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Pa. Guard institute educates medics across the Army
March 9, 2023 — Instructors with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 4th Battalion, 166th Regiment Regional Training Institute (Medical Battalion Training Site) sent off the Army’s newest batch of combat medics after a culminating training exercise March 3 at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

U.S. Soldiers evacuate a simulated casualty during an exercise at the Combined Arms Collective Training Facility at Fort Indiantown Gap, March 3, 2023. This exercise included responding to the scene of a mass casualty event, providing first aid and evacuating the simulated casualties to a field hospital where they received further care, all while being assessed by instructors with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 4th Battalion, 166th Regiment Regional Training Institute (Medical Battalion Training Site). (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Travis Mueller)

New course aims to fix Stryker mechanic shortage
March 8, 2023 — A new six-week reclassification course has been developed to help address a shortage of Stryker mechanics in the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team... MORE

Cpl. Wyatt Chapman of India Company, 328th Brigade Support Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team performs maintenance on a Stryker vehicle engine at the California National Guard Maneuver Area Training Equipment Site (MATES) during the 56 SBCT’s rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., on June 22, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Doug Roles)

Deployed 28th ID Soldiers attend Building Strong and Ready Teams seminar
March 7, 2023 — Soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division who are deployed to Kuwait attended a Building Strong and Ready Teams seminar recently in Kuwait City... MORE

Soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division pose for a photo after a successful Building Strong & Ready Teams seminar at Grand Hyatt Kuwait. BSRT is an initiative that improves the spiritual preparedness of all Soldiers, regardless of rank, and their families. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gabriel Washington)

Recruiting contractor marks 53 years of service to Pa. National Guard
February 22, 2023 — Roman Tymczyszyn, who currently works as a civilian contractor for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Recruiting and Retention Battalion, is marking 53 years of service to the Pennsylvania National Guard. ... MORE

Roman Tymczyszyn, right, poses with then-Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Jessica Wright at Tymczyszyn's retirement ceremony in 2005 after Wright presented Tymczyszyn with a certificate promoting him to the rank of sergeant major. Tymczyszyn served in the Pennsylvania National Guard for 35 years, and for the last 18 years he has worked as a civilian contractor for recruiting. (Photo courtesy of Roman Tymczyszyn)

Highly specialized PNG emergency response team undergoes validation exercise
February 21, 2023 — Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 3rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team conducted phase one of a two-day training proficiency exercise at Harrisburg International Airport Feb. 15, and phase two at Harrisburg Area Community College’s Senator John J. Schumaker Public Safety Center Feb. 17... MORE

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 3rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team (WMD-CST) conducted phase one of a two-day Training Proficiency Exercise at Harrisburg International Airport Feb. 15, and phase two at the Harrisburg Area Community College’s Senator John J. Schumaker Public Safety Center Feb. 17. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Wayne V. Hall)

From Togo to Philadelphia, Soldier pursues unique opportunity
February 14, 2023 — Every year, approximately 11.8 million hopeful people from around the globe apply to a program called the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery, also known as the Green Card Lottery. For most of these people, winning this lottery is something they can only dream about... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Kossi Egui with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania National Guard, came to the United States from the Togolese Republic in West Africa in 2017 through a program called the U.S. Diversity Visa Lottery and joined the United States Army as a motor transport operator in 2019. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2020 and used his skills acquired in the National Guard to get his commercial driver’s license and become a civilian truck driver. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Oriana White)

Drone facility at Fort Indiantown Gap offers unique training
February 10, 2023 — The Unmanned Aircraft System operations facility at Fort Indiantown Gap has boosted its capabilities to become a state-of-the-art training center for flyers and maintainers of the RQ-7 Shadow unmanned reconnaissance aircraft... MORE

U.S. Army Warrant Officer Adam Rocker, a UAS operator with Delta Company, 876th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, prepares an RQ-7 Shadow for flight at the Unmanned Aircraft System Operations Facility at Fort Indiantown Gap, Jan. 30, 2023. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Capt. Travis Mueller)

193rd Special Operations Wing welcomes new aircraft, mission
February 7, 2023 — The first MC-130J Commando II aircraft arrived at Middletown, Pa., Feb. 2, achieving a major milestone in the 193rd Special Operations Wing’s mission conversion... MORE

An MC-130J Commando II arrives at the 193rd Special Operations Wing Feb. 2, 2023 at Middletown, Pennsylvania. The aircraft is the first to arrive to the 193rd SOW, marking a symbolic beginning to its new primary mission as the first, and currently only Air National Guard unit to operate the Commando II. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Alexander Farver)

Pa. Guard’s 3rd Civil Support Team trains in simulated drug lab
February 7, 2023 — The Pennsylvania National Guard’s 3rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team trained in Harrisburg in preparation for an upcoming external evaluation... MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. Kyle Clark with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 3rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team undergoes decontamination after investigating potential simulated hazards Feb. 2 at Sysco of Central Pa. in Harrisburg, Pa. The 22 Soldiers of the CST simulated being called upon by civilian authorities to investigate and respond to potential drug production laboratories in preparation for an upcoming external evaluation. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Zane Craig)

Pa. Air National Guard announces Outstanding Airmen of the Year
February 6, 2023 — The Pennsylvania Air National Guard has selected its Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2023. ... MORE

The Pennsylvania Air National Guard has selected its 2023 Outstanding Airmen of the Year. The 2023 Airmen of the Year are (left to right): Airman of the Year Staff Sgt. Garrett J. Swanson, 171st Air Refueling Wing, Coraopolis; Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Tech. Sgt. Phillip J. Kapelewski, 171st Air Refueling Wing, Coraopolis; Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Master Sgt. Annie J. Link, 193rd Special Operations Wing, Middletown; and First Sergeant of the Year Master Sgt. Eric J. Wearing, 171st Air Refueling Wing, Coraopolis. (U.S. Air National Guard photo illustration by Tech. Sgt. Ted Nichols/Released)