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Pennsylvania Guardsmen compete in annual Governor’s Twenty marksmanship competition
August 20, 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
In a first, Pa. National Guard augments Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency’s Incident Management Team
July 2, 2020
Planners with the Pennsylvania National Guard attend a meeting at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Harrisburg, Pa., along with representatives from FEMA, Pennsylvania Department of Health, and others on July 1, 2020. Several Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers integrated with PEMA’s Incident Management Team in early March to assist in planning the agency’s COVID-19 response.
Political activity by government employees, service members limited
June 10, 2020
Pa. National Guard ready to support local law enforcement
May 31, 2020