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Delaware National Guard unit completes week-long mission readiness training
April 14, 2025 — Airmen from the 166th Airlift Wing, Delaware Air National Guard, completed a weeklong training exercise recently at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

Airmen from the 166th Airlift Wing participate in a readiness exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, on April 4, 2025. The Airmen demonstrated high standards of efficiency and readiness through various tasks, including field navigation tests, searching for unexploded ordnance, assembling and disassembling weapons, and donning Mission-Oriented Protective Posture gear. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Austin Stern)

Pa. Army Guard names best warriors following 4-day competition
April 8, 2025 — The Pennsylvania Army National Guard named its best warriors following a four-day competition April 3 to 6 at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

Sgt. Daniel Miller, center, of the 166th Regiment – Regional Training Institute won Noncommissioned Officer of the Year; Spc. Robert Ruiz, left, of the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade won Soldier of the Year; and Sgt. 1st Class Tyler Landis, right, of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion won the Command Sgt. Maj. Jay H. Fields NCO Leadership Award at the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s state-level best warrior competition at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. April 3–6, 2025. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by )

New range, sniper tower coming to Fort Indiantown Gap
April 1, 2025 — A new combined-arms live-fire, or CALFEX, range and a sniper tower are under construction at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

Col. Kevin Potts, Fort Indiantown Gap garrison commander, looks out a window in a new sniper tower that is being built at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., March 28, 2025. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

56th SBCT Soldiers train on upgraded Strykers
March 28, 2025 — Soldiers from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team have begun training on upgraded Stryker vehicles the brigade received recently... MORE

Soldiers from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team conduct training on upgraded Stryker vehicles March 26, 2025, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. As part of a program to modernize the 56th SBCT, the brigade is receiving 324 upgraded Strykers. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

Marquette Lake dam replacement project to begin
March 5, 2025 — Work will begin soon on a construction project to replace the Marquette Lake dam... MORE

The Marquette Lake dam spillway, pictured here on March 3, 2025, will be replaced and the bridge over the spillway will be removed during an upcoming construction project. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

Upgraded Strykers, JLTVs for 56th SBCT begin arriving at Fort Indiantown Gap
March 3, 2025 — As part of a program to modernize the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, it is receiving 324 upgraded Stryker vehicles and 300 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles... MORE

Upgraded double-V hull Strykers sit at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on Feb. 27, 2005. The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team is receiving 324 upgraded Strykers and 300 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles as part of a program to modernize the brigade. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Brad Rhen)

Pippy sworn in as adjutant general, promoted to major general
February 28, 2025 — Governor Josh Shapiro administered the oath of office to Maj. Gen. John R. Pippy, Pennsylvania’s 55th adjutant general and head of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, during a ceremony Feb. 28 at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro passes the Pennsylvania National Guard flag to Maj. Gen. John Pippy during a ceremony Feb. 28, 2025, at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.. During the ceremony, Pippy was sworn in as Pennsylvania’s 55th adjutant general and promoted to his current rank. (Pennsylvania National Guard photo by Wayne V. Hall)

‘Real-life’ support allows Warfighter participants to focus on exercise
February 14, 2025 — More than 150 Pennsylvania National Guard Soldiers provided “real-life” support for the recently concluded Warfighter exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

Soldiers from the 213th Regional Support Group practice using a hand-held metal detector at an entry-control point during a Warfighter exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap. More than 100 Soldiers from the 213th RSG provided real-life support for the exercise. (Courtesy photo)

Warfighter exercise trains 42nd ID headquarters under realistic war conditions
February 11, 2025 — The New York National Guard's 42nd Infantry Division headquarters conducted a Warfighter exercise Jan. 29 to Feb. 6 at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

Maj. Gen. Jack A. James Jr. (left), the commander of the New York National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division, conducts a commander’s update brief with the XVIII Airborne Corps during the division’s Warfighter 25-3 exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., Jan. 30, 2025. The multi-day exercise, built around computer combat simulations against an experienced opposing force, tests the ability of division and brigade commanders and staff to conduct the tasks they would execute in battle. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Warren W. Wright Jr., 42nd Inf. Div. public affairs)

Swedish partners train with 42nd ID during Warfighter exercise
February 7, 2025 — Four service members with the Swedish Army spent time with the 42nd Infantry Division learning about large-scale combat operations during a Warfighter exercise Jan. 24 to Feb. 8 at Fort Indiantown Gap... MORE

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jack A. James Jr. (right), the commander of the New York National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division, speaks with Swedish Army soldiers during the division’s Warfighter 25-3 exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., Jan. 31, 2025.