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The 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 28th Infantry Division, also known as the Independence Brigade, is a brigade combat team of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard and has its headquarters located at Horsham Air Guard Station in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. The 56th SBCT is one of nine Stryker Brigade Combat Teams in the United States ...
Nearly 150 soldiers with the Pa. National Guard’s 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team were recognized during a deployment ceremony at Ft. Indiantown Gap.
56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team (56th SBCT) 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade (28th ECAB) headquartered at Fort Indiantown Gap. 213th Regional Support Group, headquartered at Allentown, Pennsylvania [26] Headquarters and Headquarters Company (HHC) [26] 109th Public Affairs Detachment (109th PAD) 1928th Contingency Contracting Team ...
The battalion is assigned to the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard. The battalion was activated for federal service in Iraq 19 September 2008, and redeployed back to the States in late August 2009. Company C earned the Combat Infantry Streamer.
U.S. Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team are honored during a deployment ceremony at Valley Forge National Park at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania ...
The 108th Field Artillery was formed on December 11, 1840, at a time when many militia units were forming across the country. It was established as an infantry company in the 1st Volunteer Infantry Regiment by CPT Thomas Tustin and was called The National Guards after the Marquis de Lafayette's unit Les Guardes de Nationale, one of several in the state to use this name.
The Pennsylvania Militia often fought in conjunction with General Washington and the Continental Army along the Delaware River. The Pennsylvania Militia is currently represented in the U.S. Army by 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry assigned to the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division. [4]
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.