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 ...

The Maryland Army National Guard is borrowing some technology from the active-duty Army to fight the COVID-19 virus. The Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier based at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Aberdeen, Maryland, is providing a mission tracking and communications application at no cost to the Maryland Guard. The application, called CRSSTALK, stands for Contingency Response Situational Awareness/Situational Understanding Tactical Applications Leader Kit. ...

The night was calm. Heavy rains had dispersed the mass of protesters that packed the streets of Washington, D.C. earlier that day. More than 100 Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard provided a security presence over historical landmarks along the National Mall at night in response to civil unrest in the nation’s capital.  The quiet time allowed the Guard ...

Sgt. Aaron Brown, a military police in the 290th Military Police Company based in Parkville, Maryland, runs the operations on the ground at the Glen Burnie VEIP. His squad of eight including himself have been alternating between food bank missions and assisting with traffic flow for COVID-19 testing sites. Brown, a current resident of Waldorf, Maryland, is originally Washington D.C. 

Spc. Jason Schollenberger, a motor transport operator with the 1229th Transportation Company, had an early morning along with his fellow Soldiers at the Maryland Food Bank, in Halethorpe, Maryland. He whipped the forklift back and forth loading pallet after pallet onto the backs of the light medium tactical vehicles that were in line and ready to be loaded before making ...

The Maryland National Guard continues to support civil agencies with service members spread around the state. Digital liaison detachments help integrate military operations with other military units, as well as, interagency and international partners. During the COVID-19 pandemic response, Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 291st Digital Liaison Detachment, based at Adelphi, Maryland, and part of Task Force 291, ...

Story by Technical Sgt. Enjoli Saunders, 175th Wing Public Affairs Middle River, Md. – Just like Noah’s Ark was filled to capacity during the flood, Maryland Airmen have utilized just about every usable space of a Strategic National Stockpile warehouse processing and distributing medical equipment and supplies during the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is some of their smallest ...

In today’s battle against COVID-19, Maryland has great latitude to employ its National Guard in the physical domain, but is hamstrung by policy and perception from fully engaging its cyber force. And while COVID-19 is a biological malady rather than an electronic one, the hobbling of our cyber capabilities will, indeed, cost lives. In fact, in all likelihood it already ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Maryland National Guard’s 110th Information Operations Battalion announced the upcoming deployment of its thirteenth field support team to the Horn of Africa, May 28. The team, referred to as HOA 13, will be led by Maj. Lesley Dowdle. HOA 13 will replace the previous team, also comprised of 110th Information Operations soldiers, led by ...

COVID-19 is a deadly virus that has claimed the lives of so many people across the world. But none have been more vulnerable during this pandemic than our sick and elderly. With nursing homes facing the threat of COVID-19 all across the state of Maryland, providing adequate care to those in need has been challenging. During this state of emergency, ...

About 10 Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 115th Military Police Battalion began supporting the first state-sponsored, community-based COVID-19 testing site on May 14, 2020, at the Carroll County Agriculture Center. Under normal circumstances, this Westminster center would be gearing-up for spring and summer community events such as farmer’s markets, tractor pulls, and fairs. This year, however, the Carroll ...