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  • Lithuanian Liaison Meets with Pa. Air Guard Engineers

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - The Lithuanian Armed Forces liaison officer to the Pennsylvania National Guard met with Pennsylvania Air National Guard engineers and senior leaders Aug. 24 at Fort Indiantown Gap.Maj. Mantas Kazakevičius, Lithuanian Land Forces Headquarters operations officer, attended

  • Pennsylvania Guard, SPP Partner Lithuania Join NATO Exercise

    CORAOPOLIS, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Air National Guard’s 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron attended the multinational joint Defender Europe 22 exercise with NATO and other military partners. The exercise in May and June focused on building operational readiness and interoperability between allies

  • Three Nations, One Goal: Continued Freedom

    VILNIUS, Lithuania – Three Baltic nations are laser-focused on one goal: defending their independence and territorial integrity.The chief of the National Guard Bureau heard the same message in visits to each country, part of a five-nation trip to recognize and strengthen National Guard security

  • Pennsylvania National Guard Leaders Visit SPP Partner Lithuania

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Senior Pennsylvania National Guard leaders visited Lithuania to meet with Lithuanian military leaders and visit Pennsylvania National Guard members deployed there.Maj. Gen. Mark Schindler, Pennsylvania adjutant general,  and Command Sgt. Maj. Jon Worley, senior enlisted

  • Pennsylvania Air Guard leaders visit SPP partner Lithuania

    BIDDLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Pa. – Pennsylvania Air National Guard leaders visited Lithuania May 22-24 to strengthen ties under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program. Col. Deane E. Thomey, 111th Attack Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Robert S. Ferguson,

  • Hokanson: State Partnership Program critical to national security

    DENVER – A three-decade security cooperation program with almost half the world’s nations is critical to America’s national security, the National Guard’s most senior general said last week.Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief of the National Guard Bureau, told an annual gathering of Department of

  • Pennsylvania Guard leaders meet with Lithuanian partners

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PA – The Pennsylvania National Guard hosted Lithuanian dignitaries during a Dec. 14 visit as part of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.Lithuania and Pennsylvania have been partners under the program for almost 29 years. The SPP is guided by State Department

  • Lithuanian cyber defense leader visits 111th Attack Wing

    HORSHAM, Pa. – Cyber defense leaders from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s State Partnership Program partner, Lithuania, visited the 111th Attack Wing at Biddle Air National Guard Base Dec. 6 to discuss capabilities, training and areas of future cooperation.Lithuanian Air Force Col. Romualdas

  • 112th COS, Lithuania adapt with 1st remote SPP exercise

    PERKASIE, Pa. – Members of the 112th Cyberspace Operations Squadron at Horsham Air Guard Station participated in "Amber Mist," a week-long virtual cyber defense exercise to improve skills for defending vital IT infrastructure. The annual joint training exercise is usually held in Lithuania but, due