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Formed | April 11, 1793 |
Jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
Headquarters | Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania |
Employees | 21,400 Total
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Agency executive |
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Website | www.dmva.pa.gov |
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) was established on April 11, 1793, [2] by the Pennsylvania General Assembly. It is overseen by the adjutant general, a cabinet-level position appointed by the governor. [3]
The Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs operates its own sworn Police Force at Fort Indiantown Gap. The Fort Indiantown Gap Installation Police enforce Pennsylvania State law and military regulations on State owned/operated property. They are required to be trained in accordance with Act 120 which is administered by the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers Education & Training Commission. [4]
The Pennsylvania National Guard is a component of the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. The agency employs more than 2,400 commonwealth employees and approximately 19,000 Pennsylvania National Guard members in more than 90 communities across the commonwealth, ranking it as one of the state's top 10 largest employers. [3]
In November 2015, Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs unveiled an online application that allows people to donate directly to its veterans programs, including the Veterans' Trust Fund and Military Family Relief Assistance Program.
Edward Martin was an American lawyer, military officer and Republican party politician from Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. He served as the 32nd governor of Pennsylvania from 1943 until 1947 and as a United States Senator from Pennsylvania from 1947 until 1959.
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in East Hanover Township, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it occupies approximately 677 acres (2.74 km2), and has over 60,000 interments, as of 2021.
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Fort Indiantown Gap, also referred to as "The Gap" or "FIG", is a census-designated place and National Guard Training Center primarily located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. A portion of the installation is located in eastern Dauphin County. It is located adjacent to Interstate 81, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of Harrisburg, just north of the northern terminus of Pennsylvania Route 934 at I-81's Exit 85.
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