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 ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Governor Larry Hogan ordered more than 2,000 Maryland National Guard soldiers and airmen on duty March 16, 2020, to respond to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Hogan signed an executive order March 12, 2020, activating the Maryland National Guard to assist civilian authorities supporting the pandemic response mission. The Maryland National Guard’s status as a state military force makes it available ...

One of the toughest tests of a warrior’s resolution and training is the Best Warrior Competition. The competition is a multi-day marathon of mental and physical trials, pushing these elite service members to their limits. This year’s competition is conducted at multiple locations throughout Maryland. The competition is open to junior enlisted, noncommissioned officers, and commissioned officers of the Maryland ...

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Rose Forrest is someone who has found herself in many impactful roles throughout her life. She served as a paralegal when she first enlisted in the military to becoming a battalion commander then moving on to share her legal expertise to the Maryland National Guard’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Forrest rose to become the Maryland National ...

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, the adjutant general of Maryland, visited with deployed Maryland National Guard troops from the 729th Quartermaster Composite Supply Company Feb. 28, 2020, at the 33rd Air Base, in Powidz, Poland. U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Perlisa Wilson, Maryland National Guard senior enlisted leader, accompanied Gowen during this visit of the nearly 200 Soldiers ...

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, the adjutant general of Maryland, made his inaugural visit to Estonia, one of two Maryland State Partnership Program countries. U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Perlisa D. Wilson, Maryland National Guard senior enlisted leader, also participated in the visit which coincided with Estonia’s 102nd Independence Day celebration on Feb. 24, 2020, in the capital, ...

Warrant officers: They are the technical experts of the U.S. Army. They are tasked with the invaluable responsibility of becoming subject-matter-experts in their career field and serve as advisors, mentors and trainers. Warrants typically ascend from the noncommissioned officer ranks within their military occupational specialty.

Senior leaders and staff of the Maryland National Guard assembled Feb 1 at the Dundalk Readiness Center to hear from key speakers on the importance of European security cooperation and its direct connection to the State Partnership Program. Hosted by Army Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, adjutant general for Maryland, the seminar’s focus was primarily on the longstanding, continuous relationships ...

Author: U.S. Air National Guard Senior Airman Sarah M. McClanahan Photos by: U.S. Air National Guard Senior Airman Sarah M. McClanahan; Courtesy Photo Air Force 2nd Lt. Sarah Soliman discovered what it meant to serve while working as a contractor for the military in Southwest Asia. After recently commissioning, she was awarded an inaugural spot in the AFVentures Fellows program while awaiting ...

From more than 1,500 miles away, about 10 Maryland National Guard and Maryland Defense Force personnel went operational Jan. 15, 2020, at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation in Reisterstown, Maryland, to support earthquake recovery efforts in Puerto Rico with a joint Unclassified Processing, Analysis and Dissemination (UPAD) team.

As a new decade begins, so comes a new symbol depicting the Maryland National Guard’s future focus in a competitive global environment.