by 1st. Lt. Dylan Bradford PHOENIX, Ariz. – A Maryland Army National Guard Soldier was recognized for his actions while attending training at the Western Army Aviation Training Site (WAATS) in Red Rock, Arizona. Staff Sgt. Charles Brauning, assigned to A Company, 1st Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment of the 29th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, was awarded an Army Achievement Medal by WAATS ...

By Alabama National Guard Public Affairs MONTGOMERY, Ala. – In a cooperative ceremony Thursday, Alabama Army National Guard Col. Wesley “Dale” Murray was simultaneously promoted to the rank of Brigadier General and reassigned to a command position in Maryland. The Adjutant General (TAG) for the Alabama National Guard (ALNG), Maj. Gen. Sheryl E. Gordon, hosted the ceremony at the ALNG Joint Force ...

By 1st Lt. Dylan Bradford LAUREL, Md. – The Maryland Army National Guard’s 169th Cyber Protection Team (CPT) hosted a team-building cyber event for members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH), at the Pvt. Henry Costin Readiness Center in Laurel, Maryland, July 10-14, 2023. The 169th CPT, a team of full-time cyber professionals established in 2017, gives the Maryland ...

By Master Sgt. Chris Schepers AMARI AIR BASE, Estonia — For the past two years, staff augmentation teams – commonly referred to as S-teams – from the 235th Civil Engineer Flight along with the Air Force Civil Engineer Center and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have been assisting United States Air Forces in Europe with projects aimed at building Estonian ...

By Master Sgt. Chris Schepers Maryland Air National Guard Col. Amy P. Kremser, director of the Maryland National Guard Joint Staff, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony hosted by Maryland Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, adjutant general for Maryland, July 8, 2023 in Annapolis, Maryland. “The dedication to people and mission and the leadership that ...

By 1st Lt. Dylan Bradford HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. – More than 50 cadets of Class 60 of the Maryland National Guard Freestate ChalleNGe Academy graduated from the nearly six-month program at Havre de Grace High School, June 29, 2023. The program is designed to provide at-risk youth with academic, job, and life skills training with emphasis on positive values in a ...

Story by Staff Sgt. Laura Weaver MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – More than 100 Airmen assigned to the 175th Wing, Maryland National Guard, returned home to Martin State Air National Guard Base this weekend after supporting the German-led exercise Air Defender 2023 (AD23), the largest Air Force deployment exercise since NATO was founded. The multinational exercise, involving more than 10,000 military personnel, 250 ...

By Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers TALLINN, Estonia – Maryland Air National Guard cyber professionals and their Estonian partners are building an information-sharing platform to defend against cyber threats. Airmen from the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the Estonian Defense Forces, and Cybernetica, an Estonian cyber company, are collaborating to produce the platform. Project Vormsi will enable information ...

By Senior Airman Rachel Underwood BALTIMORE – The commander of the Maryland National Guard made her first visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and Estonia since taking command to celebrate the important anniversaries of the partnerships and plan for the future of the mutually beneficial relationships, June 18-23, 2023. During the visit, Maryland Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, adjutant ...

Story by Staff Sgt. Laura Weaver AMARI AIR BASE, Estonia – More than 100 Airmen from the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, recently completed an agile combat employment (ACE) movement in Estonia as a forward operating location of exercise Air Defender 2023 (AD23). Exercise AD23 is German-led, multinational NATO exercise with a total of 235 aircraft from 25 nations and over ...