Pennsylvania National Guard

A highlight of the capabilities and accomplishments of the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs through 2020.

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Working through their mission essential tasks lists, the Soldiers from the 228th Engineer Company, 337th Engineer Battalion, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, were tested with removing wire obstacles, creating a bridge over an anti-tank ditch, clearing a berm, and more.

Interview: Staff Sgt. Scott Haslett, a horizontal construction engineer with the 228th Engineer Company, 337th Engineer Battalion, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.

(Video by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler)

228th Engineer Co. Soldiers conduct bulldozer training

Congratulations to the winners of the Region II Best Warrior Competition: Pfc. Alexander Gravely, West Virginia National Guard, Soldier of the year, and Sgt. James McGill, Maryland National Guard, NCO of the year. The four-day, nine event competition was held May 10 to 14 at Fort Indiantown Gap.

Video edited by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler

Music: "Rumble," by Bensound.com

Regional Best Warrior Competition concludes at Fort Indiantown Gap

Members of the 111th Security Forces Squadron conduct training at Biddle Air National Guard Base on May 6, 2021, consisting of mounted and dismounted patrols, convoys, IED recognition, route clearing and counter insurgency tactics.

Training with the 111th Security Forces Squadron

National Nurses Week 2021 is from May 6 to 12, and military nurses from the Pennsylvania National Guard are currently serving on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping administer and draw COVID-19 vaccines at the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center in North Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania National Guard has been supporting COVID-19 vaccine sites across the Commonwealth since mid-March. Guard members have supported vaccination centers that have administered more than 250,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses. (National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Ross A. Whitley / 111th Attack Wing)

Celebrating Pa. National Guard nurses for National Nurses Week

Key members of the 171 ARW Tiger Team discuss how they were able to implement procedures that kept members safe and mission ready during the COVID-19 pandemic, May 25, 2021. They accomplished this by implementing procedures to ensure all COVID-19 protocols were met. (US Air National Guard video by Tech. Sgt. Michael P. Fariss)

171st ARW Tiger Team attacks COVID-19

Soldiers from the National Guard graduated from Air Assault School at Fort Indiantown Gap, on April 17, 2021. The school consisted of 10 days of intense physical and mental training that required Soldiers to be detail oriented as they learned to sling-load, create a swiss seat, and to rappel from a tower and Uh-60 Black Hawk helicopter.

Created: Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler

Music: "Going Higher," by Bensound.com

Soldiers graduate from Air Assault School at Fort Indiantown Gap

Pennsylvania Air and Army National Guard members are supporting a state-run, federally-supported COVID-19 Community Vaccination Center in the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania National Guard and U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remain committed to providing continued, flexible Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19. (National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Ross A. Whitley / 111th Attack Wing)

Pa. National Guard members support COVID-19 vaccination center in Philadelphia

The Pennsylvania National Guard's Individual Training Branch conducted its Ranger Sapper Assessment Program Sept. 17 to 20 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.

RSAP is a rigorous four-day assessment designed to mirror the physical and mental demands of the assessment phase at the Army's Ranger School and Sapper Leader Course. This program identifies the most promising candidates and further prepares them for success at some of the Army’s most demanding schools. (Video by Capt. Ethan Merritt)

Pa. National Guard holds Ranger Sapper Assessment Program

Soldiers of the 1/109th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division conduct a 10-round fire mission Oct. 9, 2020, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The speed of the fire mission is the testament to the leadership of the noncommissioned officers of the battalion, and the skill of the indirect fire Soldiers.

Steel on Steel: 1/109th Infantry conducts mortar training

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Pennsylvania Air National Guard (PAANG) resiliency team members assigned to 171st Air Refueling Wing, the 193d Special Operations Wing and the 111th Attack Wing work with Matthew Chinman, PhD, a senior behavioral scientist with the RAND Corporation, to refine and strengthen their Wing Community Action Plans, September 17th, 2021 near Pittsburgh. The workshop was part of a two-day PAANG Resiliency Summit to learn about new tools, identify best practices and synchronize resilience efforts across PAANG. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Bryan Hoover)

Pa. Air Guard leaders convene first-ever Resiliency Summit

By Maj. Nicole Reigelman | Sept. 23, 2021

As military leaders at all levels emphasize the importance of connectedness, inclusion and resiliency to the health of the force, Pennsylvania Air National Guard (PAANG) members gathered for a first-ever “Resiliency Summit”...

Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen Tech Sgt. Rafeeq Strickland, a unit religious affairs Airman for the 111th Attack Wing, and Airman 1st Class Mackenzie O. Ditolla, a public health technician with the 111th Medical Group, were are among those congratulated by Col. Rebecca Gray, 111th ATKW Vice Commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Robert Fergusson, 111th ATKW Command Chief, for supporting Operation Allies Refuge at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, New Jersey, Sept. 14, 2021. Fifteen members of the 111th ATKW activated to support the effort to relocate interested and eligible Afghan nationals and their immediate families who supported the U.S. Government efforts in their homeland. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Meagan S. Davis)

111th Attack Wing supports Operation Allies Refuge

By Jonathan Dahms | Sept. 22, 2021

Fifteen members of the 111th Attack Wing have activated in support of Operation Allies Refuge, the effort to relocate interested and eligible Afghan nationals and their immediate families who supported the U.S. Government...

Soldiers with the 213th Regional Support Group gathered at Strickler Field on Fort Indiantown Gap Sept. 17 to witness the transfer responsibility from Command Sgt. Maj. Andrew Campbell to Command Sgt. Maj. Marc Weiss in a traditional ceremony. To symbolize the transfer of responsibility, a ceremonial sword was passed from Campbell, to 213th RSG commander Col. Angelo Catalano, who then passed it to Weiss. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig)

213th Regional Support Group welcomes new command sergeant major

By Staff Sgt.. Zane Craig | Sept. 21, 2021

The 213th Regional Support Group welcomed a new command sergeant major during a transfer-of-authority ceremony at Fort Indiantown Gap's Strickler Field on Sept. 17...

Sgt. 1st Class Dale Mahafkey, right, an Army combat medic and senior instructor with Medical Battalion Training Site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., coaches Lithuanian Soldiers as they treat a simulated casualty on Sept. 10. Thirty-three Soldiers from Lithuania’s land forces reserve component came to Fort Indiantown Gap Sept. 6-17 for an annual platoon exchange, part of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s State Partnership Program.

Pa. Guard, Lithuanians train together in State Partnership Program platoon exchange

By Staff Sgt. Zane Craig | Sept. 21, 2021

Fort Indiantown Gap hosted 33 Soldiers from Lithuania’s land forces reserve component Sept. 6 to 17 for an annual platoon exchange, part of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s partnership with Lithuania through the National...

Pa. National Guard Cyber Team participates with state partners in overseas cyber exercise

By JFHQ Public Affairs | Sept. 20, 2021

Nine Soldiers from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Defensive Cyber Operations Element along with their Lithuanian counterparts participated in “Amber Mist,” a cyber defense exercise held Aug. 18-28...

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