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Best in SOLRS: 193rd earns activity of the year for sixth time
May 20, 2025 — The 193rd Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron was recently awarded the Air Reserve Component Base Logistics Activity of the Year... MORE

Members of the 193rd Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron particpate in routine duty tasks in Middletown, Pennsylvania, May 18, 2025. This squadron has just won the Air Reserve Component Base Logistics Activity of the Year for the sixth time. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Bela Vaszlavik)

171st Air Refueling Wing wins USSTRATCOM's Omaha Trophy
May 16, 2025 — The 171st Air Refueling Wing earned U.S. Strategic Command's prestigious Omaha Trophy for 2024... MORE

The Omaha Trophy sits at 171st Air Refueling Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard base, here May 1, 2025. The Omaha Trophy was presented to the 171st ARW for their support of U.S. Strategic Command’s mission of global operations mission area. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Wayne V. Hall)

Employees’ kids tour Fort Indiantown Gap
May 16, 2025 — More than 200 kids of Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and Pennsylvania National Guard employees toured Fort Indiantown Gap May 15 for Take Your Child to Work Day... MORE

More than 200 kids of Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and Pennsylvania National Guard employees toured Fort Indiantown Gap May 15, 2025, for Take Your Child to Work Day. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

28th ECAB partners with Coast Guard to move buoys
May 14, 2025 — Soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade crewed a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to assist the U.S. Coast Guard by transporting three buoys May 7 in the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay... MORE

Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade crewed a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to assist the U.S. Coast Guard by transporting three buoys May 7 in the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware Bay. During the winter, buoys are often displaced and washed up on beaches that are inaccessible to Coast Guard boats. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Zane Craig)

From the ChalleNGe Academy to the Guard
May 13, 2025 — Pfc. Scott Gabner, a graduate of the Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy, is now a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard and works full-time at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

Pfc. Scott Gabner works on a vehicle engine at the Unit Training Equipment Site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on April 29, 2025. Gabner, a graduate of the Keystone State Challenge Academy, is a wheeled vehicle mechanic with Delta Co., 128th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team and works full-time as a mechanic at UTES. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

Pa. Guard members compete in Governor’s Twenty marksmanship competition
May 12, 2025 — More than 100 Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed in the annual Governor's Twenty marksmanship competition May 9 to 10 at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

A total of 103 Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers and Airmen competed in the annual Governor's Twenty marksmanship competition May 9 to 10, 2025 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. They earn the right to wear the coveted Governor’s Twenty tab on the left shoulder of the uniform, is a state-level National Guard award that is presented every year and is reflected on a service members’ official personnel record. It is recognized by both the Army and Air Force. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Zane Craig)

Crawford, Ruiz-Rhoades emerge as Region II’s Best Warriors
May 9, 2025 — Sgt. Miles Crawford of the Maryland National Guard and Spc. Robert Ruiz-Rhoades of the Pennsylvania National Guard won the Region II Best Warrior Competition that took place May 5-9 at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

Spc. Robert Ruiz-Rhoades, second from left, of the Pennsylvania National Guard and Sgt. Miles Crawford, third from left, of the Maryland National Guard were named the winners of the Region II Best Warrior Competition during a ceremony May 9, 2025, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. They were recognized by Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Phillips, left, command senior enlisted leader, Pennsylvania National Guard, and Maj. Gen. Laura McHugh, right, deputy adjutant general - Army, Pennsylvania National Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Skylin Simpson)

3 Pa. Guard Soldiers make All-Guard Marathon Team
May 9, 2025 — Three Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers made the All-Guard Marathon Team at the National Guard Marathon Team trials May 4 at the Lincoln Marathon in Lincoln, Nebraska... MORE

The Pennsylvania National Guard Marathon Team poses for a team photo prior to the National Guard Marathon Team trials May 4, 2025, at the Lincoln Marathon in Lincoln, Nebraska. The team consisted of (left to right) Sgt. 1st Class Tyler Lundquist, Lt. Col. Deborah Fisher, Sgt. Fiona Cuthbert and Capt. Daniel Kysela. The team finished 7th out of 49 teams in the National Guard team competition. (Courtesy photo)

Pa. Guard Soldier named ARNG medical readiness NCO of the year
May 7, 2025 — Sgt. 1st Class Denis Mulligan of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s G1 Services Division was recently recognized as the Army National Guard medical readiness noncommissioned officer of the year for large states... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Denis Mulligan, third from left, Health Services and Support Branch Chief with the Pa. Guard’s G1 Services Division, was recently recognized as the Army National Guard medical readiness noncommissioned officer of the year for large states. The award is intended to recognize a medical readiness NCO who has demonstrated excellence in their position by contributing to high levels of medical readiness while serving. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy photo)

108th Medical Company Area Support gains vital experience during field exercise
May 5, 2025 — Soldiers with the 108th Medical Company Area Support, 213th Regional Support Group, trained on setting up an aid station during a field exercise May 2-3 at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Caitlyn Morrison, left, and Spc. Maria Diaz, combat medics with the 108th Medical Company Area Support, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania National Guard practice medical skills during an exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, May 3, 2025.