Pennsylvania National Guard

First Lt. Sarah Joseph, a former staff sergeant in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard, was recently commissioned as a behavioral health officer with the Joint Force Headquarters Medical Readiness Detachment. https://lnkd.in/eatAGy9M

Instructors from the 166th Regiment - Regional Training Institute used drones to gather target information and sent it to students taking the artillery Advanced Leader Course, who then engaged the targets with howitzers recently at Fort Indiantown Gap. Story here: https://lnkd.in/e_bhQa-F

Chief Master Sgt. Dennis Ward recently assumed responsibility as the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 11th state command chief. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e8gayc9T

Over 500 high school students from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia attended an All-Star Leadership Day Nov. 6 at the 171st Air Refueling Wing's base in Coraopolis, Pa. Story here: https://lnkd.in/epjjveZk

Maj. Aaron Gaber, a Jewish chaplain who is deployed to Germany with Headquarters and Headquarters Co., 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team provided Jewish High Holidays support recently in Germany, Lithuania and Poland. Story here: https://lnkd.in/eTqUUnGY

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Picard (at right in photo) of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion received a Purple Heart in a ceremony Nov. 1 for injuries he sustained in an IED blast in 2011 in Afghanistan. Story here: https://lnkd.in/eceFbAfz

Please join us in welcoming home these Soldiers from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, who had been deployed to the Horn of Africa since January.

Command Sgt. Maj. Ashley Merrill took responsibility as the senior enlisted leader of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's Recruiting and Retention Battalion during a change of responsibility ceremony Oct. 25 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The outgoing senior enlisted leader, Command Sgt. Maj. Tyrone Mickens, was recognized and honored for his service during the ceremony.

Task Force Associator assumed responsibility for the security mission in East Africa from Task Force Paxton during a transfer of authority ceremony Oct. 21 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. Both Task Force Associator and Task Force Paxton are comprised primarily of Soldiers from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team. Story here: https://lnkd.in/ed_tnKeG

Fort Indiantown Gap was the second-busiest National Guard training center in the nation in fiscal year 2024. During the fiscal year, which ended Sept. 30, Fort Indiantown Gap hosted 132,150 personnel for a total of 804,714 man-days. https://lnkd.in/esqx-bQV