Wilson, both assigned to the Forward Support Company, 119th Field Artillery Regiment, Michigan Army National Guard, guide the crane operator during Summer Shield at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, May 19, 2022. Summer Shield is one of U.S. Army Europe and Africa’s multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe that make up Defender Europe 22.
Pennsylvania National Guard aviators find lost hikers
May 27, 2022
Left to right, Staff Sgt. Kyle Waller of the Illinois National Guard’s Company B, 238th General Support Aviation Battalion; Staff Sgt. Anthony Bearoff of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Company B, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion; Staff Sgt. Robert Prigel, an instructor at the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Site; Chief Warrant Officer 4 Kyle Kephart, an instructor pilots at EAATS; and Ron Henry, also an instructor pilot at EAATS, in front of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Muir Army Airfield at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., May 25, 2022. (This photo was altered to obscure an ID card)
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.