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111th Communication Flight redesignated as 111th Communication Squadron
March 13, 2025
During a landmark event, the 111th Communication Flight was formally redesignated as the 111th Communication Squadron on March 1, 2025, at Biddle Air National Guard Base, Horsham, Pennsylvania. The change aims to strengthen capabilities and adjust to the growing need to stay mission-ready. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin McMahon)

Deployed 56th SBCT Soldiers participate in pistol competition in Germany
March 11, 2025
A U.S. Soldier with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment stands to engage a target during an excellence-in-competition pistol match at Grafenwoehr Training Area, March 9, 2025. The competition consisted of two events: a 30-yard slow fire match and a four-stage excellence-in-competition match whereby 10 percent of the top eligible competitors could earn career points toward the Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge. U.S. Soldiers with 2CR and the 7th Army Training Command joined the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team at the pistol competition, thus contributing to camaraderie among units, the opportunity to earn career points toward the Distinguished Pistol Shot Badge and improved readiness and lethality in marksmanship training. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Leanne Demboski)

Pa. Guard Soldiers receive mission-critical training at Tobyhanna Army Depot
March 5, 2025
Photo of depot employees training Soldiers on the CPN system

Upgraded Strykers, JLTVs begin arriving in Pennsylvania for 56th SBCT
March 3, 2025
Upgraded double-V hull Strykers sit at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on Feb. 27, 2005. The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team is receiving 324 upgraded Strykers and 300 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles as part of a program to modernize the brigade. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

Pippy sworn in as adjutant general, promoted to major general
February 28, 2025
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro passes the Pennsylvania National Guard flag to Maj. Gen. John Pippy during a ceremony Feb. 28, 2025, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.. During the ceremony, Pippy was sworn in as Pennsylvania’s 55th adjutant general and promoted to his current rank. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Wayne V. Hall)

Pa. Guard Civil Support Team conducts simulated drug lab training
February 13, 2025
Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 3rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team decontaminate a team member who simulated a medical emergency during a training exercise Feb. 7, 2025, at the Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center in Landisville, Pa. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

National Guard, Hershey Medical partner program graduates inaugural class
February 12, 2025
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Carlos Patino, a medic assigned to Detachment 1, Medical Group, 193rd Special Operations Wing, Pennsylvania National Guard, performs lifesaving techniques on simulated patients during a mass casualty exercise at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Feb. 7, 2025. Patino was one of three Airmen who are nurses or medics who completed an inaugural two-week training program, which is a new partnership between the National Guard and MSHMC, where participants learn how to respond effectively in emergencies and combat situations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Travis Mueller)

Deployed 56th SBCT medics execute mass casualty wargame exercise
February 11, 2025
U.S. Army Spc. Karlee Powell and Spc. Caleb Naugle, both combat medic specialists with the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard in support of the Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine mission, play through the role of medics providing treatment during a mass casualty triage wargame at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Jan. 22, 2025.

Pippy confirmed as adjutant general
February 6, 2025
Brig. Gen. John Pippy testifies before the Pennsylvania Senate’s Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee at the Pennsylvania Capitol Feb. 3, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. Pippy was confirmed by the Senate as the 55th adjutant general of Pennsylvania on Feb. 4, 2025. (Photo by Tom Cherry)

Airmen of the future: 193rd SOW develops next-generation maintenance capabilities
February 5, 2025
U.S. Air Force Airmen of the 193rd Special Operations Wing participate in learning new maintenance tasks in Middletown, Pennsylvania, Feb. 1, 2025.