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 ...

Three graduates of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are currently serving as physicians in the Maryland Army National Guard. These doctors represent a front line in the critical battle with an invisible enemy – COVID-19.

As I write these words, the soldiers and airmen of the Maryland National Guard are on the front lines of our response to the coronavirus pandemic. They’re risking their health—and perhaps their lives—to fight an enemy they can’t see or hear, and against which the weapons they might ...

By U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Wayde Minami, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs BALTIMORE – Recently activated Maryland Air National Guardsmen are now working at a Strategic National Stockpile location in Maryland, preparing and loading medical supplies and equipment needed for the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Maryland Department of Health, working with Governor Larry Hogan’s COVID-19 Emergency Response Team, ...

By U.S. Army Sgt. Elizabeth Scott, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office; U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers, 175th Wing Public Affairs  DUNDALK, Md. (March 19, 2020) — As the sun rises, the first few Maryland National Guard service members and Maryland Defense Force members begin trickling into the Dundalk Readiness Center. As they start their preparations, it appears to ...

By Michael Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Soldiers from Maryland Army National Guard’s 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade were planning to train at Fort Drum this week in preparation for their deployment to the Central Command area of responsibility. Then, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic changed everything. Rather than Soldiers risking exposure to the virus or not being ...

By Maryland National Guard Public Affairs BALTIMORE — Maryland National Guard members transported recently quarantined passengers from the Grand Princess cruise ship after their arrival at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport March 17. Eight Airmen with the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing, and medical specialists with the Maryland Department of Health, transported nine passengers from BWI to their homes in Maryland. ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Governor Larry Hogan ordered more than 2,000 Maryland National Guard soldiers and airmen on duty March 16, 2020, to respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Hogan signed an executive order March 12, 2020, activating the Maryland National Guard to assist civilian authorities supporting the pandemic response mission. The Maryland National Guard’s status as a state military force makes it available ...

One of the toughest tests of a warrior’s resolution and training is the Best Warrior Competition. The competition is a multi-day marathon of mental and physical trials, pushing these elite service members to their limits. This year’s competition is conducted at multiple locations throughout Maryland. The competition is open to junior enlisted, noncommissioned officers, and commissioned officers of the Maryland ...

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Rose Forrest is someone who has found herself in many impactful roles throughout her life. She served as a paralegal when she first enlisted in the military to becoming a battalion commander then moving on to share her legal expertise to the Maryland National Guard’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Forrest rose to become the Maryland National ...

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, the adjutant general of Maryland, visited with deployed Maryland National Guard troops from the 729th Quartermaster Composite Supply Company Feb. 28, 2020, at the 33rd Air Base, in Powidz, Poland. U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Perlisa Wilson, Maryland National Guard senior enlisted leader, accompanied Gowen during this visit of the nearly 200 Soldiers ...