Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving. As you spend time with your families and friends, please take a moment to remember the service members who are deployed around the world and can't be with their loved ones and those who never made it home.

📷SOLDIER SPOTLIGHT📷 Sgt. Rafael Juarez is a motor transport operator assigned to the 121st Transportation Co., 228th Motor Transport Battalion. "I think everyone should join the military. Looking back, I ask myself why I didn't join earlier."

"As you gather this Thanksgiving, know how proud we are to serve alongside you." -- A Thanksgiving message from @TAGofPA Maj. Gen. John Pippy and Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Phillips, command senior enlisted leader.

As drones become more prevalent on the battlefield, the Pennsylvania National Guard is expanding its drone usage and training. Story here: https://t.co/ZKAb2NREJG

Brig. Gen. Lynn M. Lee, who was promoted to her current rank during a ceremony Nov. 13 at Fort Indiantown Gap. Lee currently serves as Pennsylvania Air National Guard chief of staff. 📷: Wayne V. Hall

Soldiers from 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade conduct hoist training on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter Nov. 2 at Fort Indiantown Gap. 📷: Spc. Skylin Simpson

Welcome home! Cheers, hugs and tears of joy filled the air at the 171st Air Refueling Wing as more than 120 @PANationalGuard Airmen returned from a deployment in support of Operation Spartan Shield. 🔗 https://t.co/PgxpUPVMf5

The Pennsylvania National Guard's 193rd Special Operations Wing transitioned to the MC-130J Commando II mission in 2022 after flying aerial broadcasting aircraft for over 50 years. The 193rd SOW was the first Air National Guard unit to receive the MC-130J mission. 3/3

The MC-130J primarily flies missions at night to reduce probability of visual acquisition and intercept by airborne threats. Its secondary mission includes the airdrop of leaflets. 2/3

#KnowYourMil: The MC-130J Commando II flies clandestine, or low visibility, low-level infiltration, exfiltration and resupply of special operations forces, and air refueling missions for special operations aircraft, intruding politically sensitive or hostile territories. 1/3

More than 120 Soldiers from the 252nd Engineer Co., 337th Engineer Battalion were honored at a departure ceremony Oct. 25 in Johnstown, Pa., prior to deploying to the nation’s southern border. Please join us in wishing them a safe deployment. 📷: Wayne V. Hall

Maj. Gen. Laura McHugh, who most recently served as the @PANationalGuard’s deputy adjutant general – Army, was honored during a retirement ceremony Nov. 7 at Fort Indiantown Gap. Story here: https://t.co/R7OZplrY1M Thank you for your service, General McHugh! 📷: Wayne V. Hall

Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Lightner Jr. of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, who was killed in action on Oct. 27, 2005, in Ramadi Province, Iraq. 2/2 #HonorTheFallen

During the government shutdown, we were not able to pay homage to @PANationalGuard members who made the ultimate sacrifice, so today we honor: Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Brozovich of 1-213th Air Defense Artillery, who was killed in action on Oct. 18, 2006, near Ashraf, Iraq. 1/2

More than 120 Airmen from the 171st Air Refueling Wing returned home Oct. 26 from a deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield. Story here: https://t.co/bFPdQKFk7x 📷: Tech. Sgt. Zoe M. Wockenfuss

A more than 100-year-old flag that is believed to have flown over the Pennsylvania National Guard training site at Mount Gretna, Pa., was returned to the Guard during a ceremony Monday at Fort Indiantown Gap. Story here: https://t.co/iYesU9WFw2

Command Sgt. Maj. Oscar Laughman III relinquished responsibility of the 166th Regiment - Regional Training Institute to Command Sgt. Maj. Charles Trofe during a change-of-responsibility ceremony Sept. 19. Story here: https://t.co/4gWuoiEtqD 📷: Sgt. 1st Class Shane Smith

Today we honor the memory of Sgt. 1st Class George Pugliese, Staff Sgt. Daniel Arnold, Sgt. Eric Slebodnik, Spc. Oliver Brown and Spc. Lee Wiegand of 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, who were killed in action on September 28, 2005, near Ramadi, Iraq. #HonorTheFallen

“When we see that Gold Star pin or that next-of-kin button, we’re reminded of loved ones that are lost and the honor that they brought to this country." More than 700 participated in the @PANationalGuard's 14th annual March for the Fallen.

A delegation of more than 20 Lithuanian defense, diplomatic and business officials visited the Unmanned Aircraft Systems facility at Fort Indiantown Gap Sept. 23 as part of a five-day mission in the U.S. Story here: https://t.co/gVUPpbazkH 📷: Zane Craig