By Senior Airman Rachel Underwood BALTIMORE – The commander of the Maryland National Guard made her first visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Estonia since taking command to celebrate the important anniversaries of the partnerships and plan for the future of the mutually beneficial relationships, June 18-23, 2023. During the visit, Maryland Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, adjutant ...

Story by Staff Sgt. Laura Weaver AMARI AIR BASE, Estonia – More than 100 Airmen from the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, recently completed an agile combat employment (ACE) movement in Estonia as a forward operating location of exercise Air Defender 2023 (AD23). Exercise AD23 is German-led, multinational NATO exercise with a total of 235 aircraft from 25 nations and over ...

By Master Sgt. Chris Schepers CAMP JOSEPH T ROBINSON MANEUVER TRAINING CENTER, Ar. — Four Airmen assigned to the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group traveled to the Army National Guard Professional Education Center on Camp Joseph T. Robinson Maneuver Training Center June 11-15, 2023 to participate in Exercise Cyber Shield 2023. The Airmen from 175th COG were part of a group of ...

Story by Maj. Brendan Cassidy TOWSON, Md. – The 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade (EMIB) gathered at the Ruhl Armory in Towson to observe the end of two years under Col. B. Clay Jackson on June 11th, 2023, with Brigade S3 Lt. Col. Michael Bryant assuming command. Prior to the change in leadership, the formation first marked a swap in senior enlisted ...

U.S. Air Force Col. Dear Beloved, a senior advisor assigned to the Office of Performance and Budget, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President, Washington, D.C., speaks during his promotion ceremony, June 1, 2023, at the Military Women’s Memorial in Arlington, Va. Beloved has deployed to Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan in support of Operation ...

By Senior Airman Matt Porter U.S. Army Soldier Sgt. Byme Taylor, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Reigment infantryman, launches an RQ-11 Raven at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst N.J. on 1 June, 2023. The small hand-launched remote-controlled unmanned aerial vehicle provides day or night aerial intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance. With a flight radius of 10km and the ability to reach speeds of ...

By 1st Lt. Paul Jeong BALTIMORE, Md. – Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, commander in chief of the Maryland Military Department, hosted the change of command ceremony for the new adjutant general for Maryland. Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, the 30th adjutant general for Maryland, relinquished command of the Maryland National Guard and the Maryland Military Department to Maj. Gen. Janeen L. ...

By Spc. Joshua Whitaker TAPA, Estonia — Guard members from the Maryland Army National Guard participated in Spring Storm 23, May 13-27 in Tapa, Estonia. 22 Soldiers assigned to the 291st Digital Liaison Detachment supported the Estonian exercise at the Tapa Air-to-Ground Range. Spring Storm is the largest annual military exercise of the Estonian Defence Force, during which military operations planning and ...

Story by Maj. Brendan Cassidy BALTIMORE, Md. – The 629th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion of the Maryland Army National Guard observed their change of command ceremony at Baltimore’s historic Fort McHenry on May 25th. The outgoing commander, Lt. Col. Ryan Gerner, passed the unit colors of the 629th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion to Col. B. Clay Jackson, commander of the 58th Expeditionary ...

By 1st Lt. Dylan Bradford BLACKSTONE, Va. – Two Maryland Army National Guard members were among the top 11 Soldiers and non-commissioned officers from Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Washington D.C. who competed in the intense five-day Region II Best Warrior Competition at Fort Barfoot, Virginia, May 15-19, 2023. Staff Sgt. Chase Stewart of the 629th Military Intelligence Battalion and Spc. ...