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 ...

When the Six Flags America amusement park in Bowie, Maryland, was converted to a drive-through mass vaccination site in February in 2021, it’s visitors were attended by blue-gowned nurses and camouflage-uniformed Soldiers instead of the park’s usual staff. Spc. Paul Seegren, a civil affairs specialist with the 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, has worked at the site since the beginning ...

Story and photos by U.S. Air National Guard Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers, 175th Wing Public Affairs As the world has battled the COVID-19 pandemic, the Maryland National Guard focused on domestic operations supporting the state’s response to the virus and was unable to work with their state partners from Estonia and Bosnia-Herzegovina in over a year. Due to restrictions on travel ...

On April 3, 2021, Maryland National Guard members have administered more than 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine shots to Maryland citizens since early January.

2nd Lt. Leon Carter, medical services officer of the 104th Medical Company, works in COVID-19 mobile vaccine support operations at the 224th Medical Company and the 104th Medical Company, based in Reisterstown, Maryland, and in Olney, Maryland, respectively throughout March 2021.

With the assistance of the Maryland National Guard, the mass vaccination site at the Wicomico Civic Center on Maryland’s Eastern Shore opened on March 19, 2021, to administer COVID-19 vaccinations to residents. This site is unique among the others in Maryland, as it is a hybrid, offering both drive-thru for those with accessibility needs and an indoor walk-in service. Residents ...

It was early on a near freezing gloomy Wednesday morning as Maryland Army National Guard Spc. Joseph Wolfe of the 104th Medical Company Area Support prepares his vaccination station. He raises his hands to be warmed by one of the heaters hanging from one of the white tents.

Cadet Jamia Pettus, a member of the 729th Quartermaster Company, 1297th Support Battalion, helps register patients for COVID-19 tests at the mobile clinic at St. Mary’s County’s Health Department, Feb. 4, 2021.

More than 115 Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers from Task Force 291, 58th Troop Command, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, and the 1-175th Infantry Regiment, are providing direct support to county health departments in Maryland to assist with the acceleration of COVID-19 vaccination efforts at the Six Flags Mass Vaccination Site, in Bowie, Maryland, beginning on Feb. 3, 2021.

Spc. Richard Granke, a healthcare specialist with the 104th Medical Company Area Support, and Sgt. James McGill, a radiology specialist with the 224th Medical Company Area Support, were deemed the best Soldier and noncommissioned officer for the 2021 MDNG BWC, respectively. Capt. Ryan Slaughter, a logistics officer with the 70th Regiment, was deemed the best Officer for the 2021 MDNG ...

Army Sgt. Bradley Boucher, a healthcare specialist with the 224th Medical Company, 1297th Support Battalion, took the opportunity to spend time with his family in the outdoors, one of the activities also conducive to maintaining social distancing.