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Fort Indiantown Gap hosts Region II Best Warrior Competition
May 17, 2021 — Enlisted National Guard Soldiers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Delaware competed in the 2021 regional Best Warrior Competition here May 11-14... MORE

Col. Laura McHugh, deputy adjutant general-Army, Pennsylvania National Guard, presents Sgt. James McGill of the Maryland Army National Guard with an Army Commendation Medal at the conclusion of the Region II Best Warrior Competition May 14, 2021, at Fort Indiantown Gap. Eleven enlisted National Guard Soldiers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington D.C. and Delaware competed in the 2021 regional Best Warrior Competition at Fort Indiantown Gap May 11-14. Pfc. Alexander Gravely, a combat medic with 1st Battalion, 201st Field Artillery Regiment, 77th Brigade Troop Command, West Virginia Army National Guard, won the best Soldier portion of the competition. McGill, a radiology specialist with the 224th Medical Company Area Support, Maryland Army National Guard, won the best noncommissioned officer portion of the Best Warrior Competition. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Zane Craig)

Several factors can affect noise from training
April 15, 2021 — Several factors can affect noise from training and make it sound louder on certain days... MORE

Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard conduct field artillery live-fire training at Fort Indiantown Gap on April 11, 2017. Fort Indiantown Gap is the only live-fire, maneuver military training facility in Pennsylvania, offering more than 17,000 acres and 140 training areas and facilities for year-round training.

Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy coming to Fort Indiantown Gap
April 8, 2021 — The Pennsylvania National Guard and Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will welcome the first class of Keystone State Youth ChalleNGe Academy here in 2022... MORE

This illustration depicts what the Keystone State ChalleNGe Academy campus at Fort Indiantown Gap is projected to look like upon completion. The Pennsylvania National Guard and Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs will welcome the first class of Keystone State Youth ChalleNGe Academy in 2022. (U.S. Army National Guard courtesy illustration)

Virtual leadership course offered to deployed National Guard Soldiers
December 14, 2020 — A group of instructors at Fort Indiantown Gap recently began teaching a virtual leadership course to National Guard Soldiers deployed around the world... MORE

A screenshot showing deployed National Guard Soldiers taking part in the new Army National Guard-Forward Virtual Basic Leadership Course.

Beyond Reality: New AUGMED Tool Pushes Limits of Medical Simulation
September 29, 2020 — In a small multi-purpose activity room filled with socially-distant, mask-clad Soldiers attempting to learn the proper way to tie tourniquets and set splints, Chris Sandoval delivered one of his famous – and famously loud – rules of combat casualty care... MORE

Army Soldiers undergo CLS training at FTIG on September 22.

(Photo Credit: Ramin A. Khalili, USAMRDC PAO)

56th SBCT holds annual training at Fort Indiantown Gap
September 25, 2020 — The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team Headquarters and Headquarters Company conducted annual training Sept. 12-26... MORE

The guidon for the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team Headquarters and Headquarters Company, based out of Horsham, Pa., posted outside its assigned headquarters building during annual training on Fort Indiantown Gap Sept. 12-26, 2020.

Turning brass into cash: Qualified Recycling Program generates revenue from recyclable materials
September 24, 2020 — Expended brass shell casings are one of the many materials collected at Fort Indiantown Gap as part of the Qualified Recycling Program. Known as QRP, it is an installation-managed and run recycling program aimed at pollution prevention and minimizing environmental impacts... MORE

Drone use highly regulated on, near military installations
July 2, 2020 — Two incidents in the last three years involving privately owned drones raised concerns at Fort Indiantown Gap’s Muir Army Airfield. “Both incidents created potential hazards which were fortunately avoided,” Ramsay said. ... MORE

Muir Army Airfield at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., is home to both the main element of the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade and the Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site, making it one of the busiest heliports in the country.

Fort Indiantown Gap increasing operations
June 12, 2020 — Now that Pennsylvania has begun a phased reopening from the COVID-19 crisis, Fort Indiantown Gap has begun gradually increasing operations... MORE

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Cody Greenawalt provides security during a convoy and IED avoidance training exercise. Countering improvised explosive devices is an essential skill that 28th ECAB Soldiers must fine-tune prior to deployment.

55,000 Trees planted at Fort Indiantown Gap
May 20, 2020 — Visitors here may have noticed a bunch of white poles sticking out of the ground at several locations around the installation. The white poles are tree tubes that protect seedlings from being eaten by animals, and there are more than 55,000 of them protecting new trees that have been planted on the installation this year, said JD Lambrinos, forest program manager for the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs... MORE

About 55,000 trees were recently planted at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., for forest regeneration, erosion control, wildlife habitat, urban improvement and stream buffers. The seedlings are protected by white tree tubes like the ones pictured here so they will not be eaten by animals.