RMMME1WD–Soldiers with 28th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion conduct pre-deployment training at Fort Indiantown Gap Oct. 24, 2017.
RMPF40G5–Infantrymen and Stryker crewmembers with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard provide support by fire for Charlie Company, engaging distant targets with M4 rifles, rifle-mounted M320 grenade launchers, M240s and M249 machine guns, and Stryker-mounted M2 .50 caliber machine guns during their training rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California Aug. 15 (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
RMMME1WE–Soldiers with 28th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion conduct pre-deployment training at Fort Indiantown Gap Oct. 24, 2017.
RMMME1WC–Soldiers with 28th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion review squad-level movements at Fort Indiantown Gap Oct. 24, 2017.
RMMME1WN–Soldiers with 28th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion conduct pre-deployment training at Fort Indiantown Gap Oct. 24, 2017.
RMMME1WA–Soldiers with 28th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion moves through a training lane at Fort Indiantown Gap Oct. 24, 2017.
RMMME1WB–Soldiers with 28th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion move through a training lane at Fort Indiantown Gap Oct. 24, 2017.
RMMME1W5–A soldier with 28th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion moves through a training lane at Fort Indiantown Gap Oct. 24, 2017.
RMMR7RTN–Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf and 28th Infantry Division Commander Brig. Gen. Andrew Schafer carry a wreath for placement at the division shrine in Boalsburg during the division's Annual Memorial Service May 21, 2017.
RMMXPT7G–An aerial view of the 28th Infantry Division tactical operations center at the division's warfighter held at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., Nov.16, 2016. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Doug Roles)
RMMCDWB8–Muir Army Airfield, located at Fort Indiantown Gap, is the home of the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade. Muir AAF is named after Maj. Gen. Charles H. Muir, commander of the 28th Infantry Division during World War I.
RMMD03J2–CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – The oldest and youngest soldier of the 28th Infantry Division, respectively, celebrate the division’s birthday by cutting the cake on March 12, 2018. The 28 ID is the longest continuously-serving division in the US Army, dating back to its creation on March 12, 1879.
RMMCE723–Col. Marc Hoffmeister, commander of the 20th Engineer Brigade speaks to leaders of the 28th Infantry Division supporting units at the two-day US Army Central Intermediate Division Headquarter Leader’s Conference at Fort Hood, Texas on Feb. 13, 2018. (Photo by Master Sgt. Daniel Palermo)
RMPENDR5–Members of the Pennsylvania National Guard's 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, upon arrival at Fort Bliss, Texas. The soldiers will be part of a yearlong deployment to support NATO peacekeeping efforts in Kosovo. (Courtesy photo illustration from Fort Bliss/Released)
RMPDCN2E–Soldiers of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, set up temporary positions Aug. 5 in their Strykers at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Ca. (US Army National Guard photo by Spc. Jake Hoffman)
RMP49HEJ–Sgt. Jamell Beasley, A Company, 328th Brigade Support Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard made the All Army Women’s Basketball team this year. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Angela King-SweigartReleased)
RMMJ94DM–Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett, U.S. Army Central commander, poses for a photo with the 28th Infantry Division command team following a brief visit to their headquarters at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 22, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua P. Morris, USARCENT PAO)
RMPE75F1–Capt. Dustin Wolfgang of the 1-108th Field Artillery, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard, addresses a crowd during a tree-planting ceremony Oct. 17, 2015. The ceremony was held as part of a regional effort to plant a tree for each of the approximately 620,000 Civil War casualties.
RMMBWX52–Approximately 500 Soldiers with 28th Infantry Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, Pennsylvania National Guard, were honored in a ceremony Jan. 13 as they prepare to depart for a deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield (OSS). (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Zane Craig)
RMMJ94DH–Lt. Gen. Michael X. Garrett, U.S. Army Central commander, and Maj. Gen. Andrew P. Schafer, 28th Infantry Division commander, have a conversation following a brief visit to their headquarters at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 22, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Joshua P. Morris, USARCENT PAO)
RMMMENT1–Sgt. Maj. Anthony Reitz of Erie, Pa. serves as chief religious affairs specialist NCOIC at Joint Force Headquarters, Fort Indiantown Gap. The long-time 28th Infantry Division soldier is the first Pennsylvania Army National Guard member to be promoted to the rank of sergeant major in what had been known as the Army’s chaplain assistant military occupational specialty (MOS).
RMPDCN2H–Col. Marc Ferraro, 28th Infantry Division Rear Detachment Commander, converses with Col. Michael Wegscheider Commander, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Aug. 5 at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Ca. (US Army National Guard photo by Spc. Jake Hoffman)
RMPF58R6–Soldiers of the 1-108th Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard fire an M777 Howitzer during a live-fire training exercise at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 13. (US Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPF60FC–Cpl. Noah Griffie and Spc. Anthony Wiatrowski, canon crewmembers with the 1-108th Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard set the azimuth to fire their M777 Howitzer, at Fort Irwin, California. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPF58RC–Cpl. Noah Griffie and Spc. Anthony Wiatrowski, canon crewmembers with the 1-108th Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard set the azimuth to fire their M777 Howitzer, at Fort Irwin, California. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPF60F9–Soldiers of the 1-108th Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard fire an M777 Howitzer during a live-fire training exercise at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 13. (US Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMMPYDGA–U.S. Army Col. Dennis Sorensen, right, outgoing commander of the 28th Combat Aviation Brigade, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Andrew Schafer, commander of the 28th Infantry Division during a change of command ceremony at Muir Army Airfield, April 23, 2017. Sorensen was recognized for his service and moves on after 29 years in the 28th CAB.
RMPF58R3–Soldiers of the 1-108th Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard fire an M777 Howitzer during a live-fire training exercise at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 13. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPF60F6–Soldiers of the 1-108th Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard fire an M777 Howitzer during a live-fire training exercise at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 13. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPG9C16–The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard convoys from the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California to the railhead at Yermo, California, Aug. 20, where Soldiers prepared the vehicles to be loaded on to the railhead for transport back to Pennsylvania. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPDBT09–A Stryker from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard departs the Rotational Units Bivouac Area Aug. 4 to begin training rotation 18-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Ca. (US Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Jake Hoffman)
RMMCE7GC–Camp Arifjan, KUWAIT – Sgt. Patrick Doran, a mechanic with Headquarters Support Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, inspects one of the HHBN vehicles at Ft. Hood, Texas in preparation for its shipment overseas. March 12, 2018, is a special day for the HHBN and its deployed Soldiers as the 28 ID celebrates its 139th birthday. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Keeler)
RMPF60FB–Soldiers of Alpha Battery, 1-108th Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard build camaraderie as they wait to fire their M777 Howitzers during a live-fire training exercise at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 13. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPF58R8–Soldiers of Alpha Battery, 1-108th Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard build camaraderie as they wait to fire their M777 Howitzers during a live-fire training exercise at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 13. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPCJCTN–2nd Lt. Matthew Baughman, the platoon leader of 1st Platoon, A Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard is leading his unit through a rotation at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Ca. August 4-18. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Zane Craig)
RMPE8R1X–Members of the 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, pose with fellow Trident Juncture 2015 exercise members from the 34th Red Bull Infantry Division of the Minnesota National Guard, 148th Air Support Operations Squadron,193rd Special Operations Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard and members of Poland's armed forces during at the Joint Warfare Center. (Photos courtesy of Joint Warfare Centre)
RMPF64C7–A Stryker crew of Soldiers with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard begin their patrol, headed deep in to the “box,” a simulated battlefield at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 15. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
RMPF40G4–A Stryker crew of Soldiers with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard begin their patrol, headed deep in to the “box,” a simulated battlefield at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 15. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
RMPENDR6–Sgt. Timothy Reed, personnel specialist with the Pennsylvania National Guard's 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, holds his newborn son prior to boarding a bus for deployment training at Fort Bliss, Texas. Reed’s wife, Geri, a mental health therapist, says local family members will help share the challenges faced during her husband’s yearlong deployment. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Ed Shank/Released)
RMPF5TC4–Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, Director of the Army National Guard, meets with Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, to discuss the experiences and training they’ve received during their rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 16. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPF5CJP–Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, Director of the Army National Guard, meets with Soldiers of 2nd Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, to discuss the experiences and training they’ve received during their rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 16. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMMC5PE7–JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Jordan – Capt. Steven Mcgouldrick, exercise plans officer with the 28th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan, talks about the upcoming dates and events for the arriving 28 ID Soldiers on April 3, 2018. The 28 ID Soldiers will work in tandem with Jordanian counterparts in a lower control element to support the Eager Lion exercise. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Keeler, USARCENT PAO).
RMPG9C18–Stryker vehicles from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard are made ready for train transportation at Yermo, California, Aug. 20. The tactical vehicles were used during the 56th SBCT’s training rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California and will be shipped to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and later returned to the 56th SBCT. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPF5TA2–Soldiers with Delta Company, 103rd Brigade Engineering Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, endure a CS gas attack at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. Aug. 17, putting their Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense training to use during the early morning surprise attack. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPF5CG1–Soldiers with Delta Company, 103rd Brigade Engineering Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, endure a CS gas attack at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. Aug. 17, putting their Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear defense training to use during the early morning surprise attack. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPDCR99–Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, converses with Command Sgt. Maj. Randall Pritts of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team Aug.6 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Ca. Command Sgt. Maj. Christopher Kepner, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chief of the National Guard Bureau, talks with Col. Marc. Ferraro, 28th Infantry Division Rear Detachment Commander, in the foreground. (US Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Jake Hoffman)
RMPDBRY5–Spc. Nick Simpson of Alpha Company, 103rd Brigade Engineer Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard stands proudly in front of his Stryker Aug. 4 before departing from the Rotational Units Bivouac Area to begin training rotation 18-09 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Ca. Simpson is a resident of McKean, Pa. (US Army National Guard Photo by Spc. Jake Hoffman)
RMPDCN2D–Lt. Col. Louis Gansell, Chief of Information Operations, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, converses with Maj. Aurelijus Neifaltas, a battalion chief of staff in the Iron Wolf Brigade, Lithuanian Land Forces, Aug. 5 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Ca. The Pennsylvania National Guard and the Lithuanian Armed Forces recently celebrated 25 years of successful partnership. (US Army National Guard photo by Spc. Jake Hoffman)
RMPG9C1D–Stryker vehicles from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard are loaded for transport at the railhead at Yermo, California, Aug. 20. The tactical vehicles were used during the 56th SBCT’s training rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California and will make a five-day trip to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania before being returned to their home stations. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPE7X5X–Retired Marine Col. Thomas McCabe, curator of the 111th Infantry Regiment museum, and Staff Sgt. Aaron Heft, a squad leader with C Company, 1st Battalion 111th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard look into a cabinet of ceremonial mugs used by members of the 111th Infantry Regiment, several of whom went on to become general officers. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Angela King-Sweigart/released)
RMPF40G2–Alpha and Charlie Companies, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard breach a reinforced razor wire fence and maneuver through other various movement-impairing terrain obstacles such as trenches while on patrol during their their training rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 15 (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
RMPF64C4–Alpha and Charlie Companies, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard breach a reinforced razor wire fence and maneuver through other various movement-impairing terrain obstacles such as trenches while on patrol during their their training rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 15 (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
RMMD6ADA–CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Capt. Corey Clark, mission command integration officer for the 28th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan, and a Hollidaysburg, Pa. native, happily unclasps the straps on his rucksack after finishing the Bataan Death March on March 25, 2018. Clark and other 28 ID soldiers honored the actual forced march by suffering through a 26.2 mile march in Kuwait. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Keeler)
RMMRTB6J–Rob Dutrey of Historic Carlisle Inc. stands with Sgt. Ryan Aungst and Sgt. Jessie Doellinger both assigned to C Troop, 1st Squadron, 104th Cavalry Regiment, 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard to reveal the commemorative plaque honoring a unit with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s activation for World War I at the historic Gobin Guard Armory in Carlisle, Pa. June 26, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Angela King-Sweigart)
RMMC59F3–Maj. Gen. Andrew Schafer Jr. (right) and Command Sgt. Maj. John Jones (second from right), command team of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division, participate in a simulated key leader engagement with role-played Kuwait military leaders during the 28th ID's culminating training exercise with First Army at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 31, 2018. About 500 28th ID Soldiers will be headquartered in Kuwait during their upcoming nine-month deployment.
RMMC5PE8–JOINT TRAINING CENTER, Jordan – In preparation for the Eager Lion exercise, Soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan, arrive in country and prepare for the coming days. The 28th ID Soldiers, part of the division staff deployed to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, are tasked with working with Jordanian counterparts in a lower control element to support the exercise and the continued interoperability between U.S. and Jordan. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Keeler, USARCENT PAO).
RMPF5C9D–Soldiers with Delta Company, 103rd Brigade Engineering Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, run for their Joint Service General Purpose Masks during an early morning CS gas attack at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 17. The 56th SBCT was tested on all levels of readiness during its combat training center rotation at NCT. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class HollyAnn Nicom/released)
RMPF5T52–Soldiers with Delta Company, 103rd Brigade Engineering Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, run for their Joint Service General Purpose Masks during an early morning CS gas attack at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 17. The 56th SBCT was tested on all levels of readiness during its combat training center rotation at NCT. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class HollyAnn Nicom/released)
RMPG9B02–Sgt. Travis Hermann, a fire support noncommissioned officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, looks out of a Stryker vehicle at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 18. Hermann, a retired firefighter who lives in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, drives truck for his civilian job. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. 1st Class HollyAnn Nicom/released)
RMPG9DG2–Pvt. Juan Pastrana, a signal support systems specialist with the 213th Personnel Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard scans the military identification cards of 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division Soldiers as they begin the out-processing procedure at the conclusion of their annual training at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California Aug. 23. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
RMMC59F7–Maj. Gen. Todd McCaffrey (right), First Army Division East commanding general, talks with Command Sgt. Maj. John Jones, command sergeant major of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division, during the 28th ID's culminating training exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 31, 2018. About 500 Soldiers in the Pennsylvania unit's headquarters are preparing to deploy to the Middle East. “(First Army personnel) have been very helpful assisting us on our way to deployment and with the validation process,” Jones said. (Photo altered for security purposes.)
RMMD02TR–CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Soldiers of the 35th and 28th Infantry Division headquarters and headquarters battalions gathered for a transfer of authority ceremony March 8, 2018. The Pennsylvania Army National Guard unit’s headquarters and headquarters battalion assumed responsibility from its counterpart, the 35th Infantry Division which is comprised of soldiers from the Missouri and Kansas National Guard. The 28th’s HHBN will serve as a division headquarters for roughly 10,000 soldiers conducting theater security operations in the Middle East. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Doug Roles)
RMMD02W0–CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Maj. Gen. Andrew Schafer, 28th Infantry Division commanding general, addresses an audience that included leaders from Task Force Spartan partner nations during a transfer of authority ceremony March 8, 2018. The Pennsylvania Army National Guard unit’s headquarters and headquarters battalion assumed responsibility from its counterpart, the 35th Infantry Division which is comprised of soldiers from the Missouri and Kansas National Guard. The 28th’s HHBN will serve as a division headquarters for roughly 10,000 soldiers conducting theater security operations in the Middle Ea
RMPF5CK2–Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy (center), Director of the Army National Guard, joins the 112th Infantry Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard for a Meal Ready to Eat lunch in the field at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California Aug. 16. During their lunch, Kadavy discussed the importance of professional military education, leader development and having strong mentors within units. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPF5TC9–Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy (center), Director of the Army National Guard, joins the 112th Infantry Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard for a Meal Ready to Eat lunch in the field at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California Aug. 16. During their lunch, Kadavy discussed the importance of professional military education, leader development and having strong mentors within units. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMMC59FB–Capt. Danielle Baney, the operational contract support officer in charge with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division, talks with Lt. Col. Efrain Ramos, First Army sustainment observer coach/trainer lead and the senior Army advisor for the New Jersey Army National Guard, during the 28th ID’s culminating training exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 29, 2018. About 500 Soldiers of the 28th ID Headquarters are preparing to deploy to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield. '(First Army personnel) have been very helpful answering questions we’ve had,' said B
RMMC5P9P–KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait Lawrence Silverman (left) pauses during a cleanup at Anjafa Beach for a photo with Pa. Army National Guard Soldiers Sgt. Timothy Reed (center) of Latrobe and Spc. Anthony Massaro of Philadelphia on April 7, 2018. Reed and Massaro are with Charlie Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division and are deployed to Kuwait as part of Task Force Spartan. The event was the latest in an ongoing effort to rid Kuwait beaches of pollution. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Doug Roles)
RMPG9B01–Sgt. Travis Hermann, a fire support noncommissioned officer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, carries supplies out of a Stryker in cantonment at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 18. Hermann lived in close quarters with his teammates in a Stryker for more than two weeks while being evaluated in multiple scenarios on the “battlefield” at NTC. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Sgt. 1st Class HollyAnn Nicom/released)
RMMC59FA–Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Van, deputy commanding general of the Kansas Army National Guard's 35th Infantry Division and senior mentor of the culminating training exercise for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division, leads a discussion during a briefing at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 31, 2018. The 28th ID is preparing to deploy to the Middle East, where they will take over the 35th ID's current mission of supporting combat operations and theater security cooperation with the United States' 17 partner nations in the region. (Photo altered for security purposes.)
RMMC59F8–Maj. Gen. Terrence McKenrick, U.S. Army Central deputy commanding general, talks to Soldiers of the Massachusetts Army National Guard's 151st Regional Support Group Jan. 30, 2018, at Fort Hood, Texas, where they are participating in a culminating training exercise with First Army for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division. Both units are preparing to deploy to the Middle East, where the 151st RSG Soldiers will augment the ARCENT staff, and the 28th ID Soldiers will support theater combat operations, Operation Spartan Shield, and theater security cooperation with the Unit
RMMC59F9–Staff Sgt. Wheldon Nelson, an area security and force protection specialist for the Massachusetts Army National Guard's 151st Regional Support Group and a civilian police officer from Middleborough, Mass., participates in a culminating training exercise for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 30, 2018. Both units are preparing to deploy to the Middle East, where the 151st RSG Soldiers will augment the staff of U.S. Army Central, the 28th ID's higher headquarters in theater. “The 151st Soldiers are learning and familiarizing themselves with
RMPG9C25–Sgt. Steven Newcomb, a motor transport operator with the 121st Transportation Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard guides a Stryker onto a rail car at Yermo, California, Aug. 20, in preparation to be transported back to Pennsylvania. The Strykers were used during annual training by the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard during their combat training rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California. (U.S. Army National Guard Photo by Cpl. Hannah Baker/released)
RMPF5J78–Pennsylvania National Guard leaders visit the tactical operations center of 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard Aug. 13, escorted by the leadership of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team and the 28th Infantry Division, as well as staff from the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California. Maj. Gen. Timothy Hilty, Pennsylvania's assistant adjutant general, and Brig. Gen. Mark Schindler, Pennsylvania's deputy adjutant general - Army, spoke with battalion leadership while Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Hile
RMPF58CM–Pennsylvania National Guard leaders visit the tactical operations center of 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard Aug. 13, escorted by the leadership of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team and the 28th Infantry Division, as well as staff from the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California. Maj. Gen. Timothy Hilty, Pennsylvania's assistant adjutant general, and Brig. Gen. Mark Schindler, Pennsylvania's deputy adjutant general - Army, spoke with battalion leadership while Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Hile
RMPG9B0N–Spc. Chiquan Steele, Sr., a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania resident and indirect fire infantryman with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, loads a squad box full of sensitive equipment into a connex in the motor pool at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California. He and others from his unit have spent the days following their return to cantonment of Fort Irwin unloading equipment from their vehicles and packing it for shipment back to their home station in Everett, Pennsylvania fo
RMMD02TM–CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Maj. Gen. Victor Braden (left), 35th Infantry Division commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy Newton case the division’s colors during a transfer of authority ceremony March 8, 2018. The headquarters battalion of the 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, assumed responsibility for Task Force Spartan and will serve as a division headquarters for roughly 10,000 soldiers conducting theater security operations in the Middle East. The 35th Infantry Division is comprised of soldiers from the Missouri and Kansas National Guard. (U.S. Army photo by
RMMD02W1–CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Maj. Gen. Andrew Schafer, 28th Infantry Division commanding general, explains the division’s role in Task Force Spartan during a transfer of authority ceremony March 8, 2018. The Pennsylvania Army National Guard unit’s headquarters and headquarters battalion assumed responsibility from its counterpart, the 35th Infantry Division which is comprised of soldiers from the Missouri and Kansas National Guard. The 28th’s HHBN will serve as a division headquarters for roughly 10,000 soldiers conducting theater security operations in the Middle East. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st
RMMD02TN–CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Maj. Gen. Andrew Schafer (left), 28th Infantry Division commanding general, and Command Sgt. Maj. John Jones unfurl the division colors during a transfer of authority ceremony March 8, 2018. The Pennsylvania Army National Guard unit’s headquarters and headquarters battalion assumed responsibility from its counterpart, the 35th Infantry Division which is comprised of soldiers from the Missouri and Kansas National Guard. The 28th’s HHBN will serve as a division headquarters for roughly 10,000 soldiers conducting theater security operations in the Middle East. (U.S. Army ph
RMMD6ADH–CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Lt. Col. Edward Gatewood, director of personnel recovery for the 28th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan, and a Levittown, Pa. native, proudly strides across the finish line of the Bataan Death March on March 25, 2018. “I think this a great way to pay tribute to the service members and civilians who had to go through this – who had to do this involuntarily,” he said. Gatewood was joined by other soldiers from the 28 ID and service members from across the base to honor those lost in World War II. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Keeler)
RMPG9DG3–Spc. Kristine Kennedy (left), Spc. Hannah Beck (center right), and Pvt. Juan Pastrana (right), all members of the 213th Personnel Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, work together to out-process 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division Soldiers Aug. 23, weighing each Soldier, and each carry-on and stowed duffle bag to create a flight manifest for transportation back to Pennsylvania. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
RMPG9DG9–Spc. Kristine Kennedy (left), Spc. Hannah Beck (center right), and Pvt. Juan Pastrana (right), all members of the 213th Personnel Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, weigh Staff Sgt. Jeremy Churchill (center left), an Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 110th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division infantryman, and his luggage during out-processing at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California Aug. 23. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
RMPF40FX–Infantrymen with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, fire AT4s at a stationary target in the distance while conducting live-fire training during their rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 15. The AT4 is an unguided, portable, single-shot, light anti-tank weapon used by infantry units to destroy or disable armored vehicles and fortifications. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
RMPF64C8–Infantrymen and Stryker crewmembers with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard provide support by fire for Charlie Company, engaging distant targets with M4 rifles, rifle-mounted M320 grenade launchers, M240s and M249 machine guns, and Stryker-mounted M2 .50 caliber machine guns during their training rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California Aug. 15 (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
RMPF5P4P–Infantrymen with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, fire AT4s at a stationary target in the distance while conducting live-fire training during their rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 15. The AT4 is an unguided, portable, single-shot, light anti-tank weapon used by infantry units to destroy or disable armored vehicles and fortifications. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
RMMC5P9J–KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Sgt. Cameron Wiebelhaus (left) of Erie, Sgt. Raymond Parrish of Pittsburgh and Spc. Brooke King of Reedsville, Pa., clear a section of Anjafa Beach of trash during a cleanup event April 7, 2018. King is with Headquarters Support Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 28th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan. Parrish and Wiebelhaus are with Charlie Company. The Saturday morning cleanup was part of the Every Soldier an Ambassador (ESA) program and provided a morale-boosting trip that took Soldiers off post and into the local community for a common cause. (U.S.
RMMRTB6T–Company G, 8th Regiment, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania National Guard mobilized from this location for WW1 (right). The current unit 1st Battalion 108th Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division is still stationed in Carlisle in a newer armory. The community placed a commemorative plaque honoring the unit’s activation for World War I on June 26, 2017. (U.S. Army National Guard photo illustration by Maj. Angela King-Sweigart, historic photos courtesy of retired Col. John Maietta)
RMMC59F1–Lt. Col. William Baker (standing), a medical observer coach/trainer with First Army's 120th Infantry Brigade, talks with Capt. Matt Gabler, medical logistics officer for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 28th Infantry Division, during the 28th ID’s culminating training exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 30, 2018. “(The 28th ID's) surgeon section is pretty robust, across the board, which will help them out eventually. They’re engaged, building maps and looking at medevac routes,' said Baker, one of dozens of First Army personnel supporting the CTE before the 28th ID deploys to the Middle E
RMMC59F6–Capt. Zantionyo Goodwin (right), a maintenance observer coach/trainer with First Army’s 174th Infantry Brigade, talks with Lt. Col. Ron Humphrey, chief of Logistics for the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division, during the 28th ID’s culminating training exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 30, 2018. The 28th ID is preparing to deploy to the Middle East, where the unit will support Operation Spartan Shield. 'First Army has been very helpful, both in training and in the real world, assisting us with things like (requests for information). Overall, I think they’ve done well with
RMMC59F2–Pfc. Michael McFadden, a wheeled vehicle mechanic with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 28th Infantry Division, works on a battery during through the unit’s culminating training exercise with First Army at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 29, 2018. The 21-year-old campground maintenance worker from Lancaster, Penn., has been in the Army National Guard for about two years, and the 28th ID’s upcoming deployment to the Middle East will be his first. “It’s exciting. It’s nerve-wracking. It’s my first time leaving the country and the first time I left home for a while; the last time was when I went to
RMPF5T53–Soldiers with Delta Company, 103rd Brigade Engineering Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, take cover as they wait for the “all clear” during an unexpected CS gas attack at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 17. Ability to react quickly to a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear hazard assures that Army National Guard Soldiers maintain the readiness standards set forth by the Army’s Total Force Policy and support the National Defense Strategy. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ho
RMPF5C9E–Soldiers with Delta Company, 103rd Brigade Engineering Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, take cover as they wait for the “all clear” during an unexpected CS gas attack at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 17. Ability to react quickly to a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear hazard assures that Army National Guard Soldiers maintain the readiness standards set forth by the Army’s Total Force Policy and support the National Defense Strategy. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ho
RMPG9BJH–Sgt. Jerome Lee, a light-wheeled mechanic with Echo Company, 328th Brigade Support Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, gets ready to drive a light medium tactical vehicle in a convoy from the National Training Center, Fort Irwin to the railhead in Yermo, California Aug. 19. After the 56th SBCT finishes the combat training rotation at NTC, the vehicles belonging to the Pennsylvania Guard must then be transported via train to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, where they will be returned to their home units. (U.S. Army National Guard p
RMPF5C9F–Soldiers with Delta Company, 103rd Brigade Engineering Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, help each other clear their Joint Service General Purpose Masks during an unexpected CS gas attack on their encampment at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 17. Ability to react quickly to a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear hazard assures that Army National Guard Soldiers maintain the readiness standards set forth by the Army’s Total Force Policy. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Holl
RMPF5T55–Soldiers with Delta Company, 103rd Brigade Engineering Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, help each other clear their Joint Service General Purpose Masks during an unexpected CS gas attack on their encampment at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 17. Ability to react quickly to a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear hazard assures that Army National Guard Soldiers maintain the readiness standards set forth by the Army’s Total Force Policy. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Holl
RMMD72D7–CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – Maj. Gen. Andrew Schafer (left), commanding general of the 28th Infantry Division and Task Force Spartan, talks with Lt. Col. Ayo Lawson, commander of the 1st Battalion, 62nd Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Regiment, 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, TF Spartan, during a visit to the ADA location on March 21, 2018. Lawson stressed his leadership ideals during Schafer’s time there. “I’m big on teamwork,” Lawson said. “The key that we want at the end of the day is tactical and technical excellence.” (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Keeler)
RMPF5CK0–Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, Director of the Army National Guard, engages with Soldiers of the 112th Infantry Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard Aug. 16. Kadavy held an informal after action review of the troops’ experiences at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. and recognized Soldiers who surpassed their leaders’ expectations. 2nd Lt. Mia Casale, a Soldier with the 2-112th Infantry Battalion, received a coin from Kadavy for her exemplary skill and performance during her NTC rotation. (U.S. Army National Guard phot
RMPF5TC3–Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, Director of the Army National Guard, met with leadership of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, including Col. Michael Wegscheider, commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Randall Pritts, outside the 56th Stryker Brigades Combat Team’s tactical operations center. Kadavy and other Army National Guard leadership spent two days circulating the field, meeting with Pennsylvania National Guardsmen during their combat training center rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 16. (U.S. Army Na
RMPF5TC8–Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, Director of the Army National Guard, engages with Soldiers of the 112th Infantry Battalion, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard Aug. 16. Kadavy held an informal after action review of the troops’ experiences at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. and recognized Soldiers who surpassed their leaders’ expectations. 2nd Lt. Mia Casale, a Soldier with the 2-112th Infantry Battalion, received a coin from Kadavy for her exemplary skill and performance during her NTC rotation. (U.S. Army National Guard phot
RMPF5CJN–Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, Director of the Army National Guard, met with leadership of the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, including Col. Michael Wegscheider, commander, and Command Sgt. Maj. Randall Pritts, outside the 56th Stryker Brigades Combat Team’s tactical operations center. Kadavy and other Army National Guard leadership spent two days circulating the field, meeting with Pennsylvania National Guardsmen during their combat training center rotation at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 16. (U.S. Army Na
RMPF40FY–From left to right, Spc. Joshua Decker, Spc. Dylan Leonard, Sgt. Kevin Litz, Spc. Sam Garman, and Spc. William Reed, all infantrymen with Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 112th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, stand in front of a Stryker, an eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicle, shortly after concluding AT40 live-fire training at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, Aug. 15. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Shane Smith/released)
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