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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 Hall | June 16, 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...

Airmen from various civil engineering specialties spread out concrete as they construct a Rapid Airfield Damage Repair system at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, June 9, 2025. The mock runway will be used as a training asset for the Air National Guard Schoolhouse, operated by the 193rd Special Operations Wing, to help civil engineering Airmen learn how to rapidly repair an airfield in combat situations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Tony Harp)
From rubble to runway: Rapid repair training takes flight
By Airman Austin Stern | June 11, 2025
Airmen from the 193rd Special Operation Wing, along with Airmen from the active-duty Air Force, other states' National Guards and foreign partners recently began constructing a new range tower and mock airfield at Fort...

U.S. Army Capt. William Eisenhart, physician assistant with 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, has served in multiple medical roles in the military and as a civilian. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ivan Mendez-Roman)
Deployed physician assistant has worn many hats during military service
By Sgt. Vail Forbeck | June 10, 2025
Capt. William Eisenhart, a physician assistant with the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team who is currently deployed to the Horn of Africa, has served in many different roles during his 23-plus years in the military...

Security Forces Airmen respond to a simulated attack during a field training exercise at Ft. William Henry Harrison, Helena, Mont., June 4, 2025. Security Forces Squadrons from Arizona and Pennsylvania traveled to the Fort for a week of field training. The field instruction consisted of patrol movements, base security, key leader engagements, chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives detection response, and simulated attacks from opposition forces. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Michael Matkin)
Pa., Arizona Air Guards join forces in Montana to hone skills
By Tech. Sgt. Jayson Burns | June 8, 2025
More than 100 security forces Airmen from the Pennsylvania and Arizona National Guards conducted five days of field training June 2-6 at Fort William Henry Harrison, Montana...

U.S. Army Col. Christopher Costello, commander of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania National Guard, cases the brigade colors at the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine transfer of authority ceremony at Tower Barracks, Grafenwoehr, Germany, June 1, 2025. The ceremony commemorated the transfer of the JMTG-U mission from the 56th SBCT to the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Tennessee National Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Leanne Demboski)
56th SBCT relinquishes authority of Ukraine training mission
By 2nd Lt. Tam Le | June 3, 2025
The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team relinquished authority over Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine during a transfer-of-authority ceremony June 1 at the 7th Army Training Command headquarters in Germany...
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