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  • 193rd SOW gives Airmen tools to become better leaders

    The 193rd Special Operations Wing, Middletown, Pennsylvania is committed to building better leaders throughout the organization. March 17-19, 2017, the 193rd SOW held their annual Leadership Development Program. Over the course of three days, 193rd SOW Airmen learned written communication, verbal

  • Lean Six Sigma courses improve processes at wing

    Continuously improving practices ... examining current state processes ... identifying ways to reduce waste and increase efficiency ... The science behind the world-recognized Lean Six Sigma methodology gives businesses - and military units like the 193rd Special Operations Wing - the tools they

  • Wing Airman maneuvers through obstacles to world championships

    It's a cool, crisp, 50-degree morning in Blue Mountain, Ontario, Canada, at the Obstacle Course Racing World Championships. He nears the starting line, surrounded by more than 200 competitors, and that's when the self-doubt sets in."Just run your race," he tells himself.The terrain is mostly dirt

  • ANG runner competes around the world, qualifies for Olympic trials

    "I am light. I am fast. I am fit. I am strong."Staff Sgt. Emily Shertzer repeats this mantra as she pushes through yet another 26.2 miles, relying on her mental strength and training to carry her across the marathon finish line.An instrumentalist with the Air National Guard Band of the Northeast,

  • 211th EIS provides assistance to Alaska ANG during Exercise Frosty Spear

    Sixty-three Airmen assigned to the 193rd Special Operations Wing, 211th Engineering Installation Squadron, Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, Pa.,  descended upon the 176th Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska, and 168th Air Refueling Wing, Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska,

  • Firefighters train for domestic disasters

    As clouds of dust and noise fill the air, 15 firefighters, wearing hard hats, dust masks, hearing protection and overalls, fight their way through concrete. The hot afternoon sun beats down on them as they drill and saw their way through a concrete rubble pile in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Sept. 5,

  • MSgt Wildasin awarded FM SNCO of Year

    For Master Sgt. Darin Wildasin, his job as lead accounting technician for the 193rd Special Operations Comptroller Flight is a job of numbers and the number two is now a dominant numeral in his life. Sergeant Wildasin was recently presented the Financial Management Senior Non-Commissioned

  • Lightning Force dedicates classroom to fallen Airman

    Pennsylvania National Guard leaders, Airmen, friends and family of Senior Master Sgt. Kevin H. Markel gathered on Jan. 25, 2014, at the Lightning Force Academy, located at Fort Indiantown Gap, to dedicate a classroom in his honor after unanimous approval from the State Armory Board.Markel passed