Staff Sgt. Laura Virtue PARNU, Estonia — Eight Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard partnered with members from the Estonian Defense League (EDL) to conduct Operation Baltic Rhino, a convoy operations training exercise, 13-15 September, at the Eametsa military base in Parnu, Estonia. Airmen assigned to the 175th Logistics Readiness Squadron facilitated the exercise as an opportunity to exchange knowledge and ...

Story by Sgt. Danyelle Lanford JÕHVI, Estonia – Twelve Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, supported the Estonian Defense League (EDL) during Exercise Ussisonad 24, a squad live-fire exercise held Sept. 7-8, 2024, at the Sirgala Training Area near the Russian border. This mutually beneficial training event was part of the National Guard’s State Partnership ...

By Staff Sgt. Chazz Kibler The remains of PFC Lemuel Dent Jr., killed in WWII during the Italian campaign, wasreinterred with military honors at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery on Sept. 5, 2024.Dent, an African American, enlisted in the Army in 1942 in Pennsylvania and was assigned toCompany L, 3rd Battalion, 366th Infantry Regiment, 92nd Infantry Division, nicknamed the BuffaloSoldiers. At that time, the ...

By Capt. Dylan Bradford FORT GREELY, Alaska — Nearly 100 Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers from the 200th Military Police Company participated in Red Flag-Alaska, a premier joint air, naval, and ground force exercise from August 15-29, 2024, pushing their tactical skills and teamwork to the limit. This marked one of the largest training events for the 200th MP Co. in recent ...

By Maj. India Hunter CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – The 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group transferred authority to the 1100th TASMG in a transfer of authority ceremony, Aug. 14, 2024. The 1108th TASMG’s mission is critical to providing theater-level maintenance support to aviation units in the United States Central Command area of responsibility, ensuring that the current fleet of military aircraft remain ...

By. Dr. Julie Shively BALTIMORE—The Maryland Army National Guard’s 20th Special Forces Group Augmentation Detachment gained some insight into the history of the Maryland National Guard when they participated in the Battle of Baltimore staff ride on August 10, 2024. The staff ride, which given by Dr. Julie Shively, the Maryland National Guard, command historian and Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Heft, historian ...

by Maj. Benjamin Hughes REISTERSTOWN, Md. – The Maryland National Guard hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the re-opening of a turf field and gym at the Camp Fretterd Military Reservation after approximately $3.2 million in upgrades on August 9, 2024. The construction of the $2 million CFMR Athletic Field was 100% federally funded and the project included the installation of a ...

By Capt. Dylan Bradford BALTIMORE, Md. – A Maryland Army National Guard Soldier utilized his civilian training toadminister Narcan to an unresponsive man in downtown Baltimore on May 30, 2024, saving hislife. Spc. Ryan Marani, who is also a Baltimore City firefighter when not serving in the Maryland National Guard Counterdrug program, noticed a crowd gathered around an overdose victim on Federal ...

A Black militia member who served the state of Maryland during the War of 1812, was recognized and honored with a headstone befitting his service to his state and country at St. John’s Cemetery along East Street, July 27, 2024.

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 ...