Maryland Defense Force supports Operation: Safekeeping
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1985″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1500577355814{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Story by 2nd Lt. Jessica Donnelly[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1500577206185{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”]The Maryland Defense Force answered the call for help from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to conduct health and welfare checks on residents in Baltimore, July 7, for those who were affected by the heat wave and power outages during the first week of July.
Approximately 40 members of the MDDF assisted the Baltimore Emergency Management Agency in providing necessary water, ice and Meals-Ready-to-Eat to at-risk citizens without power in their homes.
Brig. Gen. (MDDF) Brian Kelm, MDDF commander, praised the MDDF members for their contribution and for volunteering their time to helping those in need. “They worked hard, and it went really well,” added Kelm. MEMA was also grateful to the MDDF for their last minute support of the mission – Operation Safekeeping.
“Their support meant a lot to Baltimore City,” said Kenneth Mallette, MD Emergency Management executive director. “They stepped up and did a great job.”
The MDDF is an all-volunteer uniformed state military agency and one of the four components of the Maryland Military Department. The MDDF has the primary mission of providing competent and supplemental professional, technical, and military support to the Maryland Army National Guard, the Maryland Air National Guard, and the Maryland Emergency Management Agency.
The MDDF operates under the command of Governor Martin O’Malley, as state commander-in-chief, and fall under the operational control of Maj. Gen. James A. Adkins, the adjutant general of Maryland. State Defense Forces receive no federal funds and are supported entirely by the state.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row]