National Guardsmen compete in annual TAG Match at Fort Indiantown Gap

More than 30 Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers and airmen competed with rifles and pistols in multiple courses of fire this month during The Adjutant General’s Combined Arms Match at Fort Indiantown Gap.

Guardsmen competed at a variety of individual and team events on July 25-27, including the combat rifle and pistol individual events and the team Gen. George Patton combat pistol match, according to a press release from the military base in northern Lebanon County.

The winner of each event was recognized in a small ceremony following the final event, where the combined-arms individual overall champion and combined-arms team aggregate champions were announced.

Major Gen. John R. Pippy, Pennsylvania’s adjutant general, and Command Sgt. Maj. Shawn Phillips, the Pennsylvania National Guard’s command senior enlisted leader, spoke to participants and congratulated the winners with plaques and challenge coins.

The combined-arms individual champion was Air Force Major Matthew Terry, with the 111th Attack Wing, Pennsylvania Air National Guard.

The combat rifle individual champion was Army Sgt. 1st Class Luke Heim with 1st Battalion, 108th Field Artillery Regiment, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National Guard.

The winning team included Army Sgt. 1st Class Luke Heim, Staff Sgt. Loghan Kitzmiller, Staff Sgt. Adam Rohacek, and Sgt. Alexander Smith, all with the 1st Battalion.