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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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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Frank Madeira, left, and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Justin Meyer, both instructor pilots at the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site pose in front of a UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter on Muir Army Airfield at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on Nov. 10, 2021.

UH-60V a major upgrade over previous variants

By Brad Rhen | Nov. 19, 2021

The new UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter has several technological advancements that make it easier to operate than older variants...

U.S. Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade and 40th Combat Aviation Brigade receive trucks and other equipment belonging to the 40th CAB as they arrive in the Middle East.

28th ECAB one of TRANSCOM's best in 2020

By Capt. Travis Mueller | Nov. 16, 2021

The 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade was recently awarded a Deployment Excellence Award by U.S. Transportation Command for its performance in fiscal year 2020 during the brigade’s deployment to the Middle East in...

Oanh Pham pins Capt. Andrew Vu’s flight wings onto his dress uniform during the graduation ceremony from the Initial Entry Rotary Wing course at Fort Rucker, Alabama, on Nov. 4, 2021. Vu, with the Pennsylvania National Guard, was one of four honor graduate officers in the class (U.S. Army courtesy photo).

Infantry to Aviation: PA Guard officer graduates from Aviation School

By Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler | Nov. 15, 2021

Capt. Andrew Vu, logistics officer for 2nd battalion, 104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, graduated from Initial Entry Rotary Wing course at Fort Rucker, Alabama on November...

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Joshua March, Chaplain Assistant of the 193rd Chaplain Corps, performs a pushup at emPowered Obstacle Barn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Nov. 9, 2021. March, a drill status guardsman and a world champion in obstacle course racing, stays fit not only for his events, but for his duty to the United States Armed Forces. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Diana Snyder)

Through Skull Valley Faith and Fitness Triumph

By Airman Diana Snyder, | Nov. 12, 2021

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 and pressed on...

With the help of her family, Brig. Gen. Laura McHugh, deputy adjutant general - Army, Pennsylvania National Guard, was ceremoniously promoted to her current rank on Nov. 6, 2021, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. She was appointed as the deputy adjutant general - army on April 1, 2021. ( Photo by Lt. Col. Keith Hickox)

McHugh is Pa. National Guard’s newest general

By Brad Rhen | Nov. 9, 2021

Brig. Gen. Laura McHugh was promoted to her current rank during a ceremony here Nov. 6, becoming the third female general officer in Pennsylvania National Guard history...

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