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Pa. Guard earns National Guard Bureau Excellence in Diversity Award
October 10, 2019 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The National Guard Bureau awarded the Pennsylvania National Guard its "Excellence in Diversity Award" for outstanding work in diversity and inclusion Sept. 24 at the Lavern E. Weber Professional Education Center (PEC), Camp Robinson, Ark. ... MORE

Emergency Preparedness Month recognized at Horsham Air Guard Station
October 5, 2019 — To ensure airmen remain ready, the Horsham Air Guard Station Emergency Management Office is echoing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s theme of “prepared not scared” here during National Preparedness month.... MORE

Pa. Guard Soldier to compete at Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition
October 3, 2019 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – A Pennsylvania National Guard Soldier is advancing to the 2019 Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. and the Pentagon from Oct. 6 to Oct. 11.... MORE

Pa. Guard unit fields new radar, decommissions old
September 26, 2019 — A Pennsylvania National Guard unit held a ceremony Sept. 23 at the Carlisle Readiness Center to decommission the Army’s last remaining AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder Weapon Locating System, developed in the 1970s.... MORE

Surviving Families take ride on The Pride of the Susquehanna
September 25, 2019 — The Pride of the Susquehanna, in coordination with Pennsylvania National Guard Survivor Outreach Services, held a riverboat cruise for Surviving Families on Sept. 21, 2019. Those who lost family members in the line of duty were treated to a picnic and boat ride on the Susquehanna River. ... MORE

Multinational exercise strengthens Pa. Guard's interoperability
September 24, 2019 — BEMOWO PISKIE, Poland – NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland and Polish 15 Mechanized Brigade completed another iteration of the multinational rapid response exercise, Bull Run 10, Sep. 18-19.... MORE

271st CBCS supplies tactical comm to Northern Strike
September 16, 2019 — MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — The 271st Combat Communications Squadron served as the primary communications provider during the joint-multinational exercise, Northern Strike July 22 to August 3 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Center in Michigan.... MORE

Pa. Guard's Cyber Defense Team meets with Pa. Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth
September 3, 2019 — HARRISBURG, Pa.- Members of Pennsylvania National Guard's Cyber Defense Team met with Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar to discuss current mutual projects, including election security, in early August during a Pennsylvania State Department orientation of the Pennsylvania National Guard's capabilities and assets which... MORE

Pa. special warfare Airmen practice combat skills with Army
August 29, 2019 — BOISE, Idaho – Special warfare Airmen with the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, headed west this summer to Idaho’s Orchard Combat Training Center near Boise to immerse with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 56th Stryker Brigade for some vital air-to-ground combat training.The vast, rugged terrain and... MORE

Pa. Guard aviation supports full-scale hurricane exercise
August 23, 2019 — HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania National Guard members joined with partners in the Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (PA-HART) and other civilian first responders in a full-scale exercise at Fort Hunter Park and the Susquehanna River Aug. 15.The exercise, named Operation Hurricane, simulated the response to a hurricane with severe flooding affecting... MORE