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A journey through history: 166th Regiment takes staff ride at Gettysburg
June 13, 2023 — Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 166th Regiment Regional Training Institute conducted a staff ride to Gettysburg National Military Park on June 10... MORE

Soldiers with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 166th Regiment Regional Training Institute listen to a historian from the U.S. Army Center of Military History during an educational visit to Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, June 10, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Lindsey Boughter)

271st Combat Comm wins championship, improves readiness at training event
June 12, 2023 — The 271st Combat Communication Squadron recently increased their operational readiness – and took home a championship title – while participating in the 2023 Expeditionary Combat Communication roundup April 22 to May 6 at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia... MORE

Airmen from the 271st Combat Communications Squadron participate in expeditionary combat communications training at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, April 22 to May 6, 2023. This exercise allowed the squadron to showcase their proficiency in utilizing agile combat employment concepts to provide essential communications support. (Courtesy Photo)

Former 111th Attack Wing officer inducted into Pa. Air National Guard Hall of Fame
June 9, 2023 — Retired Col. Elwood Hippel Jr. was inducted into the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Hall of Fame during a ceremony June 4 at Biddle Air National Guard Base... MORE

Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Mark A Goodwill, Assistant Adjutant General - Air for the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, presents retired ANG Col. Elwood H. Hippel, Jr. with a plaque commemorating his induction into the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Hall of Fame during a ceremony at the 111th Attack Wing, Horsham, Pennsylvania, June 3, 2023.

Pa. National Guard, Lithuania celebrate 30 years of enduring partnership
June 8, 2023 — The Pennsylvania National Guard celebrated its 30-year military-to-military partnership with the Lithuanian Armed Forces, as part of the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, during a ceremony June 6 in Harrisburg... MORE

Left to right, Pennsylvania Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Mark Schindler, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Lithuanian ambassador to the United States and Mexico Audra Plepytė, and Chief of Defense of the Republic of Lithuania Lt. Gen. Valdemaras Rupšys pose for a photo during a ceremony June 6 in Harrisburg to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of the partnership between the Pennsylvania National Guard and Lithuania. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Wayne V. Hall)

Pa. National Guard units at D-Day
June 6, 2023 — While the bulk of the 28th Infantry Division did not arrive in Normandy until July 1944, several Pennsylvania National Guard units participated in the D-Day landings... MORE

Mobilized members of the 190th Field Artillery who were veterans of World War I with the 28th Division pose for a photograph at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, in 1941.

Pa. Army National Guard forms new demonstration team
June 2, 2023 — The Pennsylvania Army National Guard recently formed a new demonstration team designed to raise awareness of the National Guard and aid recruiting... MORE

The Pennsylvania Army National Guard Ambassador Demonstration Team performs a live-action demonstration May 31, 2023, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The 15-member team was recently formed to travel across the state to different events to help raise awareness of the National Guard and aid recruiting. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

1-107th Field Artillery Soldiers take part in African Lion 23 in Tunisia
May 31, 2023 — Soldiers from C Battery, 1-107th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team are in Tunisia to take part in African Lion 23, U.S. Africa Command's largest annual combined, joint exercise... MORE

Soldiers with the 1-107th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard fire an M777 Howitzer during African Lion 23, May 27, 2023 at Ben Ghilouf Training Area, Tunisia. AL 23 provides an opportunity to conduct realistic, dynamic and collaborative readiness training in an austere environment that intersects multiple geographic and functional combatant commands including U.S. Africa Command, U.S. European Command, and U.S. Central Command. Eighteen nations and approximately 8,000 personnel will participate in African Lion 23, U.S. Africa Command's largest annual combined, joint exercise that will take place in multiple countries to include Tunisia from May 13 - June 18, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brandon Nelson)

28th Infantry Division holds annual memorial service
May 25, 2023 — The 28th Infantry Division held its annual memorial service May 21, 2023, at the 28th Infantry Division National Shrine in Boalsburg, Pa... MORE

Soldiers of the 28th Infantry Division carry their unit colors at the division’s annual memorial service May 21, 2023, at the 28th Infantry Division National Shrine in Boalsburg, Pa. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Lt. Col. Keith Hickox)

28th ECAB participates in extreme weather exercise
May 24, 2023 — Air crews from the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade conducted training with specialty rescue teams May 18 as part of an extreme weather exercise... MORE

Members of the Montgomery County Urban Search and Rescue Team practice loading a water rescue boat and equipment into a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from Bravo Co., 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade May 18, 2023, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The training was part of an extreme weather exercise coordinated by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

111th Attack Wing conducts wing-wide mentorship event
May 23, 2023 — The 111th Attack Wing celebrated “Mentorship May” with a wing-wide mentorship event May 7 during its regularly scheduled drill at Biddle Air National Guard Base... MORE

U.S. Air National Guard Master Sgt. Duke Elliot-Harmon, the first sergeant for 111th Civil Engineering Squadron here, makes an announcement during the 111th Attack Wing Mentorship May event at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, May, 7, 2023. Special guests for the event from Joint Force Headquarters at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, included ANG Brig. Gen. Mike Regan, the Deputy Adjutant General-Air and Commander of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard; and ANG Command Chief Paul Frisco, PAANG Command Chief, who led the discussion on Readiness. (U.S. Air National Guard courtesy photo by Matthew Bergh)