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28th ID returns to Boalsburg for annual memorial service
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A special operations Airman here rolls out a hose during a Forward Arming and Refueling Point tryout at the 193rd Special Operations Wing June 17, 2025. The Airman demonstrated his physical and mental strength to complete challenges in under 15 minutes to qualify for a specialized FARP team, which will further the capabilities and mission of the 193rd SOW. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Austin Stern)
High-octane refueler: 193rd SOW Airman tries out for specialized FARP team
By Airman Austin Stern | June 18, 2025
Racing against the clock, a fuels specialist with the 193rd Special Operations Wing hauls a 100-foot fuel hose across the flightline, striving to earn a position on a Forward Arming and Refueling Point team, a physically and...
Patricia Ellis, a civilian occupational health nurse with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, is the PAARNG's oldest employee. She had this portrait taken when she graduated from the Jefferson Diploma Nursing School in 1975. (Courtesy Photo)
Lifetime of service: Pa. Guard’s oldest civilian nurse
By Sgt. Vail Forbeck | June 18, 2025
For more than half a century, one woman has quietly made history from behind a stethoscope. As the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s oldest working civilian nurse, Patricia Ellis has cared for generations of patients, long...
Lithuanian Command Sgt. Maj. Ruslanas Gulevas, senior enlisted leader of the Grand Duke Algirdas Infantry Battalion, Lithuanian Land Forces, left, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jason L. Barclay, senior enlisted advisor for 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, tour Fort Indiantown Gap as part of a bilateral engagement through the State Partnership Program, June 15, 2025. The two leaders, who served together during a joint mission in Afghanistan in 2011, reunited during a training event. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Vail Forbeck)
Enduring brotherhood of the PA-Lithuania partnership
By Sgt. Vail Forbeck | June 18, 2025
More than a decade ago amid the harsh conditions of Afghanistan, two soldiers, one from the Pennsylvania National Guard and the other from the Lithuanian armed forces, built a bond through shared sacrifice...
A competitor engages steel targets during the 2025 FTIG 2-Gun Steel Shoot at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, June 14, 2025. The event challenged participants with rifle and pistol stages focused on speed, accuracy and weapon handling, bringing together Soldiers and civilian staff in a competitive, morale-boosting environment. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Vail Forbeck)
Precision and camaraderie highlights 2-gun steel shoot
By Sgt. Vail Forbeck | June 18, 2025
Soldiers with the Pennsylvania and Maryland National Guard joined civilian staff in a test of skill and speed at the 2025 2-Gun Steel Shoot here, June 14, 2025...
PHILADELPHIA – The Adjutant General of Pennsylvania Maj. Gen. John R. Pippy, joined by other Army senior leaders and elected officials gathered here today to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday in the city where it was born. Roughly 80 Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers, from the 28th Infantry Division, the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team and 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment which can trace its lineage back to Franklin’s original Associators and were on hand to showcase the Guard’s through static displays of weapons and equipment, including Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and M777 Howitzer. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Wayne V. Hall)
Pa. National Guard observes U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday
By Wayne V. Hall | June 16, 2025
The Adjutant General of Pennsylvania Maj. Gen. John R. Pippy, joined by other Army senior leaders and elected officials gathered here today to mark the U.S. Army’s 250th Birthday in the city where it was born.The U.S. Army...
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