Story by Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard participated in Cyber Fortress 3.0, a training exercise designed to test the local, state, and federal response to potential cyberattacks against critical infrastructure at the Virginia Army National Guard’s State Military Reservation, July 7-20, 2024. The exercise, hosted by the Virginia National Guard in collaboration ...

Santos was not always Sgt. 1st Class Santos. Before the military, he was living out his days as a troubled youth in the streets of Baltimore, where he eventually found himself facing the wrath of a judge.

Story by Spc. Sherald McAulay D.C. Guardsmen direct traffic at designated traffic points during the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington on July 10th. Guardmen assisted the Metro Police Department in conducting 24 hour surveillance at designated traffic points during the 2024 NATO summit. During this quick rain shower soldiers working during the day swap with night guards. (U.S Army photo ...

Approximately 50 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from six states participated in the Adriatic Regional Security Cyber Cooperation exercise with their armed forces partners from seven nations at the Slovenian Armed Forces Baron Andrej Čehovin barracks, June 24 – July 5, 2024.

By Master Sgt. Chris Schepers MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — Approximately 300 members of the Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing deployed to the United States Central Command area of operations for an approximately 100-day deployment at multiple locations supporting three separate and ongoing operations: Inherent Resolve, Spartan Shield, and Poseidon Archer. The maintenance Airmen, pilots, and staff operated as the 104th Expeditionary ...

Article and Photos by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright LAUREL, Md. — Cadets embraced the importance of teamwork and competition during the Battle of the Beltway at the Capital Guardian Youth ChalleNGe Academy in Laurel, Maryland, on June 18, 2024. Teams representing the Maryland Freestate ChalleNGe Academy and the CGYCA competed in five activities for a title and bragging rights.“Nobody understands being a ...

By Capt. Dylan Bradford ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Maryland Army National Guard Col. Craig M. Hunter, the adjutant general’s special assistant for strategic initiatives, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony held at the Top of the Bay restaurant, June 15, 2024.   Brig. Gen. Hunter recently transitioned from the District of Columbia Army National Guard to be ...

By: Capt. Michael Fedner VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Maryland Army National Guard’s Cyber Protection Team 169 conducted a validation exercise or “VALEX” for four CPTs from the Air National Guard and the Army National Guard concurrently during Cyber Shield 2024 at the Virginia State National Guard Reservation from May 31 to June 15, 2024. Cyber Shield is an annual National Guard ...

By 2nd Lt Enjoli Saunders EDGEWOOD, Md. – The Maryland Army National Guard held a civic leader engagement event to enhance awareness and understanding of those leaders about the career opportunities, benefits, and mission of the National Guard at Aberdeen Proving Ground – South, June 12, 2024. The event, hosted at Weide Army Heliport, included a tour of the aviation facility and ...

Story by 2nd Lt Enjoli Saunders REISTERSTOWN, Md. (June 1, 2024) – The Maryland National Guard held their Fallen Warrior Memorial ceremony with a wreath-laying today at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation to honor the Maryland Army National Soldiers who have died during the Global War on Terrorism.U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, the adjutant general of Maryland, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. ...