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300+ Pa. National Guard members supporting vaccination centers
April 15, 2021 — More than 300 Pennsylvania National Guard members are currently supporting COVID-19 vaccination centers across the commonwealth... MORE

Spc. Adom Yaa, a combat medic with the 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Brittany Gill, a local resident, Apr. 14 in Lancaster, Pa.

1-109th Infantry Regiment conducts aerial movement
April 14, 2021 — WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, deployed from a CH-47 Chinook to a training site on April 9, 2021... MORE

Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, deploy from a CH-47 Chinook during aerial movement training on April 9, 2021. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler)

Deployed Soldier dominates ACFT, but finishes humbled
April 13, 2021 — Spc. Angelo Brunetti is considered by many to be one of the fittest Soldiers in the Army... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Angelo Brunetti, a UH-60 helicopter repairer currently deployed with Bravo Company, 628th Aviation Support Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, recently scored 599 on the new Army Combat Fitness Test, missing a perfect score of 600 by just one second on the sprint-drag-carry event.

Pa. National Guard supporting second Philadelphia vaccination center
April 10, 2021 — Approximately 150 Pennsylvania National Guard members are supporting a second COVID-19 community vaccination center in Philadelphia. ... MORE

Senior Airman Benedict Barnett, a medic with the 193d Special Operations Wing, prepares band-aids at the Esperanza Community Vaccination Center in Philadelphia on April 8, 2021.

Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy coming to Fort Indiantown Gap
April 8, 2021 — The Pennsylvania National Guard and Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will welcome the first class of Keystone State Youth ChalleNGe Academy here in 2022... MORE

This illustration depicts what the Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy campus at Fort Indiantown Gap is projected to look like upon completion. The Pennsylvania National Guard and Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will welcome the first class of Keystone State Youth ChalleNGe Academy in 2022. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy illustration)

Pa. National Guard concludes teacher vaccination mission
April 1, 2021 — ENOLA, Pa. -- The Pennsylvania National Guard recently concluded its mission to help administer the COVID-19 vaccine to Pennsylvania teachers and school staffs... MORE

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)

3-year-old at home, deployed couple withstands challenges
March 26, 2021 — “He has his days where he is mad at us for leaving and other days, he cannot stop telling me how much he misses us,” said Cpl. Ashley Hibbler, of her three-year-old son Landon... MORE

Cpl. Ashley Hibbler and her husband, Spc. Kyle Hibbler, are deployed to the Middle East with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade and have been away from their son since July 2020.

Pa. National Guard answers call to serve in Capitol Response II
March 26, 2021 — WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Several hundred Pennsylvania National Guard members supported Operation Capitol Response II, which followed its support of the presidential inauguration Capitol Response I in January... MORE

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Analyse Gaspich, right, with the Pennsylvania National Guard, stands with a Soldier in Washington, D.C., March 9, 2021. The National Guard has been requested to continue supporting federal law enforcement agencies with security, communications, medical, evacuation, logistics, and safety support to state, district, and federal agencies through mid-March. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Zoe M. Wockenfuss)

Medal of Honor Day: Sgt. James I. Mestrovitch
March 25, 2021 — The Medal of Honor is the highest honor that a service member in the United States Military can receive. The award is so prestigious that the accuracy of every recipient is scrutinized under a process that can take more than 18 months, according to the United States Army Medal of Honor recommendation process... MORE

Sgt. James I. Mestrovich, 111th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions to save his company commander during the battle of Fismette, France, during World War I.

Pa. National Guard members pass command of HHC, White House Communications Agency
March 19, 2021 — Command of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, White House Communications Agency recently transferred from one Pennsylvania National Guard member to another... MORE

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Ellen Smith of Joint Force Headquarters, Pennsylvania National Guard holds a guidon during a change-of-command ceremony for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, White House Communications Agency on Jan. 28, 2021, at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C. Smith, who served as the company's first commander, relinquished command of HHC to another member of the Pa. National Guard.