Story by Staff Sgt. James Johnson BALTIMORE – Meet U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Razak Sidik, an equal opportunity advisor assigned to the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard. On the civilian side, Sidik serves as the State Equal Employment Manger with the Maryland National Guard. In both his military and civilian roles, his goal is to uphold the equal opportunity mission ...

By Maj. Benjamin Hughes NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. – The 30th adjutant general of Maryland retired after after 37 years of service at the Patuxent Naval Air Museum, April 30, 2023. Maj. Gen. Timothy S. Gowen stepped down as commander of the Maryland National Guard after serving in the senior military position, which he was appointed to by former ...

By Sgt. 1st Class Margaret Taylor, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office CAMDEN, S.C. – The crowd hushed, rose from folding lawn chairs amid the longleaf pine trees, and turned toward the roadway at the sound of the drums. A procession, moving to a steady, rat-tat-tatting cadence, made its way through the trees, pine needles a thick, red-brown carpet under booted feet. ...

By Sgt. Allen Griffith FORT MEADE, Md. – The adjutant general for Maryland signed the Month of the Military Child Proclamation at the Baron J. De Kalk Reserve Center, April 22, 2023, during the Roll, Walk, Run For Teen Wellness event organized by Blue Star Families of Baltimore and Chesapeake Region. U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, commander of the Maryland ...

By Capt. Ben Hughes ANNAPOLIS, Md. (April 7, 2023) –  Maryland Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead has been unanimously confirmed by the Maryland Senate to be the 31st adjutant general of Maryland. Gov. Wes Moore announced Birckhead’s nomination to lead the Maryland Military Department during a press conference at the State House in Annapolis on Wednesday.  “I am proud ...

By Col. Wayde Minami, Joint Force Headquarters, Maryland National Guard U.S. Air Force Col. Bernadette Maldonado shows off her Operation Allies Welcome patch on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Nov. 8, 2021. Maldonado, commander of the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 108th Mission Support Group, is working with Task Force Liberty as a village Governor. The Department of Defense, through U.S. Northern Command, and ...

By Staff Sgt. Laura Weaver, 175th Wing – Maryland Air National Guard U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Thaddeus Harrington, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Maryland National Guard (MDNG), instructs Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) service members on camera functionality during a public affairs workshop, March 27, 2023, at the Army Hall in downtown Sarajevo. Subject matter experts from the MDNG ...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (April 5, 2023) –  Maryland Army National Guard helicopters supporting aerial firefighting operations successfully helped suppress the 700-acre brush fire in Baltimore County at the Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area. Civil authorities requested support from the Maryland National Guard and the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade on Tuesday evening after the 8-alarm fire. One UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter ...

By Master Sgt. Chris Schepers Leadership from the Maryland Air National Guard host civic leaders at Martin State Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Maryland, March 31, 2023. Local civic leaders were briefed on the status of the Martin State Airport runway renovation, 175th Wing future fighter conversion, and cyberspace operations and intelligence expansion. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior ...

By Sgt. Allen Griffith and 1st Lt. Dylan Bradford Maryland Army National Guard water treatment specialists pose with the Maryland flag alongside Soldiers from the Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico National Guard. SOUTHWEST ASIA – Five Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers were recently recognized for their contributions to water production and distribution missions during a recent deployment in the Middle East supporting Operation ...