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Homeland Response Force exercise held at Fort Indiantown Gap
November 23, 2022 — Nearly 400 Pennsylvania National Guard members in the state’s Homeland Response Force conducted a collective training exercise Nov. 17 to 20 at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

Service members from the Pennsylvania National Guard's 3rd CBRN (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear) Task Force drill through concrete during a Homeland Response Force collective training exercise Nov. 18, 2022, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.

28th ID assumes command of Task Force Spartan mission
November 22, 2022 — The 35th Infantry Division cased their colors and transferred command of the Task Force Spartan mission to the 28th Infantry Division during a transfer-of-authority ceremony at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Nov. 20, 2022... MORE

(left to right) Maj. Gen. Mark McCormack and Command Sgt. Maj. Randall Pritts, commanding general and command sergeant major, respectively, of the 28th Infantry Division, uncase the colors of the 28th ID during the Task Force Spartan transfer of authority on Nov. 20, 2022. The 28th ID took over the mission from the 35th ID (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Matthew Keeler)

Importance of military partnerships highlighted during defense attaché visit
November 18, 2022 — A group of roughly 20 foreign military officers, who serve as defense attaché for their respective countries, toured facilities at Fort Indiantown Gap Nov. 16... MORE

Attachés Brig. Gen. Michael Shapland, of New Zealand; Capt. Malick Ndiaye, of Senegal; and Rear Adm. Axel Ristau, of Germany, fire at targets on a range simulator at Fort Indiantown Gap’s Training Support Center Nov. 16 during Defense Intelligence Agency’s Fall 2022 Operations Orientation Program tour of Pennsylvania National Guard facilities here. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Wayne V. Hall)

111th Attack Wing hosts high school students for career fair
November 17, 2022 — The 111th Attack Wing Recruiting and Retention Flight at Biddle Air National Guard Base opened the base to local high school juniors and seniors during a military career fair Nov. 9, 2022. ... MORE

Members of the 111th Attack Wing teamed up with the 111th Recruiting and Retention flight to invite local high school juniors and seniors to Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania for a military career fair Nov. 9, 2022. More than 70 students from approximately eight local high schools attended the event for an opportunity to learn more about Pennsylvania Air National Guard careers from dozens of men and women currently serving with the 111th Attack Wing.

171st Air Refueling Wing participates in Operation Noble Defender
November 15, 2022 — The 171st Air Refueling Wing participated in the North American Aerospace Defense Command’s Operation Noble Defender, an air defense operation off the northeastern coast of the United States, Oct. 25-27... MORE

Under the direction of the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), an F-15 assigned to the Massachusetts Air National Guard conducts air-to-air refueling from a KC-135 assigned to the Pennsylvania Air National Guard during air-defense Operation NOBLE DEFENDER, Oct. 27, 2022.

Pa. Guard Soldiers train with new robotic system
November 10, 2022 — Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers received training on a new robotic system that allows them to remotely investigate potential hazards Nov. 8 and 9 at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

A remotely operated Common Robotic System – Individual uses its extendable arm to drop a simulated grenade into a box during training on Nov. 9, 2022, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The CRS-I is a 32-pound, tracked robot with multiple cameras and an extendable arm that can fit into a medium ruck sack or an assault pack.

Annual state sniper match held at Fort Indiantown Gap
November 8, 2022 — Nine two-man sniper teams competed in the annual Pennsylvania State Sniper Match held by the Pennsylvania National Guard's Marksmanship Training Unit Nov. 3 to 6 at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

A Lithuanian Army sniper team competes in the Pennsylvania State Sniper Match sponsored by The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Marksmanship Training Unit (MTU) November 3-6 at Fort Indiantown Gap. This sniper team has been selected as the best from their unit to compete in the annual event.

Joint exercises increase 193rd SOW security forces’ readiness, lethality
November 3, 2022 — Members of the 193rd Special Operations Security Forces Squadron participated in a few historical firsts this year as they continue to increase the readiness and lethality of their Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element program... MORE

Air Assault students prepare equipment and supplies for sling load operations during training August 6, 2022, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. Airmen, Soldiers and Marines participated in a two-week long Air Assault course.

Lithuania’s Vice Minister of Defense visits Pa. Guard leaders and cyber professionals
November 2, 2022 — Leaders from the Lithuanian Ministry of Defense and Embassy of Lithuania met Pennsylvania National Guard leaders and cyber professionals Oct. 27-28 here and at Biddle Air National Guard Base to discuss strategic planning, cyber defense and areas of future cooperation. ... MORE

Lithuanian Vice Minister of Defense, Mr. Margiris Abukevičius, his advisor, Mr. Tadas Sakunas, Ms. Monika Koroliovienė, Defense Counselor, Embassy of Lithuania, joined Brig. Gen. Michael Regan Jr., Deputy Adjutant General – Air, Col. Donald O’Shell Jr., Director of Staff, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, and Chief Master Sgt Paul Frisco Jr., State Command Chief, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, met to discuss strategic planning, cyber defense and areas of future cooperation Oct. 28 at Fort Indiantown Gap.

Into The Hürtgen: The 28th ID in World War II’s Battle of Hürtgen Forest
November 2, 2022 — The 28th Infantry Division began its first assault of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest on Nov. 2, 1944... MORE

Soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division advance through the Hürtgen Forest in Germany on Nov. 2, 1944, during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest.