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The Pennsylvania Army National Guard, abbreviated PAARNG, is part of the United States Army National Guard and is based in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Together with the Pennsylvania Air National Guard , it is directed by the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs .
The Pennsylvania National Guard is one of the oldest and largest National Guards in the United States Department of Defense. It traces its roots to 1747 when Benjamin Franklin established the Associators in Philadelphia. With more than 18,000 personnel, the Pennsylvania National Guard is the second-largest of all of the state National Guards.
Pennsylvania Militia re-designated 1870-04-07 as the Pennsylvania National Guard. Weccacoe Legion reorganized 1870-04-29 in the Pennsylvania National Guard at Philadelphia as a company. Expanded 1878-10-22 – 1878-10-26 as a battalion. Former Company A, Keystone Guards, reorganized 1878-10-30 as Company A, Weccacoe Legion.
The 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team is a unit of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 28th Infantry Division. 2nd Brigade's headquarters is in Washington, Pennsylvania, and the brigade also contains units from Ohio and Maryland.
He is responsible for the command and control of over 18,000 Army and Air National Guard members — the 3rd largest National Guard in the nation — and a complement of 2,500 Commonwealth ...
The 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade is a heavy aviation unit of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. [2] The Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) is one of four brigades of the 28th Infantry Division. It provides aviation assets for both federal and state active duty missions.
Staff Sgt. Brandon Danner joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard after graduating college in 2013. The 34-year-old Harrisburg resident said he originally just wanted to put something on his ...
The Pennsylvania National Guard is a component of the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. The agency employs more than 2,400 commonwealth employees and approximately 19,000 Pennsylvania National Guard members in more than 90 communities across the commonwealth, ranking it as one of the state's top 10 largest employers. [3]