CATALIST Class 001-2021 attends leadership training in Gettysburg

Dr. Jared Peatman, a historian and author, speaks to New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen with CATALIST Class 001-2021 at the site of President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address at the Gettysburg National Cemetery on June 25, 2021. CATALIST, which stands for Cultivating Agile and Transformational Air Guard Leaders through Inspiring and Structured Training, marks a step toward the New Jersey Air National Guard command goal of strengthening the development of tomorrow’s military leaders. CATALIST Class 001-2021 includes officer and enlisted guardsmen from the 108th Wing, the 177th Fighter Wing, and four representatives from the New Jersey Army National Guard and Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. The leadership training took the students from the classroom, learning about the history of Gettysburg, to the battlefield, where licensed guides led them through important moments in U.S. history.