By Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers U.S. Air Force Capt. Ashley Oates, 275th Cyberspace Operations Squadron flight commander, briefs Airmen assigned to the 275th Cyberspace Operations Squadron at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, Middle River, Md., on January 10, 2023. Oates leads a cyber protection team that was the first team in the Air National Guard to certify ...

Story by 1st Sgt. Thaddeus HarringtonSoldiers bid farewell to their outgoing Command Sgt. Major James Nugent, command sergeant major of the Maryland Army National Guard, and welcomed his replacement, Command Sgt. Major David Harry, in a change-of-responsibility ceremony at the Fifth Regiment Armory, in Baltimore, Maryland, on Dec. 4, 2022. Nugent also retired after 36 years of service to the ...

By Capt. Ben Hughes ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Employers of Maryland Army National Guard members experienced first-hand what it is like to be a citizen-Soldier during an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Boss Lift event at Weide Army Heliport, November 4, 2022.  Employers took part in orientation flights in UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters flown by Soldiers ...

By Capt. Ben Hughes HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. – The Maryland Army National Guard celebrated the groundbreaking for a new $35.5 million facility with The Maryland Department of General Services at the Havre de Grace Military Reservation today. Construction of the 62,000-square-foot Combined Support Maintenance Shop and additional 6,000-square-foot detached storage building will begin this fall. The new buildings will replace four existing ...

By Capt. Ben Hughes BALTIMORE – The Maryland Defense Force was awarded Superior Unit Citation by the State Guard Association of the United States for their support to the Maryland National Guard during Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The soldiers of the MDDF on state active duty supported Operation Steadfast Guardian, which allowed MDNG members to set up Covid-19 testing sites, provide the ...

The Maryland National Guard hosted a renaming and ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Major General Linda L. Singh Readiness Center in Eldersburg, Maryland, on Oct. 22, 2022.

By Maj. Stephen Rice REISTERSTOWN, Md. – The Maryland Defense Force’s 256th Cyber Defense Unit and the Virginia Defense Force’s 31st Cyber Battalion participated in a joint ransomware tabletop exercise at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation and at virtual locations throughout Maryland and Virginia, September 17, 2022. The cyber exercise evaluated the ability of both organizations to detect, prevent, respond to, and survive ...

By Tech Sgt. Enjoli Saunders BALTIMORE – Between ruck marches, weapons qualifications, and fitness tests, U.S. Army Sgt. Javier Hernandez was not only learning about what it was like to be an infantryman with the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, he was getting an education from his fellow Soldiers. U.S. Army Sgt. Javier Hernandez, infantryman with the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry ...

by Capt. Ben Hughes BALTIMORE – Members of the Maryland National Guard bid farewell to their outgoing senior enlisted leader and welcomed her replacement in a formal change of responsibility ceremony and celebrated the retirement of the outgoing top enlisted adviser. U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Sims officially assumed the role of the MDNG Command Senior Enlisted Leader from U.S. ...

By Shannon Bauer U.S. and Bosnia-Herzegovina military and civilian officials participate in a crisis communications workshop and tabletop exercise Sept. 26-28 in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina. The exercise was sponsored by the Civil-Military Emergency Preparedness program and included the participation of first responders from Bosnia-Herzegovina and subject matter experts from the United States. CMEP program events facilitate inter-ministerial and civil-military cooperation, enhance Armed ...