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Surviving Families take ride on The Pride of the Susquehanna
September 25, 2019 — The Pride of the Susquehanna, in coordination with Pennsylvania National Guard Survivor Outreach Services, held a riverboat cruise for Surviving Families on Sept. 21, 2019. Those who lost family members in the line of duty were treated to a picnic and boat ride on the Susquehanna River... MORE

Gold Star Families, Survivor Outreach Services and supporters enjoy a riverboat cruise on The Pride of the Susquehanna.

Multinational exercise strengthens Pa. Guard's interoperability
September 24, 2019 — BEMOWO PISKIE, Poland – NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland and Polish 15 Mechanized Brigade completed another iteration of the multinational rapid response exercise, Bull Run 10, Sep. 18-19... MORE

An M1 Abrams tank in the field at dawn during the Bull Run 10 exercise in Orzysz, Poland, Sept. 19, 2019.

271st CBCS supplies tactical comm to Northern Strike
September 16, 2019 — MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — The 271st Combat Communications Squadron served as the primary communications provider during the joint-multinational exercise, Northern Strike July 22 to August 3 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Center in Michigan... MORE

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Mickey Shaffer, a radio frequency transmissions specialist with the 271st Combat Communications Squadron, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, installs a communication antenna during Operation Northern Strike July 26, 2019, at the Alpena Combat Readiness Center in Michigan.

Pa. Guard's Cyber Defense Team meets with Pa. Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth
September 3, 2019 — HARRISBURG, Pa.- Members of Pennsylvania National Guard's Cyber Defense Team met with Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar to discuss current mutual projects, including election security, in early August during a Pennsylvania State Department orientation of the Pennsylvania National Guard's capabilities and assets which... MORE

Maj. Christine Pierce briefs members of the Pennsylvania Department of State and Pennsylvania National Guard on cyber security in Harrisburg Aug. 6.

Pa. special warfare Airmen practice combat skills with Army
August 29, 2019 — BOISE, Idaho – Special warfare Airmen with the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron, Pennsylvania Air National Guard, headed west this summer to Idaho’s Orchard Combat Training Center near Boise to immerse with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 56th Stryker Brigade for some vital air-to-ground combat training.The vast, rugged terrain and... MORE

Tactical Air Control Party Specialists with the 148th Air Support Operations Squadron wait for the A-10 air support they called in to drop simulated munitions on a target Aug. 13, 2019. The Pennsylvania Air National Guardsmen traveled to Orchard Combat Training Center near Boise this summer to practice their ground combat skills, working alongside their Army counterparts at the 56th Stryker Brigade, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, and the Idaho Air National Guard.

Pa. Guard aviation supports full-scale hurricane exercise
August 23, 2019 — HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania National Guard members joined with partners in the Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (PA-HART) and other civilian first responders in a full-scale exercise at Fort Hunter Park and the Susquehanna River Aug. 15.The exercise, named Operation Hurricane, simulated the response to a hurricane with severe flooding affecting... MORE

Pennsylvania National Guard members joined with partners in the Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (PA-HART) and other civilian first responders in a full-scale exercise at Fort Hunter Park and the Susquehanna River Aug. 15, 2019. A Ch-47 Chinook helicopter unloads a boat team at Fort Hunter Park while UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters land with members of the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade.

Pennsylvania, Tennessee Soldiers do water training in Poland
August 23, 2019 — GIZYCKO, Poland - Members from NATO's enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland, alongside members from the Polish 15th Mechanized Infantry Brigade participated in a water survival course Aug. 14... MORE

Soldiers from 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment along with Polish soldiers low crawl in the sand during day two of training for the Water Survival Course hosted by 15th Mechanized Brigade in Gizycko, Poland, Aug. 12, 2019.

ESGR Awards Luncheon 2019
August 23, 2019 — Maj. Gen. Tony Carrelli, Pennsylvania’s adjutant general, delivered the keynote address and presented awards during the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve of Pennsylvania (ESGR) Employer Awards Luncheon, Aug. 8, 2019... MORE

Maj. Gen. Tony Carrelli, Pennsylvania’s adjutant general
and head of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), delivered the keynote address and presented awards during the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve of Pennsylvania (ESGR) Employer Awards
Luncheon, Aug. 8, 2019.

Pa. Guard Lean Six Sigma graduates earn college credit
August 10, 2019 — Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard and various commonwealth agencies received college credit Aug. 9 here for the Lean Six Sigma class offered by the Guard in a partnership with Penn State Schuylkill... MORE

95th Officer Candidate Company Visits 171st
July 31, 2019 — Vietnam veterans from the 95th Officer Candidate Company, Ft. Benning Georgia celebrated their 50th graduation anniversary by touring the 171st Air Refueling Wing in Pittsburgh, July 25, 2019... MORE

Group of Vietnam veterans pose for a photo in front of a KC-135 aircraft.