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 ...

By MaryTherese Griffin FALLS CHURCH, Va.- Sgt 1st Class Adrienne Toliver is proud to have served 34 years in the Maryland National Guard. “I signed up during my last year of high school. My situation was unique; I had a civilian career and a military career. I started as a traditional Guardsman. In the civilian world, I work at the Defense ...

By Sgt. Danyelle Lanford JÕHVI, Estonia – Twelve Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, supported the Estonian Defense League (EDL) during Exercise Ussisonad 24, a squad live-fire exercise held Sept. 7-8, 2024, at the Sirgala Training Area near the Russian border. This mutually beneficial training event was part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program, ...

By A1C Sarah Hoover MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard hosted a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response exercise with regional partners at two Maryland National Guard training locations, September 24-28, 2024. The Region 3 Battlefield Experience Learning (R3BEL) deployment for training exercise, a local training event that enhanced emergency readiness and response within a simulated deployed ...

By Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers, 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – Four Maryland Air National Guard Airmen selected for the first U.S. Air Force Warrant Officer Training Class in over 60 years started the initial cohort in October at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The 175th Cyberspace Operations Group Airmen are part of the 78 Airmen from active ...

Governor Wes Moore authorized the mobilization of 12 Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers along with two helicopters and three civilian firefighters of the Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (MD-HART) to North Carolina to assist in potential rescues and operations as the result of Hurricane Helene. The MD-HART, consisting of one UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter with five crew members from the Maryland Army ...

Story by Capt. Michael Fedner LAUREL, Md. – Maryland Army National Guard’s Cyber Protection Team (CPT) 169 partnered with their counterparts from the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) for a cyber knowledge exchange at the Pvt. Henry Costin Readiness Center, September 16-20, 2024. Six members, comprised of soldiers and civilians, from the AFBiH Cyber Operations Center (formerly known as the ...

Staff Sgt. Laura Virtue PARNU, Estonia — Eight Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard partnered with members from the Estonian Defense League (EDL) to conduct Operation Baltic Rhino, a convoy operations training exercise, 13-15 September, at the Eametsa military base in Parnu, Estonia. Airmen assigned to the 175th Logistics Readiness Squadron facilitated the exercise as an opportunity to exchange knowledge and ...

Story by Sgt. Danyelle Lanford JÕHVI, Estonia – Twelve Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, supported the Estonian Defense League (EDL) during Exercise Ussisonad 24, a squad live-fire exercise held Sept. 7-8, 2024, at the Sirgala Training Area near the Russian border. This mutually beneficial training event was part of the National Guard’s State Partnership ...

By Staff Sgt. Chazz Kibler The remains of PFC Lemuel Dent Jr., killed in WWII during the Italian campaign, wasreinterred with military honors at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery on Sept. 5, 2024.Dent, an African American, enlisted in the Army in 1942 in Pennsylvania and was assigned toCompany L, 3rd Battalion, 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division, nicknamed the BuffaloSoldiers. At that time, the ...

By Capt. Dylan Bradford FORT GREELY, Alaska — Nearly 100 Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers from the 200th Military Police Company participated in Red Flag-Alaska, a premier joint air, naval, and ground force exercise from August 15-29, 2024, pushing their tactical skills and teamwork to the limit. This marked one of the largest training events for the 200th MP Co. in recent ...