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 ...

Governor Larry Hogan today authorized sending a Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (MD-HART) to North Carolina to assist in potential rescues from the effects of Hurricane Dorian.   The team, consisting of two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters with four crew members from the Maryland Army National Guard and two divers from the Baltimore, Howard, and Montgomery County Fire Departments, will depart today ahead ...

Expressions of amazement and intrigue showed across the faces of the YouthWorks STEM program participants as they experienced some of the STEM-related career fields in the Maryland National Guard. The MDNG recently supported the curriculum of Baltimore City’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program under YouthWorks. Each Wednesday throughout the month, the group of about 40 junior-high-school age YouthWorks participants ...

Governor Larry Hogan and First Lady Yumi Hogan met with officials of the Maryland National Guard and elected leaders during a visit to the recently opened Easton Readiness Center Aug. 14 in Talbot County. The new 37,000 square foot facility replaces a legacy building constructed in 1976 that was originally built for a single, all male unit.

Some soldiers physically push themselves, compete against who they were yesterday, and train above and beyond meeting the minimum requirements of an Army physical fitness test. As motivation to be physically active can vary, some Maryland Army National Guard soldiers conduct their regular exercise routines in innovative ways. Soldiers like Capt. Meghan Landymore, an ultra marathoner and member of the All ...

The Maryland National Guard held a change of responsibility ceremony for Command Sgt. Maj. Perlisa Wilson, the organization’s first female senior enlisted leader, on Dec. 8, 2018, at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore. Maj. Gen. Linda L. Singh, the adjutant general of Maryland, presided over the ceremony which formally introduced ...

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Linda Singh, the adjutant general of Maryland, spoke to a group of 60 young students from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during a U.S. Embassy sponsored American Corners event Nov. 28, 2018. The American Corners are small, American-style libraries created to increase understanding between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ...

Two helicopter aquatic response teams are being deployed to Raleigh, North Carolina where they will report and begin search and rescue missions in affected areas. The two teams consist of two pilots, two crew chiefs, and two swift water rescue crew members.

Twenty personnel with the Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team departed for North Carolina on Sept. 16, 2018, to assist with hurricane recovery efforts after being activated by the governor of Maryland on Sept. 12.

Four days, over 90 miles, and the rapidly changing terrain, thick with the opposing force, is exactly what 29, four-person teams faced during this year’s Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge in Jõgevamaa, Estonia from July 30 to August 3, 2018. The teams, which ranged from Estonian members to members of NATO allied countries, had ...

The Estonian Defence Forces held a ceremony August 1, 2018, officially activating their own, independent cyber command which created an organization within the EDF that is solely dedicated to cyber operations and information operations. “This puts them on the world stage as one of the few nations to actually have a military ...