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Lithuanian Air Force commander, SEL visit Pa.
March 30, 2023 — The commander and senior enlisted leader of the Lithuanian Air Force recently visited Pennsylvania where they met with Pennsylvania National Guard leaders and toured Pennsylvania National Guard facilities... MORE

Lithuanian Air Force Col. Antanas Matutis, center, Lithuanian Air Force Commander, sits in a declassified U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper simulator during a visit to Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, Mar. 20, 2023. The 111th Attack Wing hosted Matutis, and his senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Alvydas Tamošiūnas, as part of a broader National Guard State Partnership Program (NG SPP) tour hosted by the Commander of the PAANG, Brig. Gen. Michael Regan. Pennsylvania and Lithuania have been partners under this program since April 27, 1993. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Wilfredo Acosta)

56th SBCT Soldier places second overall at Army marksmanship competition
March 23, 2023 — Maj. Ian Swisher of the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team placed second overall at the 2023 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships... MORE

Maj. Ian Swisher, executive officer of the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat, placed second overall at the 2023 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships March 12-18 at Fort Benning, Georgia. (Courtesy photo)

111th Attack Wing officer retires after nearly 36 years of service
March 14, 2023 — Col. Christine Munch, commander of the 111th Mission Support Group, retired March 5 after nearly 36 years of military service... MORE

Free camps offer community, fun to Pa. Guard children
March 10, 2023 — The Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Child and Youth team coordinates a handful of overnight camps throughout the year to connect children of Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers with other children of PNG Soldiers and allow them to participate in a variety of fun camp activities at no cost to their parents... MORE

The Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s Child & Youth team coordinates a handful of overnight camps for children of Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers throughout the year but more popularly in the summer. According to Thomas Bradbury, a Soldier & Family Readiness Manager, the camps help these children by connecting them with other children of PNG Soldiers and allows them to participate in a variety of fun camp activities at no cost to their parents. (Courtesy photo by Andrew Waters)

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)