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28th ECAB hurdles challenges, completes training
September 17, 2020 — FORT HOOD, Texas – Despite COVID-19 challenges, Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade completed training at Fort Hood to prepare for Operation Spartan Shield and Operation Inherent Resolve... MORE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brad Whitt, crew chief with Bravo Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, sits on a ramp and looks at the sunset out the back of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it flies over the 28th ECAB's mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas.

Pa. Guardsmen compete in annual The Adjutant General’s Combined-Arms Match
August 27, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Approximately 50 Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed with rifles and pistols in multiple courses of fire during The Adjutant General’s (TAG) Combined Arms Match here Aug. 21-23... MORE

Approximately 50 Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed with rifles and pistols in multiple courses of fire to during The Adjutant General’s (TAG) Combined-Arms Match at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., Aug. 21-23. The combined-arms individual overall champion was Army Sgt. Jason Goodling, standing with Maj. Gen. Anthony Carrelli, Pennsylvania’s adjutant general, and Maj. Gen. Mark Schindler, deputy adjutant general-Army. Goodling was also the top finisher in the Governor’s Twenty competition this year. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig)

2/104th Cavalry conducts demolition, claymore mine training
August 20, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – A good number of Soldiers probably join the Army for the opportunity to blow stuff up. Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team got to do just that recently... MORE

Soldiers from 2nd Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team insert a detonation cord into a block of C4 plastic explosive during demolition familiarization training Aug. 14, 2020, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.

Pennsylvania Guardsmen compete in annual Governor’s Twenty marksmanship competition
August 20, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – One hundred five Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed with rifles and pistols in multiple courses of fire to determine the Commonwealth’s best marksmen during the Governor’s Twenty match here Aug. 14-15... MORE

More than 100 Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed with rifles and pistols in multiple courses of fire to determine the Commonwealth’s best marksmen during the Governor’s Twenty competition Aug. 14-15 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The top 20 scorers were awarded the coveted Governor’s Twenty tab and a certificate to identify them as being outstanding marksmen. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brandon Nelson)

Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team saves two motorists from drowning during Tropical Storm Isaias response
August 7, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa.- The Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team rescued two motorists stranded in rapidly rising water during flooding caused by Tropical Storm Isaias Aug. 4 in Berks County... MORE

Staff Sgt. Noah McElory looks out the window of the UH-60 Black Hawk containing the Pennsylvania Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team as it takes off from Muir Army Airfield, Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on Aug. 4, 2020. The team saved two motorists from rising flood waters during Tropical Storm Isaias.

Pa. National Guard helps return remains of Soldier killed during Korean War
July 31, 2020 — PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Military Funeral Honors detail on Thursday participated in the repatriation of remains of a U.S. Army Soldier who was killed in the Korean War... MORE

Cpl. Jackey Dale Blosser of Randolph County, West Virginia, went missing in action on Dec. 2, 1950, when the enemy attacked his unit near the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea. His remains were returned to family members on July 30, 2020.

1/109th IN Soldiers train in short-range marksmanship
July 28, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division honed their short-range marksmanship skills during their annual training at Fort Indiantown Gap on July 21, 2020... MORE

A Soldier from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment conducts movement to the right before engaging his target during short-range marksmanship training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on July 21, 2020. During the SRM training, the Soldiers were tested in engaging a target with two rapid shots from different distances, kneeling, standing, moving toward a target and more. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler)

Unit’s first female first sergeant ‘keeps it green’ and takes care of soldiers
July 28, 2020 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. — A Pennsylvania Army National Guard noncommissioned officer has marked a first in her unit’s history. First Sgt. Valerie Jones, with Alpha Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, is wrapping up her time as her unit’s first female first sergeant... MORE

HARRISBURG – First Sgt. Valerie Jones (left), first sergeant of Alpha Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, confers with the company’s readiness NCO, Sgt. 1st Class Sean Cleary, prior to a ceremony at Harrisburg Military Post Jan. 11, 2020. Jones is the first female first sergeant of one of the four companies that comprise the division headquarters battalion. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Doug Roles

1/109th FA honors Lt. Col. Start during change of command
July 28, 2020 — WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – In a steady rain, the 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery held a change of command ceremony on July 19, 2020... MORE

Lt. Col. William G. Start, outgoing commander of the 1st Battalion, 109th Field Artillery Regiment, pulls the cord on the M101A1 howitzer during the battalion's change of command ceremony on July 19, 2020, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. As a final gesture in recognition of Start's service to the field artillery and 1/109th FA, he had the distinct honor and privilege of firing a final round from the 1/109th FA's ceremonial cannon. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Keeler).

The first officer to receive Pa. funeral honors ribbon
July 14, 2020 — FORT HOOD, Texas - Though it is a great privilege for him to render funeral honors for deceased veterans, 1st Lt. Craig Robbins keeps in mind the pain families feel after they have lost a loved one... MORE

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Craig Robbins, UH-60 Black Hawk medevac pilot with Charlie Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade poses for a photo at the 28th ECAB's mobilization station at Fort Hood, Texas. Robbins is the first-ever commissioned officer to receive the Pennsylvania Military Funeral Honors Ribbon.