By Maj. (MD) Stephen RiceThe Maryland Defense Force 231st Troop Command’s Charlie Company established and operated an advance base camp and tactical operations center on the remote islet of Long Point on the Chesapeake Bay for three days, on July 11, 2025.  Long Point is connected to Janes Island via a sandbar and is located within the Janes Island State ...

By Dr. Julie Shively BALTIMORE—The Society of the War of 1812 celebrated its 200th anniversary of the Battle Monument in Baltimore on Sept. 13, 2025. This monument commemorates all the fallen soldiers and sailors in the Battle of Baltimore, fought on 12 and 13 September 1814, during the War of 1812. Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore mayor, Marie Frías Sauter, superintendent of ...

Story by Staff Sgt. Alexandra Huettner EDGEWOOD, Md. – For the second time in recent years, the Maryland National Guard’s legal teams came together for a two-day, all-hands event to strengthen professional knowledge but also deepen relationships between Army and Air legal personnel at multiple locations, September 7-8, 2025. The joint professional development training brought together Maryland Army National Guard and the Maryland ...

by Capt. Dylan Bradford ADELPHI, Md. – Cyber Protection Team 169 (CPT 169) of the Maryland Army National Guard partnered with members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) for a cyber knowledge exchange at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Sept. 2–9, 2025. The weeklong military-to-military event conducted through the State Partnership Program brought together Soldiers and cyber professionals from ...

By Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover MILWAUKEE — Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing received multiple awards during the 147th annual National Guard Association of the United States General Conference & Exhibition at the Baird Center in Wisconsin, Aug. 22-25, 2025. The 175th Wing was awarded the Air National Guard Spaatz Trophy, presented in honor of Gen. Carl ...

by Maj. Benjamin Hughes  BALTIMORE – The Maryland Military Department honored the Maryland National Guard’s long tradition of service to the state and nation with a historic World War II mural unveiling and a Maryland 400 dedication ceremony during the reopening of the Maryland Museum of Military History located at the Fifth Regiment Armory, September 2, 2025. Maj. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, ...

By Maj. Benjamin Hughes COLUMBIA, Md. – More than 200 security and infrastructure cybersecurity experts gathered atthe Technology Advancement Center in Howard County for the nation’s first state-led criticalinfrastructure cyber workshop, Aug. 26–28, 2025. The Maryland Critical Infrastructure Cyber Resilience Workshop, which focused on the waterand wastewater sector during the three-day event, was co-organized by the Office of the UnderSecretary of Defense ...

By Maj. Benjamin Hughes MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – Employers got a firsthand look at the duties and skills of their employees who serve in the Maryland National Guard during the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Boss Lift event at Warfield Air National Guard Base and Blum Military Reservation, August 22, 2025. The day-long event enabled 70 employers to experience what ...

Story by Maj. Benjamin Hughes VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Maryland Army National Guard’s Cyber Protection Team 169 led a certification exercise for other Army Guard cyber protection teams at the Virginia National Guard’s State Military Reservation, August 3-16, 2025. During the Cyber Velocity exercise, 20 Maryland soldiers from CPT 169 strengthened the U.S. Army’s overall cyber readiness by assessing Georgia Army National ...

By Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover175th Wing MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — The National Guard assistant to the commander, U.S. Cyber Command, and director, National Security Agency and Central Security Service, officially retired after 33 years of service in the United States Air Force, during a ceremony at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, August 10, 2025. Maryland Air ...