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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Competitors in the 2021 Governor’s Twenty competition participate in the pistol event July 24 at Fort Indiantown Gap. Eighty-three Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed with rifles and pistols in multiple courses of fire to determine the Commonwealth’s best marksmen during the Governor’s Twenty match July 23-24. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig)

Pa. Guardsmen compete in annual Governor’s Twenty marksmanship competition

By Staff Sgt. Zane Craig | July 29, 2021

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Eighty-three Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed with rifles and pistols in multiple courses of fire to determine the Commonwealth’s best marksmen during the Governor’s Twenty...

A Uh-60V Black Hawk helicopter is secured after being flown to Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on July 27, 2021. The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site received the first fielding of UH-60V Black Hawks from the Utility Helicopter Program Office.

EAATS receives new Black Hawk variant

By JFHQ Public Affairs | July 28, 2021

The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site received the first fielding of UH-60V Black Hawks from the Utility Helicopter Program Office on July 27...

Staff Sgt. Tyler Lundquist races toward the finish line at the Lincoln Marathon May 2 in Lincoln, Nebraska. Lundquist was the fourth male Guardsmen to finish, 26th overall and the fifth male in the 25-29 age group.

Combat medic discovers passion for running during pandemic

By Staff Sgt. Oriana White | July 26, 2021

Staff Sgt. Tyler Lundquist, a combat medic with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Medical Battalion Training Site, says he didn’t run much growing up. However, when the laid-back medic picked up running as a pandemic hobby,...

Eight cyber experts from the Pennsylvania National Guard participated in Cyber Shield, the Department of Defense’s largest unclassified cyber defense exercise, from July 10-23 at Camp Williams, Utah. Bottom row (from left to right): Capt. Sean Smith, Maj. Christine Pierce, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jeremy Marroncelli, Staff Sgt. Andrew Clancey; Top row (from left to right): Sgt. 1st Class Keith Stout, Sgt. 1st Class Brian Frantz, Master Sgt. Elefterios Ginnis, Sgt. 1st Class Douglas Byers.

Pa. National Guard members participate in DoD cyber defense exercise

By JFHQ Public Affairs | July 23, 2021

Eight cyber experts from the Pennsylvania National Guard recently participated in Cyber Shield, the Department of Defense’s largest unclassified cyber defense exercise...

Richard Posey, center, son of Pennsylvania’s first Deputy Adjutant General for Air, Brig. Gen. Richard Posey, holds a photo of his father while standing with current DAG-A, Brig. Gen. Michael Regan, left, and state Command Chief Paul Frisco, right, in front of the shields representing Pennsylvania Air National Guard Headquarters and each of the state’s three Air National Guard Wings. Brig. Gen. Posey served as DAG-A for 20 years and is considered by many as the Father of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.

Newly donated items recognize, preserve the contributions of ‘Father of the Pa. Air National Guard’

By Maj. Nicole Reigelman | July 22, 2021

The family of Pennsylvania’s first Deputy Adjutant General for Air, Brig. Gen. Richard Posey, recently donated several items to Pennsylvania Air National Guard Headquarters to preserve and recognize the former leader’s legacy...

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