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Emergency management communicators hold meeting at Fort Indiantown Gap
November 4, 2021 — More than 60 emergency management communicators gathered in-person and virtually at Fort Indiantown Gap to discuss disaster communications and best practices Nov. 3 and 4. ... MORE

Maj. Victor Yartz, left, Pennsylvania National Guard, and Sgt. Craig Polen, Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Communications Information Services, work together at the FEMA Region 3-facilitated Fall Regional Emergency Communications Coordination Working Group at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 3, 2021. Pennsylvania State Police set-up their mobile command center at the event.

Fort Indiantown Gap busiest National Guard training center in 2021
October 28, 2021 — For the second year in a row and fifth time in the last seven years, Fort Indiantown Gap was the busiest National Guard training center in the country... MORE

A Soldier from 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, provides dismounted security while the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle gunner provides rear security on the road during improvised explosive device training lane at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on Aug. 11, 2021.

Army unveils new Black Hawk variant at Fort Indiantown Gap
October 6, 2021 — The U.S. Army unveiled the newest variant of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, the UH-60V, during a ceremony Wednesday at the Pennsylvania National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site... MORE

A UH-60V Black Hawk helicopter is parked on Muir Army Airfield for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new variant on Oct. 6, 2021, at the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. EAATS was the first unit in the Army – active duty, National Guard or Army Reserve – to receive the new variant.

Pa. Guard, Lithuanians train together in State Partnership Program platoon exchange
September 21, 2021 — Fort Indiantown Gap hosted 33 Soldiers from Lithuania’s land forces reserve component Sept. 6 to 17 for an annual platoon exchange, part of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s partnership with Lithuania through the National Guard's State Partnership Program. ... MORE

Sgt. 1st Class Dale Mahafkey, right, an Army combat medic and senior instructor with Medical Battalion Training Site at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., coaches Lithuanian Soldiers as they treat a simulated casualty on Sept. 10. Thirty-three Soldiers from Lithuania’s land forces reserve component came to Fort Indiantown Gap Sept. 6-17 for an annual platoon exchange, part of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s State Partnership Program.

Fort Indiantown Gap was not the first military fortification in area
September 3, 2021 — A short distance east of Fort Indiantown Gap, a small monument stands alongside the road. The simple monument – a boulder with a bronze plaque affixed to it – marks the approximate location of Fort Swatara, a military fortification used in the 1750s during the French and Indian War... MORE

Four Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission markers stand in the vicinity of Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., that detail the history of forts that existed in the area during the French and Indian War. (Photo illustration by Brad Rhen)

Fort Indiantown Gap opens new regional Training Support Center
August 24, 2021 — FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – A new 63,000-square-foot Training Support Center opened here earlier this year, consolidating the operations previously located in six World War II-era buildings into one state-of-the-art facility... MORE

A new 63,000-square-foot Training Support Center (TSC) opened at Fort Indiantown Gap in early 2020, consolidating the operations previously located in six World War II-era buildings into one state-of-the-art facility. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig)

EAATS receives new Black Hawk variant
July 28, 2021 — The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site received the first fielding of UH-60V Black Hawks from the Utility Helicopter Program Office on July 27. ... MORE

A Uh-60V Black Hawk helicopter is secured after being flown to Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., on July 27, 2021. The Pennsylvania National Guard’s Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site received the first fielding of UH-60V Black Hawks from the Utility Helicopter Program Office.

Fort Indiantown Gap hosts advanced Honor Guard course
July 27, 2021 — Non-commissioned officers from seven different states participated in an intensive two-week course at Fort Indiantown Gap that will certify them as Army National Guard Military Funeral Honors Level 2 trainers... MORE

Trainers from the National Guard Bureau National Military Funeral Honors Program observe students demonstrating their proficiency of the six-Soldier flag fold during the MFH train-the-trainer course at Fort Indiantown Gap. Thirteen Soldiers from across the nation traveled to Pennsylvania to earn the NGB’s certification July 22 to become a MFH trainer. After successful completion of the course, the Soldiers will return to their states to train Soldiers in their home units to carry out MFH duties.

Memorial to fallen Guardsmen dedicated at Fort Indiantown Gap
July 21, 2021 — Family, friends and fellow Soldiers of three Pennsylvania National Guardsmen killed in Afghanistan in 2011 gathered here to dedicate a memorial in their honor July 18... MORE

Maj. Gen. Mark Schindler, Pennsylvania’s adjutant general, speaks July 18 at the memorial dedication at Fort Indiantown Gap honoring three Soldiers killed in action. The dedication took place exactly ten years after the convoy carrying Staff Sgt. Kenneth VanGiesen, Staff Sgt. Brian Mowery, and Sgt. Edward Koehler III was attacked with an improvised explosive device, killing all three and injuring two others. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig)

Transition Assistance Advisors assist transitioning service members
June 30, 2021 — Starting a new chapter in one’s life, such as a new job or moving to a new area, can be difficult... MORE

Matthew Armstrong, left, and Melissa Singer, Transition Assistance Advisors at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., pose in their office on June 24, 2021. TAAs provide direction to eligible service members so they can secure all the benefits, entitlements and services they earned through their military service. (Photo by Brad Rhen)