The Illinois National Guard is holding a mobilization ceremony for approximately 130 soldiers on Saturday. The soldiers ...

The soldiers belong to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment. They will deploy to the US Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Spartan Shield. The soldiers will ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. - More than 140 Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 3622nd Sustainment Maintenance Company were ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — More than 250 National Guard service members from Southern Illinois are set to deploy this weekend in support of Operation Spartan Shield, a U.S. Central Command operation in ...

Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers prepare to depart for a yearlong deployment to the Middle East. They will serve with ...

On a sunny Monday afternoon, Todd and Peggy Sudheimer relaxed in lawn chairs as they watched their 13-year-old son, Joel, practice ahead of a soccer game. “He’s over there,” Todd said, ...

Known as a hoplon—from which is derived the name of its bearer, the hoplite—the shield was, together with the spear, the most important weapon of the Spartan warrior. Each shield was circular ...

Asked why it was dishonorable to return without a shield and not without a helmet, the Spartan king, Demaratos (510 - 491) is said to have replied: "Because the latter they put on for their own ...