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Maryland National Guard Participates in a Annual Homeland Defense and Disaster Response Exercise
By 1st Lt. Jasmine Mathews
FORT CARSON, Colo. – Over 45 Maryland National Guard soldiers provided public affairs and logistics support during Vibrant Response 24 at Fort Carson, Colorado, April 19 to May 3. VR is an annual U.S. Army North, U. S. Northern Command – directed Command Post exercise planned in coordination with the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland ...
Read moreMaryland National Guard and University of Maryland Eastern Shore establish Educational Partnership
PRINCESS ANNE, Md — The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) and the Maryland Army National Guard (MDARNG) entered into an official educational partnership on Wednesday, May 1st, 2024.
The partnership centers on an educational mentorship partnership program with UMES’s Department of Engineering and Aviation Sciences. Both organizations will benefit from enhanced collaboration in the world of aviation and furthering ...
Read moreUniversity of Maryland Global Campus celebrates graduates, 75 years in Europe at Ramstein commencement

Story by Jennifer H. Svan
Army National Guard Spc. Jennifer Egbe is the first soldier deployed to Powidz Air Base in Poland to attend University of Maryland Global Campus Europe graduation ceremonies. The school held its spring commencement on Saturday, April 27, 2024, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Egbe, who earned a bachelor’s in communications, drove to Germany from Poland for ...
Read more2024 Maryland National Guard Best Warrior Competition

By Maj. Erica Mitchell, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
BALTIMORE – After five days of competition, three Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers were named 2024’s Best Warriors in the officer, non-commissioned officer and soldier of the year categories during the Maryland National Guard Best Warrior Competition closing ceremony at the Fifth Regiment Armory.
Spc. Jordan Foster and Staff Sgt. Alexander Wilkinson-Johnson, both ...
Read moreA ‘Hello Girl’ recognized

By Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Heft
This past week the Maryland National Guard Honor Guard provided burial honors for a reinternment of one of the nation’s earliest female veterans. A member of a unit known as the “Hello Girls” Marie Edmee LeRoux was a trailblazing female pioneer in the U.S. Army in World War I. Nearly 105 years after she left ...
Read moreMaryland National Guard responds to brush fire at Loch Raven Reservoir

GLEN ARM, Md. (April 24, 2024) – A Maryland Army National Guard helicopter supporting aerial firefighting operations helped suppress an approximately six-acre brush fire in Baltimore County within the Loch Raven watershed.
Civil authorities requested support from the Maryland National Guard and the 29th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade on Tuesday evening after the 2-alarm fire. One UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with ...
Read morePresident Biden lands at Martin State Air National Guard Base

Story by Senior Airman Alexandra Huettner
MARTIN STATE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Md. — MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – President Joseph R. Biden landed at Martin State Air National Guard Base, April 5, 2024, before heading to Baltimore with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore to assess the damage from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.
175th Wing Airmen supported many facets of the ...
Read moreMaryland Air Guardsman Wins Innovation Award

By Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers, 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard
Maryland Air National Guard Capt. Kerry Guy, 175th Wing contracting officer, poses for a photograph at Warfield Air National Guard Base, April 17, 2024, in Middle River, Maryland. Guy is also the officer in charge of the 175th Wing Spark Cell, which was established in January 2022 and boasts over ...
Read moreMaryland National Guard Announces 2024 Best Warriors

By Staff Sgt. Elise Moore
BALTIMORE – After five days of competition, three Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers were named 2024’s Best Warriors in the officer, non-commissioned officer, and soldier of the year categories during the Best Warrior Competition closing ceremony at the Fifth Regiment Armory, April 12, 2024.
Spc. Jordan Foster and Staff Sgt. Alexander Wilkinson-Johnson, both from the 29th Expeditionary ...
Read moreMaryland National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition Kicks Off

The 2024 Maryland National Guard Best Warrior Competition kicked off today with nine competitors on a mission to become the state’s next best warrior. The Best Warrior Competition test Soldiers’ ability to complete military tasks in a competitive environment.
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