By Capt. Benjamin Hughes, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office To protect the most vulnerable among us, the Maryland National Guard is proactively supporting the Maryland Department of Health in the state’s COVID-19 mitigation and suppression efforts with multi-discipline medical assistance teams to help safeguard the citizens at nursing homes facilities across the state. As directed by Governor Larry Hogan, the teams ...

By Sgt. James D. Nowell-Coleman, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment  ADELPHI, Md. (April 6, 2020) — As many in the country observe religious traditions this week, the Chaplain Corps is adjusting to the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. Army Chaplain (Maj.) Wayne Stinchcomb, 58th Troop Command brigade chaplain, is holding ...

By Staff Sgt. Enjoli Saunder, 175th Wing Public Affairs Members of the Maryland National Guard at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. continue to support the Prince George’s County Health Department and Office of Emergency Management efforts at the COVID-19 community screening and testing site. Setting up the temporary screening facility, which may be used as statewide model, involves many moving parts and ...

By Senior Airman Sarah M. McClanahan, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office MIDDLE RIVER, Md. (April 04, 2020) — The Maryland National Guard is assisting in protecting virtual communities through the development of a joint task force composed of Guardsmen and their cyber partners in the Maryland Defense Force and the Maryland Department of Information Technology.  The Maryland National Guard’s response to ...

In these times of need, the Maryland National Guard continues to support local efforts by establishing a COVID-19 testing site at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Construction on the site began on April 3, 2020, which is the first of its size in Baltimore City. The purpose of the site is to temporarily relieve local medical facilities in carrying ...

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, commander of the Maryland Army National Guard, hosted a change of command ceremony recognizing the efforts of outgoing commanders and welcoming the incoming commander for Task Force 291 and the 110th Information Operations Battalion at the Lt. Col. E. Leslie Medford Readiness Center in Annapolis, Maryland, on March 27, 2020. Retiring in May, Col. ...

Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 224th Medical Company Area Support, take a mental health pause between response missions at the Oatland Stables in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on March 29, 2020, near the unit’s armory in Olney. Soldiers groomed and interacted with the stable’s therapy horses as a chance to unwind during state active duty in support of ...

BALTIMORE – Airmen from the Maryland National Guard working at a Strategic National Stockpile in Maryland have processed and distributed more than one million items during the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Up to 18 Airmen from the 175th Wing, based out of Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport in Middle River, Md., are sorting medical equipment ...

Ryan D. McCarthy, secretary of the Army, Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, director of the Army National Guard, and Congressmen Anthony G. Brown joined Army Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, adjutant general for Maryland, during a visit to Prince Georges County COVID-19 screening site located at FedEx Field Mar. 31. Brown, McCarthy and Hokanson visited the screening site to learn how the ...

Three graduates of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are currently serving as physicians in the Maryland Army National Guard. These doctors represent a front line in the critical battle with an invisible enemy – COVID-19.