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MD HART to assist with Hurricane Dorian Recovery in North Carolina

MD HART to assist with Hurricane Dorian Recovery in North Carolina
Governor Larry Hogan today authorized sending a Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team (MD-HART) to North Carolina to assist in potential rescues from the effects of Hurricane Dorian.   The team, consisting of two UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters with four crew members from the Maryland Army National Guard and two divers from the Baltimore, Howard, and Montgomery County Fire Departments, will depart today ahead ...
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STEMs of the Future

STEMs of the Future
Expressions of amazement and intrigue showed across the faces of the YouthWorks STEM program participants as they experienced some of the STEM-related career fields in the Maryland National Guard. The MDNG recently supported the curriculum of Baltimore City’s STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program under YouthWorks. Each Wednesday throughout the month, the group of about 40 junior-high-school age YouthWorks participants ...
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Innovation Fitness – Soldiers Push Their Limits

Innovation Fitness - Soldiers Push Their Limits
Some soldiers physically push themselves, compete against who they were yesterday, and train above and beyond meeting the minimum requirements of an Army physical fitness test. As motivation to be physically active can vary, some Maryland Army National Guard soldiers conduct their regular exercise routines in innovative ways. Soldiers like Capt. Meghan Landymore, an ultra marathoner and member of the All ...
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Embracing change: MDNG hosts change of responsibility ceremony

Embracing change: MDNG hosts change of responsibility ceremony
The Maryland National Guard held a change of responsibility ceremony for Command Sgt. Maj. Perlisa Wilson, the organization’s first female senior enlisted leader, on Dec. 8, 2018, at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore. Maj. Gen. Linda L. Singh, the adjutant general of Maryland, presided over the ceremony which formally introduced ...
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Top MD military leader speaks to BiH youth

Top MD military leader speaks to BiH youth
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Linda Singh, the adjutant general of Maryland, spoke to a group of 60 young students from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during a U.S. Embassy sponsored American Corners event Nov. 28, 2018. The American Corners are small, American-style libraries created to increase understanding between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ...
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MD HART to the Search and Rescue

MD HART to the Search and Rescue
Two helicopter aquatic response teams are being deployed to Raleigh, North Carolina where they will report and begin search and rescue missions in affected areas. The two teams consist of two pilots, two crew chiefs, and two swift water rescue crew members.
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Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team Deploys for Hurricane Florence

Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team Deploys for Hurricane Florence
Twenty personnel with the Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team departed for North Carolina on Sept. 16, 2018, to assist with hurricane recovery efforts after being activated by the governor of Maryland on Sept. 12.
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SPP Partner Countries Compete in the 2018 Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge

SPP Partner Countries Compete in the 2018 Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge
Four days, over 90 miles, and the rapidly changing terrain, thick with the opposing force, is exactly what 29, four-person teams faced during this year’s Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge in Jõgevamaa, Estonia from July 30 to August 3, 2018. The teams, which ranged from Estonian members to members of NATO allied countries, had ...
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Estonia Becomes Newest Player in Cyber Defense

Estonia Becomes Newest Player in Cyber Defense
The Estonian Defence Forces held a ceremony August 1, 2018, officially activating their own, independent cyber command which created an organization within the EDF that is solely dedicated to cyber operations and information operations. “This puts them on the world stage as one of the few nations to actually have a military ...
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Maryland warrior returns home a hardened competitor

Maryland warrior returns home a hardened competitor
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. — Spc.. Gerald L. Villamar, 33 years old, from the Laurel, Maryland based  629th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion, placed third in the 2018 U.S. Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition from July 22 – 27, 2018. 
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