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Pa. Guard joins water provider to address cyber security in tabletop exercise
November 19, 2019 — Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard cyber team joined 18 Aqua employees and representatives from the FBI, Homeland Security, PA DEP, Chester County Emergency Management, and Schuylkill Township Police to participate in Aqua Pennsylvania’s most recent emergency tabletop exercise that involved a cyberattack and Black Sky event that targeted water, gas and electric utilities and eventually disrupted utility service for millions of customers... MORE

Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard cyber team joined 18 Aqua employees and representatives from the FBI, Homeland Security, PA DEP, Chester County Emergency Management, and Schuylkill Township Police to participate in Aqua Pennsylvania’s most recent emergency tabletop exercise that involved a cyberattack and Black Sky event that targeted water, gas and electric utilities and eventually disrupted utility service for millions of customers.

Pa. Guard cyber branch supports 2019 election
November 5, 2019 — Approximately 30 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard joined other state agencies at three locations Nov. 5 to ensure the security of the commonwealth’s general election... MORE

Approximately 30 members of the Pennsylvania National Guard joined other state agencies at three locations Nov. 5 to ensure the security of the commonwealth’s general election

Pennsylvania Guard finance Soldiers honored at deployment ceremony
October 28, 2019 — LEBANON, Pa. - Approximately 20 Soldiers from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 828th Finance Management Support Detachment, 28th Finance Management Support Unit, 728th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion, 213th Regional Support Group were honored in a deployment ceremony at the Lebanon Readiness Center Oct. 27.The 828th FMSD will be deployed... MORE

Approximately 20 Soldiers from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 828th Finance Management Support Detachment, 28th Finance Management Support Unit, 728th Combat Support Sustainment Battalion, 213th Regional Support Group take part in a deployment ceremony

Pa. Air Guard Hall of Fame inducts 61st member
October 26, 2019 — The Pennsylvania Air National Guard (PAANG) inducted retired Brig. Gen. Stanley J. Jaworski as the 61st member of its Hall of Fame during this year’s annual Fall Leadership Forum.“Gen. Jaworski’s career has left and continues to leave its mark on our organization,” said Brig. Gen. Michael Regan, PAANG commander. “He is a fitting inductee into our... MORE

Retired Brig. Gen. Stanley J. Jaworski is inducted as the 61st member of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard Hall of Fame.

Pa. Guard evaluated on weapons of mass destruction response
October 25, 2019 — SCRANTON, Pa. – The Pennsylvania National Guard 3rd Weapons of Mass Destruction civil support team was evaluated for its ability to identify nuclear, radiological, chemical and biological contaminants.The exercise this week involved two scenarios. At Clark Summit State Hospital, there was a simulated biological threat involving cholera. At Steam... MORE

Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Kauffman works to decontaminate items during the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 3rd Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team evaluation exercise Oct. 25 at Steam Town National Historic Park, Scranton, Pa.

111th Attack Wing officials remind members substance abuse prevention requires constant attention
October 21, 2019 — 111th ATKW officials remind members substance abuse prevention requires constant attention... MORE

"Preparation before you put gloves on is important so you don't get your glove stuck in the tape and bottle, and have to do it again with more paperwork," said Gary Talbot, 88th Readiness Division unit prevention leader course instructor.

Pa. Guard earns National Guard Bureau Excellence in Diversity Award
October 10, 2019 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – The National Guard Bureau awarded the Pennsylvania National Guard its "Excellence in Diversity Award" for outstanding work in diversity and inclusion Sept. 24 at the Lavern E. Weber Professional Education Center (PEC), Camp Robinson, Ark... MORE

Emergency Preparedness Month recognized at Horsham Air Guard Station
October 5, 2019 — To ensure airmen remain ready, the Horsham Air Guard Station Emergency Management Office is echoing the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s theme of “prepared not scared” here during National Preparedness month... MORE

Picture of two men, one is in a blue truck.

Pa. Guard Soldier to compete at Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition
October 3, 2019 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – A Pennsylvania National Guard Soldier is advancing to the 2019 Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. and the Pentagon from Oct. 6 to Oct. 11... MORE

Staff Sgt. Erich Friedlein, an instructor with 1st battalion, 166th Regiment, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, is advancing to the 2019 Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. and the Pentagon from Oct. 6 to Oct. 11. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig)

Pa. Guard unit fields new radar, decommissions old
September 26, 2019 — A Pennsylvania National Guard unit held a ceremony Sept. 23 at the Carlisle Readiness Center to decommission the Army’s last remaining AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder Weapon Locating System, developed in the 1970s... MORE

Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 108th Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, welcomed the AN/TPQ-53 Quick Reaction Capability Radar (right) while decommissioning the Army’s last remaining AN/TPQ-37 Firefinder Weapon Locating System (left).