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Pa. National Guard Soldier brings home top award
April 3, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – A Pennsylvania National Guard Soldier recently brought home a top award from the Army SHARP Academy at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas... MORE

Master Sgt. John Paul Karpovich (center) receives the Army SHARP Academy’s Spirit Award from Col. Alexander Pickands (left), Fort Leavenworth Combined Arms Center staff judge advocate, on March 6. At right is Col. Christopher Engen, director of the Army SHARP Academy. Karpovich works full time as the noncommissioned officer in charge of the G1 operations section at the PNG’s Joint Force Headquarters at Fort Indiantown Gap. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy photo)

Iowa, Pa., Del. National Guard in thick of COVID-19 battle
March 31, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Dozens of members of the Pennsylvania, Delaware and Iowa National Guard are helping respond to the COVID-19 threat, delivering medical supplies and helping locate and set up sites where patients can be treated should hospitals become overwhelmed.More than 120 Soldiers and Airmen in the Iowa National Guard are supporting coronavirus... MORE

Soldiers from the 103rd Engineer Battalion, Pennsylvania National Guard, help the Federal Emergency Management Agency unload equipment at the a school in Glen Mills, Pa., to establish a federal medical station for non-COVID 19 patients should regional hospitals become full.

Pa. National Guard Supports FEMA Medical Station
March 29, 2020 — Federal, state and local assets are coming together to open this facility which can house non-COVID 19 patients with less severe conditions if and when regional hospitals become full. ... MORE

Federal, state and local assets are coming together to open this facility which can house non-COVID 19 patients with less severe conditions if and when regional hospitals become full.

Pa. Guard Supporting Interagency State Partners during COVID-19 operations
March 26, 2020 — Several Pennsylvania National Guard members were assigned March 25 to support a warehouse mission with the Pennsylvania Department of Health... MORE

Department of Health warehousing facility

Hundreds of COVID-19 tests administered daily in Montgomery County with help of Pa. National Guard
March 24, 2020 — Since the Pennsylvania National Guard began helping Montgomery County administer COVID-19 test kits last week, as many as 275 people have been tested each day.At the direction of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, approximately 80 members of the Pa. National Guard continue to support Montgomery County EMA with the operation of their... MORE

Montgomery County with drive-through COVID-19 testing

Guard has long supported local officials in health emergencies
March 18, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – While the National Guard is often called out by governors to respond to natural and man-made disasters, Guard members also have a long history of responding to public health emergencies. Since the Guard’s establishment in 1636, members have responded to outbreaks of smallpox, Spanish flu, yellow fever, cholera, hoof-and-mouth... MORE

Soldiers at Camp Funston, Kansas, are quarantined while recovering from the Spanish flu in 1918. The flu infected about 500 million people around the world.

Pa. National Guard Supports Pennsylvanians Repatriated from Travel on Grand Princess Cruise
March 17, 2020 — ANNVILLE, Pa. - Over 50 Pennsylvania National Guardsmen have been placed on state active duty to provide assistance to state partner agencies in their response to COVID-19 as passengers from a Grand Princess Cruise returned home today... MORE

Pa. National Guard Soldiers awarded Octavius V. Catto Medal
February 25, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard awarded its Maj. Octavius V. Catto Medal to two Soldiers Saturday at the Union League of Philadelphia... MORE

Maj. Louis Fabrizi (left) and Staff Sgt. Brian Brandmeir (right) stand at the foot of the Major Octavius V. Catto Memorial after a wreath laying ceremony on Feb. 22, 2020 honoring the Civil War-era militia officer and African-American civil rights leader from Philadelphia. Both men were awarded The Major Octavius V. Catto Medal, which is bestowed upon guardsmen and women who display qualities of selfless service in the military and local community. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Wil Acosta)

111th ATKW highest-enlisted leader passes baton during Feb. drill
February 11, 2020 — HORSHAM AIR GUARD STATION, Pa. – The 111th Attack Wing Chief Master Sgt. Robert Ferguson accepted authority as command chief master sergeant from 111th ATKW Commander Col. Bill Griffin during a ceremony here, Feb. 8... MORE

Chief Master Sgt. Paul Frisco relived his authority as the 111 Attack Wing’s command chief master sergeant to 111th ATKW Commander Col. Bill Griffin during a ceremony at Horsham Air Guard Station, Pennsylvania, Jan. 8, 2020. Chief Master Sgt. Robert Ferguson accepted authority as the incoming command chief master sergeant during the event. (U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Andria Allmond)

Legally proficient, wherever the call
February 11, 2020 — Dozens of legal professionals from at least five different states attended an officer professional development event hosted by the Pennsylvania National Guard (PANG) at Fort Indiantown Gap on Feb. 8... MORE

Dozens of legal professionals from at least five different states attended an officer professional development event hosted by the Pennsylvania National Guard (PANG) at Fort Indiantown Gap on Feb. 8. The event focused on legal aspects of military domestic operations with an audience that included Army and Air Force judge advocates from guard, reserve and active duty as well as civilian legal professionals.