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Air Supports M&T Bank Stadium Mass Vaccination Site
Governor Larry Hogan was present for the opening of the COVID-19 mass vaccination site at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, on Feb. 25, 2021, where 45 Maryland Air National Guard members were supporting operations. In addition to the sites at Six Flags in Bowie and the Baltimore Convention Center, Maryland residents will now be able to schedule appointments at ...
Read moreQuiet Professionals of Special Forces
“We’ve gone through a very extensive selection process with significant amounts of stress, sleep deprivation, and food deprivation,” said a weapons sergeant with B. Company, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Maryland Army National Guard based in Glen Arm, Maryland.
Read moreA Shot of Hope: MDNG Continues Vaccination Support at Six Flags
Maryland National Guard Soldiers a part of Task Force 291 continue to provide support at the Six Flags America COVID-19 mass vaccination site in Bowie, Maryland. The site was the state’s first mass vaccination site that began administrating vaccines on Feb. 3, 2021, and is administering 2,000 vaccines a day, by appointment.
Read moreU.S. KFOR Soldier leads unique military career
Article by U.S. Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Tawny Schmit, KFOR Regional Command East
CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo — Since Sgt. 1st Class Michael Raines joined the U.S. Army under the Active First program in 2009, he hasn’t visited his hometown in Maryland for more than two weeks at a time. The program allows Soldiers to serve on active duty before transitioning ...
Read moreGuard Helps at Allegany County Testing Site
The Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers are assisting local health departments with operating coronavirus testing sites in addition to Air and Army members supporting COVID-19 vaccination efforts with mobile vaccination support teams. The 1729th Maintenance Company, stationed in Havre de Grace, Maryland, is supporting the testing site in Allegany County.
Read moreMD Guard Supports First Mass Vaccination Site
Maryland Lt. Governor Boyd K. Rutherford and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, commander of the Maryland Army National Guard, visited one of the state’s first COVID-19 mass vaccination sites at Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland, on Feb. 6, 2021.
Read more58th EMIB Returns Home From Deployment
TOWSON, Md. – More than 130 Citizen-Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade and 629th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion, have returned home from a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan, in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
Read moreDefense Force Plays Important Role
As the Maryland National Guard Joint Staff works diligently to serve the state and combat the impacts of COVID-19, they are supported by members of the Maryland Defense Force. The Joint Staff serves as the Joint Force Headquarters for the MDNG. It’s also the Joint Staff’s job to assist the adjutant general of Maryland in exercising authority and direction over ...
Read moreSec. of Army visits MDNG Mobile Vaccination Support Team
The Honorable John E. Whitley, the acting Secretary of the Army, visited Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers supporting operations at a drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site located at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, Maryland. Whitley, raised in Western Maryland, discussed COVID-19 operations with Maryland National Guard senior leaders and Charles County officials before touring the vaccination facilities.
Read moreMDNG Soldiers and U.S. Capitol Police Unite for Security Mission
The Maryland Army National Guard’s 115th Military Police Battalion provided area security and participated in joint training with the United States Capitol Police on Jan. 27-28, 2021, in Washington, D.C. This interagency collaboration comes in the final days of the security mission in support of the inauguration of President Joe Biden.
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