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 ...

Joining the military for so many is about seeking out new opportunities, developing a more refined sense of self, or serving a greater purpose. In addition to these important things, one of the Maryland National Guard’s newest recruits is seeking a stronger bond with his father by following his footsteps of service in the 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade. Pfc. Dylan ...

Sgt. Kevin Leon, petroleum lab specialist with the 729th Quartermaster Composite Supply Company, has been working closely with school staff and nurses at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, in  Baltimore, Maryland, supporting the community. Leon, originally from California, is tasked to hand out not only meals, but school work supplements for the students who did not have computers. 

Staff Sgt. Julius Austin, a computer/detection systems repairer with the 729th Quartermasters Composite Supply Company, based at Havre de Grace, Maryland, is the non-commissioned officer in charge of a team at Paul Laurence Dunbar High school in Baltimore, Maryland. Among his various responsibilities are ensuring meal distribution, managing relations with the community, and security of the building. His team’s main ...

Spc. Danielle Flickinger, from La Plata, Maryland, a motor transport operator with the 1229th Transportation Company, helps box and distribute meals to the community. Flickinger and her team members are working with the staff of Alexander Hamilton Elementary School to serve the neighborhood.

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 ...