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 ...

Story by Staff Sgt. Laura Virtue TALLINN, Estonia – Cyber defenders from the Maryland Air National Guard partnered with Estonian Defense Forces Cyber Command and Poland Cyber Command to facilitate a multi-national cyber exercise based at operating locations in Tallinn, Estonia, and Warsaw, Poland, as part of the U.S. Army’s Exercise Defender 24, May 4-16, 2024. More than 50 Airmen from the ...

The 2024 National Guard Bureau Region II Best Warrior Competition kicked off today with 10 Soldiers and non-commissioned officers from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., all competing to become Region II’s next best warrior.

By 1st Lt. Jasmine Mathews FORT CARSON, Colo. – Over 45 Maryland National Guard soldiers provided public affairs and logistics support during Vibrant Response 24 at Fort Carson, Colorado, April 19 to May 3. VR is an annual U.S. Army North, U. S. Northern Command – directed Command Post exercise planned in coordination with the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland ...

PRINCESS ANNE, Md — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) and the Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG) entered into an official educational partnership on Wednesday, May 1st, 2024. The partnership centers on an educational mentorship partnership program with UMES’s Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences. Both organizations will benefit from enhanced collaboration in the world of aviation and furthering ...

Story by Jennifer H. Svan Army National Guard Spc. Jennifer Egbe is the first soldier deployed to Powidz Air Base in Poland to attend University of Maryland Global Campus Europe graduation ceremonies. The school held its spring commencement on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Egbe, who earned a bachelor’s in communications, drove to Germany from Poland for ...

By Maj. Erica Mitchell, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment BALTIMORE – After five days of competition, three Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers were named 2024’s Best Warriors in the officer, non-commissioned officer and soldier of the year categories during the Maryland National Guard Best Warrior Competition closing ceremony at the Fifth Regiment Armory. Spc. Jordan Foster and Staff Sgt. Alexander Wilkinson-Johnson, both ...

By Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Heft This past week the Maryland National Guard Honor Guard provided burial honors for a reinternment of one of the nation’s earliest female veterans. A member of a unit known as the “Hello Girls” Marie Edmee LeRoux was a trailblazing female pioneer in the U.S. Army in World War I. Nearly 105 years after she left ...

GLEN ARM, Md. (April 24, 2024) – A Maryland Army National Guard helicopter supporting aerial firefighting operations helped suppress an approximately six-acre brush fire in Baltimore County within the Loch Raven watershed. Civil authorities requested support from the Maryland National Guard and the 29th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade on Tuesday evening after the 2-alarm fire. One UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with ...

Story by Senior Airman Alexandra Huettner MARTIN STATE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Md. — MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – President Joseph R. Biden landed at Martin State Air National Guard Base, April 5, 2024, before heading to Baltimore with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore to assess the damage from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. 175th Wing Airmen supported many facets of the ...

By Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers, 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard Maryland Air National Guard Capt. Kerry Guy, 175th Wing contracting officer, poses for a photograph at Warfield Air National Guard Base, April 17, 2024, in Middle River, Maryland. Guy is also the officer in charge of the 175th Wing Spark Cell, which was established in January 2022 and boasts over ...