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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).

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.