National Guard

By Staff Sgt. Julian Kemper  175th WG – Maryland Air National Guard MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – The day before Thanksgiving, most people are thinking about a short list of things to do – ensuring the turkey is thawed, cleaning the house for a family visit, or preparing for a long trip to see relatives. For Maryland Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Brooke ...

Spc. Daniel Reading, an infantryman with Maryland’s D Company 1-175th Infantry Regiment, will compete in the 2022 National All Guard Best Warrior Competition July 22-29. Reading was named Maryland’s Soldier of the Year earlier this year. (Photo Illustration by Tennessee National Guard Joint Public Affairs) EASTON, Md. – A member of the Maryland National Guard will compete for the title of ...

LAUREL, Md. – Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers participated in an international cyber event at the Laurel Readiness Center, July 18-29, Members of the 169th Cyber Protection Team honed their skills to identify and respond to malicious online attacks while working with international and interagency partners from Canada, the United Kingdom, the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Air Force ...

Army Maryland National Guard Staff Sgt. James Hamilton observes 3rd platoon, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team during eXportable Combat Training Capability 22-01 at Fort Drum, New York July 17, 2022. Hamilton joined ARNG-OGW, headquartered at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, from the Warrior Training Unit at Fort Benning, Georgia, in June 2021. “It’s long days and ...

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers from the state’s Medical Detachment and Company C, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, trained with the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Manjača combat training area, near the village of Dobrnja in the Republic of Srpska, July 15-19. The focus of the military-to-military event was to train the ...

The Virginia National Guard Funeral Honors Program hosts Level 1 funeral honors training for nine National Guard Soldiers from four states June 29, 2022, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Va. Soldiers from Maryland, North Carolina and Ohio joined Virginia Soldiers for the five-day course, which prepares Soldiers to conduct professional military funeral honors in accordance with service ...

Members of the 169th Cyber Protection Team and members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina conduct cyber adversarial exercises at the Pvt. Henry Costin Readiness Center in Laurel, Maryland, on June 29, 2022. Beginning in August 2018, the 169th CPT has supported the military-to-military knowledge transfer and team-building efforts to the Armed Forces Bosnia and Herzegovina under the ...

Meet U.S. Army Warrant Officer Candidate April-Mae Ridenour, the reconnaissance noncommissioned officer assigned to the 32nd Civil Support Team, Maryland National Guard. Ridenour played a vital role in the CST’s support of the 2022 Ocean City Air Show as part of the survey section that is responsible for identifying, assessing, and locating potential chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The 110th Information Operations Battalion of the Maryland Army National Guard observed their change of command ceremony at Battalion Headquarters on June 4. The outgoing commander, Lt. Col. Kristie Roy, passed the unit colors of the 110th IO to Col. B. Clayton Jackson, commander of the 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, who in turn entrusted them to the ...

MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – Approximately 170 Airmen assigned to the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard and A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft have returned from Europe, where they supported Exercises Swift Response and Defender Europe 22. The 10 Maryland A-10s, assigned to the 104th Fighter Squadron, flew more than 240 sorties and operated in 10 countries throughout Europe to execute Agile Combat ...

LLIELVARDE AIR BASE, Lativa – The Maryland Air National Guard supported the Swift Response exercise over the past two weeks with simultaneous operations in North Macedonia and Norway. Approximately 120 Airmen and 10 A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 175th Wing demonstrated Agile Combat Employment, mobilizing and deploying aircraft across a theater of operations on short notice. “We are excited to be here ...