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Pennsylvania National Guard aviators find lost hikers
May 27, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – A helicopter crew from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Site located a group of lost hikers.At about 9:30 p.m. May 24, Dauphin County... MORE

Fort Indiantown Gap hosts airborne training
May 20, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – For the first time in about a decade, paratroopers dotted the skies above Fort Indiantown Gap May 17-18.In what is believed to be the first airborne training conducted at... MORE

Ranger, Sapper assessment conducted at Fort Indiantown Gap
April 28, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Thirty Soldiers and Airmen attended the Ranger and Sapper Assessment Program April 21-24.The purpose of RSAP is to assess service members who want to attend the Army’s... MORE

Hokanson: State Partnership Program critical to national security
April 12, 2022 — DENVER – A three-decade security cooperation program with almost half the world’s nations is critical to America’s national security, the National Guard’s most senior general said last week.Army Gen... MORE

Pennsylvania National Guard holds Wi-Fighter Cyber Challenge
March 30, 2022 — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - More than 45 Penn State University students competed in a Pennsylvania National Guard Wi-Fighter Cyber Challenge event March 16.The concept of the cyber challenges, which are... MORE

Pennsylvania National Guard ends COVID-19 response mission
March 23, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – After two years and hundreds of missions across the commonwealth, the Pennsylvania National Guard has ended its COVID-19 response.Guard members were first activated March... MORE

Pennsylvania Guard is first Guard to field new SIGINT system
March 23, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard is the first National Guard in the country to field the new Tactical Dismounted Electronic Warfare and Signals Intelligence (TDEWS)... MORE

Pennsylvania National Guard medics train as they fight
March 11, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Combat medics with the Pennsylvania National Guard participated in a nine-day medic sustainment course that ended March 3.The course enabled the 17 participants to train... MORE

Pennsylvania Guard pilots training course for Northern Command
March 10, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - More than 20 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard joint staff and partners from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency piloted a three-day staff-training course... MORE

Pennsylvania Guard members pitch in during pandemic
February 23, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – It’s been nearly two years since the Pennsylvania National Guard began supporting COVID-19 medical missions.During that time, Pennsylvania National Guard members have helped... MORE

Pennsylvania Guard expands assistance at care facilities
February 1, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard has activated 64 Soldiers and Airmen to assist at long-term care facilities in the commonwealth.These service members are from units across... MORE

National Guard works with partners on winter storm response
January 18, 2022 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Hundreds of members of the National Guard assisted state and local officials responding to winter weather over the weekend in multiple states, including Virginia, North and South... MORE

Pennsylvania Guard supports federal COVID-19 response teams
January 5, 2022 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard activated a dual-status commander Dec. 31 to provide command and control of federal COVID-19 response teams in Pennsylvania.Brig. Gen. James... MORE

28th ID Soldier receives rare military intelligence award
December 23, 2021 — HARRISBURG, Pa. – A 28th Infantry Division Soldier recently received a prestigious award for reserve component military intelligence Soldiers.Staff Sgt. Matthew Haberle, a Soldier with the... MORE

Year in Review: National Guard delivered at home and abroad
December 22, 2021 — ARLINGTON, Va. – When a series of tornadoes slashed across parts of eight Midwest states late in the evening of Dec. 10, Spc. Zach Neisz sprang into action. He grabbed an ax, flashlight and medical... MORE

Pennsylvania Guard leaders meet with Lithuanian partners
December 15, 2021 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard hosted Lithuanian dignitaries during a Dec. 14 visit as part of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.Lithuania and... MORE

Lithuanian cyber defense leader visits 111th Attack Wing
December 10, 2021 — HORSHAM, Pa. – Cyber defense leaders from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s State Partnership Program partner, Lithuania, visited the 111th Attack Wing at Biddle Air National Guard Base Dec. 6 to... MORE

Obstacles don't slow Pennsylvania Guard chaplain assistant
November 10, 2021 — MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – Over snaking slant walls and treacherous jumps, under menacing barbed wire and slogging up a steep climb with a 50-pound sack of sagging sand, Master Sgt. Joshua March pushed through... MORE

29th ID cadet continues family's long legacy of service
November 8, 2021 — NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Upon swearing into the Virginia Army National Guard Aug. 20, 2021, Cadet Ethan Pulket began adding to his family's legacy of more than 200 years of combined military service. For... MORE

Pa. Guard facilitates emergency communication best practices
November 4, 2021 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - More than 60 emergency management communicators gathered in-person and virtually to discuss disaster communications and best practices Nov. 3-4.The FEMA Region 3-facilitated... MORE

New York National Guard honors Korean War MIA

Idaho Army National Guard fires precision-guided munitions

Alabama National Guard, Romania strengthen SPP ties

Pennsylvania National Guard aviators find lost hikers

Arizona National Guard delivers for Operation Patriot Press