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 ...

Pilots, flight engineers and crew chiefs took advantage of the final days of summer and went from the hangar to the pool for shallow water training. Maryland Army National Guard flight crews participated in Survival Egress Air training Aug. 28, 2013, at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Edgewood Area, military base pool near Edgewood, Md.

Governor Martin O’Malley was the keynote speaker on Sunday, Aug., 25, at the Green-Wood Cemetery in New York at the 237th anniversary celebration of the American Revolution, the Battle of Brooklyn 1776.

Through the 31B reclassification course, the Maryland National Guard’s 70th Regiment provided training to help meet the Guard’s demand for military police officers.

Governor Martin O’Malley today announced the appointment of Brig. Gen. Linda Singh as the next assistant adjutant general for the Maryland Army National Guard. Singh will replace Brig. Gen. Peter Hinz, who will retire from state service on Sept. 30, 2013.

Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Beyard will serve as the next Maryland Army National Guard Command Sergeant Major. He replaces Command Sgt. Maj. Leroy Hill, who will retire at the end of the month after a stellar career of nearly 30 years of service to the citizens of the United States and the state of Maryland. Command Sgt. Maj. Beyard currently ...

The Maryland National Guard celebrated the opening of the post-September 11th mobilization display in the Maryland Museum of Military History June 27, 2013, at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore.

BALTIMORE (June 25, 2013) – Firefighters of Baltimore’s Engine Company 45 will soon be able to break bread in a recently renovated kitchen, thanks to a training partnership with the Maryland Army National Guard’s 244th Engineer Company.

Due to the need for heightened security, military police with the Maryland National Guard conducted their annual training at Fort George G. Meade, Md., June 2-14 to provide support to their active duty counterparts.

The Maryland Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve committee hosted a Bosslift June 6, 2013, for 17 employers, who had the opportunity to visit members of the Guard during their annual training at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.

Maj. Gen. James A. Adkins, adjutant general of Maryland, announced the appointment of a new senior enlisted advisor for the Maryland National Guard on June 5, 2013.