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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.

Pennsylvania Army Guard builds on partnership with Lithuania
July 29, 2019 — HARRISBURG, Pa. – The State Partnership Program relationship between the Lithuanian army and the Pennsylvania Army National Guard continued to evolve and strengthen through a staff exchange held July 19-27 at Fort Indiantown Gap in Annville, Pennsylvania. Thirteen Lithuanian Land Forces Army leaders visited the Guard training base to meet with... MORE

Col. Andrew Inch, 28th Infantry Division chief of staff, talks to Lithuanian Land Forces Army Col. Zilvinas Gaubys, LLF chief of staff, during a tour of monuments at Fort Indiantown Gap July 26, 2019.

Friedlein wins Army National Guard NCO of the year
July 19, 2019 — A huge congratulations to Army National Guard NCO of the year Staff Sgt. Erich Friedlein of the Pennsylvania National Guard's 166th Regiment, who recently won the 2019 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition hosted in Oklahoma... MORE

Army National Guard Best Warrior NCO of the Year

Pa. Guard participates in Delaware domestic disaster preparedness drill
July 11, 2019 — Forty Soldiers and Airmen assigned to various units in the Pennsylvania National Guard participated in the Delaware National Guard's OPERATION HIGHBALL, a domestic disaster preparedness drill this month... MORE

Forty service members assigned to various units in the Pennsylvania National Guard participated in the Delaware National Guard's Operation Highball.

28th Military Police Company returns from Middle East deployment
July 11, 2019 — Approximately 160 Soldiers assigned to the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 28th Military Police Company returned from deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield July 10, 2019... MORE

Approximately 160 soldiers assigned to the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 28th Military Police Company arrive home following a deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield (OSS).