Hardhats In-Uniform: A Look Inside the 244th Engineer Company

The Maryland Army National Guard’s 244th Engineer Company is profiled, highlighting the unit’s substantial history conducting two-week annual training missions aimed to strengthen communities in-need, both offshore (El Salvador and Dominican Republic) and throughout Maryland. Filming took place at the unit’s 2016 annual training site: a Youth ChalleNGe Academy campus in Laurel, Md. Supported in part by the National Guard Youth Foundation, the ChalleNGe Academy gives at-risk youth a second chance. (Video by Spc. Nyia Patton and Sgt. Ryan Noyes, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)