Story by Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard participated in Cyber Fortress 3.0, a training exercise designed to test the local, state, and federal response to potential cyberattacks against critical infrastructure at the Virginia Army National Guard’s State Military Reservation, July 7-20, 2024. The exercise, hosted by the Virginia National Guard in collaboration ...

Story by Sgt. Danyelle Lanford JÕHVI, Estonia – Twelve Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, supported the Estonian Defense League (EDL) during Exercise Ussisonad 24, a squad live-fire exercise held Sept. 7-8, 2024, at the Sirgala Training Area near the Russian border. This mutually beneficial training event was part of the National Guard’s State Partnership ...

By Maj. India Hunter CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – The 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group transferred authority to the 1100th TASMG in a transfer of authority ceremony, Aug. 14, 2024. The 1108th TASMG’s mission is critical to providing theater-level maintenance support to aviation units in the United States Central Command area of responsibility, ensuring that the current fleet of military aircraft remain ...

By. Dr. Julie Shively BALTIMORE—The Maryland Army National Guard’s 20th Special Forces Group Augmentation Detachment gained some insight into the history of the Maryland National Guard when they participated in the Battle of Baltimore staff ride on August 10, 2024. The staff ride, which given by Dr. Julie Shively, the Maryland National Guard, command historian and Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Heft, historian ...

by Maj. Benjamin Hughes REISTERSTOWN, Md. – The Maryland National Guard hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the re-opening of a turf field and gym at the Camp Fretterd Military Reservation after approximately $3.2 million in upgrades on August 9, 2024. The construction of the $2 million CFMR Athletic Field was 100% federally funded and the project included the installation of a ...

A Black militia member who served the state of Maryland during the War of 1812, was recognized and honored with a headstone befitting his service to his state and country at St. John’s Cemetery along East Street, July 27, 2024.

Santos was not always Sgt. 1st Class Santos. Before the military, he was living out his days as a troubled youth in the streets of Baltimore, where he eventually found himself facing the wrath of a judge.

Story by Spc. Sherald McAulay D.C. Guardsmen direct traffic at designated traffic points during the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington on July 10th. Guardmen assisted the Metro Police Department in conducting 24 hour surveillance at designated traffic points during the 2024 NATO summit. During this quick rain shower soldiers working during the day swap with night guards. (U.S Army photo ...

Approximately 50 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from six states participated in the Adriatic Regional Security Cyber Cooperation exercise with their armed forces partners from seven nations at the Slovenian Armed Forces Baron Andrej Čehovin barracks, June 24 – July 5, 2024.

Article and Photos by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright LAUREL, Md. — Cadets embraced the importance of teamwork and competition during the Battle of the Beltway at the Capital Guardian Youth ChalleNGe Academy in Laurel, Maryland, on June 18, 2024. Teams representing the Maryland Freestate ChalleNGe Academy and the CGYCA competed in five activities for a title and bragging rights.“Nobody understands being a ...