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The 28th Infantry Division ("Keystone") [1] is a unit of the United States Army National Guard, and is the oldest division-sized unit in the Army. [2] Some of the units of the division can trace their lineage to Benjamin Franklin's battalion, The Pennsylvania Associators (1747–1777). [3]
The Harrisburg Military Post is an historic National Guard armory complex and national historic district which is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It serves as the headquarters for the 28th Infantry Division. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [1]
The 28th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (aka Goldstream Regiment) was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was noted for its holding the high ground at the center of the line at Antietam as part of Tyndale's 1st Brigade, Greene's 2nd Division of Mansfield's XII Corps .
Western Pennsylvania History. 57 (2): 199– 217. Melnyk, Les' (2001). Mobilizing for the Storm: the Army National Guard in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. Historical Services Division, Office of Public Affairs, National Guard Bureau. Weaver, Michael E. Guard Wars: The 28th Infantry Division in World War II. Indiana University Press ...
The post includes about 18,000 acres (73 km 2) of land, with numerous ranges and training areas for the Pennsylvania National Guard and other active-duty and reserve-component military units as well as law-enforcement agencies. The reservation is protected by the Fort Indiantown Gap Police Department, a full-time department which also enforces ...
In 1963, Company C was combined with Headquarters, 1st Battle Group, and the new unit was designated Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade, 28th Infantry Division. [ 7 ] In 1968, the 2nd Brigade Headquarters was reorganized as the 689th Military Police Company . [ 8 ]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering U.S. federal lands. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the BLM oversees more than 247.3 million acres (1,001,000 km 2) of land, or one-eighth of the United States's total landmass. [3]
The 13th combined with another Pennsylvania regiment to form the new 109th Infantry in 1917 for service in World War I with the 28th Division. Demobilized after the end of World War I, the 13th Infantry was briefly reorganized in the Pennsylvania National Guard before regaining its World War I designation in 1921, part of the reorganized 28th ...