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Pa. Guard Soldier to retire after 43 years of service
March 3, 2022
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Tracy Steele, maintenance officer for 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, poses next to a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle on February 8, 2022. Steele is set to retire in March after serving in the Pennsylvania National Guard for more than 43 years.

Pa. Guard members recount COVID medical missions
February 23, 2022
Spc. Han Thach, left, a combat medic with the Pennsylvania National Guard, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to a patient at Capital Area Intermediate Unit in Enola, Pa., on March 26, 2021. Thach was part of the Pa. National Guard mission to vaccinate Pennsylvania teachers, child-care workers and other staff. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler)

The Hiker: How a Pa. Guardsman became the national symbol for the Spanish-American War
February 17, 2022
"The Hiker," a statue designed by sculptor Theo Alice Ruggles Hitson, stands outside Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Leonard Sefing Jr. of Allentown, Pa., a Spanish-American War veteran of the Pennsylvania National Guard, served as the model for the statue. There are more than 50 copies of this statue across the U.S., including monuments in Pottsville, Allentown, Shamokin and Lebanon in Pennsylvania.

171st ARW hosts problem-solving training
February 9, 2022
The 171st Air Refueling Wing logo

171st ARW awarded Air Force Outstanding Unit Award
February 7, 2022
Graphic Illustration with a KC-135 aircraft and an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with two oak leaf clusters.

Philadelphia’s Gray Invincibles were one of Pa.'s last segregated units
February 3, 2022

Pa. National Guard members activated to assist at care facilities
February 1, 2022
A Pennsylvania National Guard  Joint Force Medical Strike Team deployed to assist at a rehab and nursing home in Delaware County on April 18, 2020.

Pa. National Guard Soldiers make All Guard Endurance Team
January 27, 2022
(Center) Lt. Col. Deborah Fisher, state safety and occupational health manager for Pennsylvania Joint Force Headquarters, hefts up her award for placing first in her age group for the Guard and the DEKAFIT competition in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 15, 2022. 120 Soldiers and Airmen from across the country competed to make the All Guard Endurance Team.

171st ARW officer brings innovation to Tactical Combat Casualty Care program
January 26, 2022
Pennsylvania Air National Guardsman, 1st Lt. Heather Edsall, assigned to the 171st Medical Group poses for an photo at the 171st Air Refueling Wing Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, on Jan. 14, 2022. Edsall was featured in an article highlighting her accomplishments with implementing the Tactical Casualty Combat Care at the 171st ARW.

28th ECAB Soldier finds rugby success after deployment
January 20, 2022
Just a few months after returning from a year-long deployment to the Middle East with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, Sgt. Dominic Caccese has been named one of the best collegiate rugby players in the nation.