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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.
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 Air National Guard was formed on 27 June 1924 as the 103d Squadron (Observation), Pennsylvania National Guard, received federal recognition as a Corps Aviation unit. The 103d was founded and eventually commanded by Major Charles Biddle, who had flown in World War I as part of the famous Lafayette Escadrille .
Headquarters, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team was organized in July 1872 as a company called the Washington Guards. In November 1873, the company was formally incorporated into the Pennsylvania National Guard as Company H, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment.
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 103rd Armor Regiment is an armored regiment in the Pennsylvania National Guard first formed in 1941. Its legacy unit, 3rd Battalion, 103rd Armor, is a subordinate command of the 55th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division. [1]
Altoona Armory is a historic National Guard armory located at Logan Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania. The main armory building was built in 1938, and was an "I"-plan building in the Moderne style. The front section housed administrative functions and the rear was the former two-story stable area for the cavalry unit.
Pennsylvania Army National Guard; 0–9. 55th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade; 56th Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division (United States) C. Combat Aviation ...