BALTIMORE — At the direction of Governor Wes Moore, the Maryland National Guard activated 50 Soldiers on state active duty to support civil agencies responding to the winter storm across the state on January 6, 2024.  The Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 58th Troop Command were staged at armories ready to assist local and state emergency agencies in ...

Article by Sgt. Lindiwe Henry BALTIMORE, Md. — Approximately 230 Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment from the Maryland Army National Guard participated in the African Lion 2024 Exercise from April 19 to May 31, 2024. This exercise marks the 1-175th Infantry Regiment’s largest deployment of Guard members in more than 10 years. The exercise locations spanned the countries Morocco, Tunisia, ...

By Tech. Sgt. Mercedee Wilds, United States Air Forces Central UNDISCLOSED LOCATION – U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles from the 335th Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina and U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 104th Fighter Squadron, assigned to the Maryland Air National Guard, and support personnel participated in Desert Flag 2024. They joined ...

By Master Sgt. Chris Schepers RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Name: SrA Elizabeth Quigg Location: Born and raised in Bel Air, Maryland. Currently reside in Ramstein, Germany Unit: 135th Intelligence Squadron State you serve in: Maryland Awards: 2023 Maryland Society Sons of the American Revolution – Maryland 400 Distinguished Service Medal ACC Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Awards Program (AFISRAP) Outstanding Air Reserve ...

By Master Sgt. Chris Schepers MARTIN STATE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Md. — Why did you decide to join? Do you come from a military family? Neither of my parents served in the military, however, my maternal grandfather served in the Navy and my paternal grandfather served in the Army Air Corps as a gunner on the B-24 and B-17. ...

Lt. Col. Mathew Ortega, a chaplain in Joint Force Headquarters who originally enlisted in the Marine Corps as an infantryman in 1998. Why did you decide to join? Do you come from a military family?I come from a military family. My grandfather served during WWII. I have Uncles, cousins, and my father-in-law that served during Vietnam. Three of my kids ...

Meet Ms. Yolanda Pressley, a program manager for the resource management department, Maryland Military Department. During her nearly six years of working for MMD, Pressley has received  the Team Spirit Award, Notable Employee Award and a military challenge coin from U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Adam Flasch, director of the Maryland National Guard Joint Staff. “I’ve been employed with the private ...

Army Maryland National Guard Staff Sgt. James Hamilton observes 3rd platoon, 1st Battalion, 114th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team during eXportable Combat Training Capability 22-01 at Fort Drum, New York July 17, 2022. Hamilton joined ARNG-OGW, headquartered at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, from the Warrior Training Unit at Fort Benning, Georgia, in June 2021. “It’s long days and ...

Meet U.S. Army Warrant Officer Candidate April-Mae Ridenour, the reconnaissance noncommissioned officer assigned to the 32nd Civil Support Team, Maryland National Guard. Ridenour played a vital role in the CST’s support of the 2022 Ocean City Air Show as part of the survey section that is responsible for identifying, assessing, and locating potential chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The 110th Information Operations Battalion of the Maryland Army National Guard observed their change of command ceremony at Battalion Headquarters on June 4. The outgoing commander, Lt. Col. Kristie Roy, passed the unit colors of the 110th IO to Col. B. Clayton Jackson, commander of the 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, who in turn entrusted them to the ...