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  • 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

  • 111th Rising Six Council jumpstarts junior enlisted

    BIDDLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Pa. – What if I told you there’s an organization on base offering professional development, mentorship, camaraderie and leadership training for more than 600 troops … And, it’s spent most of the year headed by two staff sergeants? For some stationed at Biddle Air

  • Pa. Guard facilitates emergency communication best practices

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. - More than 60 emergency management communicators gathered in-person and virtually to discuss disaster communications and best practices Nov. 3-4.The FEMA Region 3-facilitated Fall Regional Emergency Communications Coordination Working Group improves interoperability between

  • New York Guard hosts biological, chemical dispersal drill

    NEW YORK – The New York National Guard's 24th Civil Support Team is hosting 124 counterparts from 19 other states in New York City this week to support a homeland security exercise focused on figuring out how biological and chemical weapons disperse in a city.Officially known as the Urban Threat

  • Task Force Phoenix CEMA cell counters unmanned aerial systems

    CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait – Coalition forces are countering adversary unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the U.S. Central Command area of operations with a rapidly evolving set of tools and training. Task Force Phoenix — a combat aviation brigade responsible for full-spectrum aviation operations for

  • Pennsylvania Guard responded in force on 9/11

    FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – At approximately 10:03 a.m. Sept. 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in a field in western Pennsylvania. Within hours, Soldiers and Airmen from the Pennsylvania National Guard were activated as part of the nation's response to the terrorist attacks.For months, the

  • National Guard members reflect on 9/11 experiences

    ARLINGTON, Va.  – On Sept. 4, 2001, then-Army Staff Sgt. Timothy Redmond was starting his first day as an assistant district attorney in New York City.One week later, recalled the Green Beret with the Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group, "all hell broke loose."  From his

  • RED HORSE Ready! 111th squadron always set to ‘saddle up’

    HORSHAM, Pa. – With the shift in mission at the 111th Attack Wing from A-10 Thunderbolt II to the remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper, there are those in the community who are sometimes surprised that the Biddle Air National Guard Base is still open for business.Then drill weekend hits and the base

  • Pennsylvania Airmen serve nearly 5,000 meals in IRT project

    DOVER, Del. – Napoleon is credited with observing that “An Army marches on its stomach” – underscoring the vital role that suitable provisions like food have played in executing military operations for centuries. The same holds today. Just ask the 16-member team that planned, ordered, prepared and