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 ...

The exercise, Exercise Bosna I Hercegovina 2017, was jointly organized by the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre and the Ministry of Security of BiH and involved more than 1200 participants from 32 NATO allied and partner countries.

By Capt. Aaron M. Testa, Public Affairs Officer, 110th Information Operations Battalion ANNAPOLIS, Md.—An Infantry Officer with the Maryland National Guard’s 110th Information Operations Battalion became the first Maryland Guardsman to complete the challenging Cyber Operations Officer Course at Fort Gordon, Georgia, July 25, 2017. “The course provided me with extensive and in-depth technical, operational, and planning training for ...

A 70-mile odyssey over four days through the dense-wet forest of Pärnu, Estonia, while being attacked by opposing forces is not an item on most soldier’s bucket list. Highly determined to compete and win, 28 four-person teams from 11 nations assembled for the Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge from Aug. 1-4, 2017.

The Maryland National Guard and the Society of War of 1812 will host a wreath laying ceremony in honor of the first member of Maryland’s 5th Regiment to fall in the Battle of Baltimore. More than two hundred years-ago, Pvt. Aquila Randall a member of the Maryland Militia (today’s historic 175th Infantry Regiment of the Maryland National Guard) fell in ...

The Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG) paid homage to the Army Warrant Officer Cohort by celebrating its 99th birthday with cake, a decorated sign, and their own unique song at the Maj. Gen. Warren D. Hodges Armory, located on the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., July 16, 2017.

Maryland National Guard’s Ch (Col.) William Sean Lee is honored with The American Baptist Home Mission Society’s highest honor, the Lorraine K. Poter Military Chaplaincy Merit Award for faithful and effective pastoral and spiritual care.

Maryland National Guard soldiers in the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment trained with more than 200 international service members from the Estonian Defence League, Estonian Police and Border Guard, and military units from several neighboring countries including Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland in Tallinn, Estonia, June 1-13, 2017. The training focused on civil disturbance operations and included riot control, shield use ...

SALINAS, PUERTO RICO – Medics with the Maryland Army National Guard’s 104th Area Support Medical Company had a chance to train amid mango trees, clear blue seas, and a warm breeze while providing medical coverage and support for the Puerto Rico National Guard during their annual training at Camp Santiago in Salinas, Puerto Rico, June 3-17, 2017.

Helicoptering done right, eh? By Spc. Elizabeth Scott, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Camp Wainwright, Alberta, Canada (March 25, 2017) – As the sunset at Camp Wainwright in Alberta, Canada, the sky turned a bright golden color. A Maryland National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk was silhouetted against the skyline as a crew performed a hoist mission with a simulated downed pilot. While ...

Photography by Maj. Rick Breitenfeldt, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office Article ...