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Basic Leader Course returns to full classes at Fort Indiantown Gap
November 5, 2021 — Full classes of the Basic Leader Course recently started again at the 166th Regiment Regional Training Institute at Fort Indiantown Gap about a year and a half after stopping due to travel restrictions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic... MORE

Soldiers from the Basic Leader Course, 166th Regiment Regional Training Site, perform the leg tuck during their Army Combat Fitness Test at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. BLC recently returned to full classes since they were paused and adjusted due to the COVID-19 pandemic (U.S Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler).

111th ATKW hosts environmental advisory board
November 3, 2021 — The 111th Attack Wing hosted 27 members of the Willow Grove Air Base Restoration Advisory Board here, for a tour of the base to review progress in improving the quality of base drinking water and groundwater/stormwater run-off Oct. 28, 2021... MORE

Mr. Lee dePersia, Environmental Engineer with the 111th Attack Wing’s Civil Engineering Squadron here talks with members of the Willow Grove Air Base Restoration Advisory Board during a tour to review progress in improving the quality of base drinking water and groundwater/storm water run-off on Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, Oct. 28, 2021.

Fort Indiantown Gap busiest National Guard training center in 2021
October 28, 2021 — For the second year in a row and fifth time in the last seven years, Fort Indiantown Gap was the busiest National Guard training center in the country... MORE

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, provides dismounted security while the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle gunner provides rear security on the road during improvised explosive device training lane at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on Aug. 11, 2021.

Pennsylvania’s Air Guardsmen at Biddle battle cyber scourges at home, abroad
October 26, 2021 — Hurricane Ida, the pandemic and civil unrest saturated the nation’s screens with images of National Guardsmen in action – protecting property, rescuing people and defending citizens’ rights. ... MORE

111th Med Group hosts Advanced Trauma Life Support course
October 21, 2021 — More than a dozen Air National Guard members from six different states learned the ABCs during a medical course hosted by the 111th Medical Group at Biddle Air National Guard Base recently... MORE

U.S. Air Force Col. Adam Colombo, 111th Medical Group Commander, instructs members participating in the Advance Trauma Life Support Course held at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, September 28, 2021. This is the second time the 111th MDG has hosted ATLS, which was developed by the American College of Surgeons and first introduced in the U.S. and abroad in 1980. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Tyrone G. Mitchell)

628th ASB's performance 'remarkable,' awarded by AAAA
October 18, 2021 — The 628th Aviation Support Battalion, after their year-long deployment to the Middle East, was recognized as the 2021 Outstanding Logistics Support Unit of the Year by the Army Aviation Association of America... MORE

U.S. Soldiers with Bravo Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade reinstall the main rotor head on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after routine maintenance at an airfield in the 28th ECAB’s area of operations in the Middle East. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Francis Calabro)

228th Engineer Co. holds deployment departure ceremony
October 15, 2021 — Soldiers from the 228th Engineer Company, 337th Engineer Battalion, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, held their deployment departure ceremony at North Lebanon High School on Oct. 10, 2021... MORE

Capt. James Goslin, commander of the 228th Engineer Company, pins an award onto Cpl. Nicholas Nye, for his work during the training in preparation for their deployment during departure ceremony on October 10, 2021. The Soldiers were supported by friends, family, and fellow service members, that attended to support the Soldiers of the 228th on their mission (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler).

Titan of Air Force history recognized, celebrated in Boyertown
October 7, 2021 — Pennsylvania’s prominence in U.S. Army history and its role in today’s force is well known - from watershed events at Valley Forge and Gettysburg to being the home of the U.S. Army War College and the third largest Army National Guard in the country. ... MORE

Brig. Gen. Michael Regan, Pa. deputy adjutant general-air (right), rubs shoulders with Gen. Carl Spaatz re-enactor Chris Boswell following a road dedication ceremony in Boyertown, Pa. June 28, 2018. Spaatz, the first Chief of Staff of the newly formed Air Force following the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947 grew up in Boyertown and is touted as one of their greatest citizens.

Army unveils new Black Hawk variant at Fort Indiantown Gap
October 6, 2021 — The U.S. Army unveiled the newest variant of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, the UH-60V, during a ceremony Wednesday at the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site... MORE

A UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter is parked on Muir Army Airfield for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new variant on Oct. 6, 2021, at the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. EAATS was the first unit in the Army – active duty, National Guard or Army Reserve – to receive the new variant.

Pa. National Guard Soldiers recognized as Catto Award recipients
October 5, 2021 — Two Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers were recognized as the 2021 recipients of the prestigious Maj. Octavius V. Catto Medal during an event Oct. 2 at the Union League of Philadelphia... MORE

Attendees at the annual Maj, Octavius V. Catto Honor Ceremony pose for a photo at the Catto Monument at Philadelphia City Hall on Oct. 2, 2021.