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 the Middle ...

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

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

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 ...