Story by Maj. Michael Fedner BALTIMORE – The Maryland Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition has crowned this year’s Best Soldier and NCO. The competition concluded with Staff Sgt. Nicholas Casagrande and Spc. Matthew Zrebeic named Best Warrior in the NCO and Soldier categories, respectively, during the closing ceremony held in Reisterstown, Maryland, April 12, 2026. Although Casagrande, a combat engineer assigned ...

by Maj. Michael Fedner BALTIMORE – The Maryland Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition has crowned this year’s Best Soldier and NCO. The competition concluded with Staff Sgt. Nicholas Casagrande and Spc. Matthew Zrebeic named Best Warrior in the NCO and Soldier categories, respectively, during the closing ceremony held in Reisterstown, Maryland, April 12, 2026. Although Casagrande, a combat engineer assigned to ...

by Senior Airman Sarah Hoover   EDGEWOOD, Md. — Maryland Army National Guard soldiers conducted medical evacuation training with two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters assigned to the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, collaborating with local police K-9 units at Lauderick Creek Military Reservation, April 1, 2026.   The event involved a total of 30 participants, including Guard members from Company C, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation ...

Story by C.J. Lovelace GAITHERSBURG, Md. – For the nation’s citizen-Soldiers, readiness can be a constant challenge. Unlike their active-duty counterparts, Army National Guard units operate on a part-time basis, making it difficult to keep pace with the intensive maintenance requirements of complex, life-saving medical equipment. It’s a critical gap that experienced technicians from U.S. Army Medical Logistics Command are uniquely positioned to ...

Story by Senior Airman Sarah Hoover MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – Maryland Air National Guard Col. Joed Carbonell-López, commander of the 175th Wing, was promoted to brigadier general during a ceremony at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, March 22, 2026. Maryland Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, adjutant general for Maryland, hosted the promotion ceremony and recognized Carbonell-López’s family ...

by Maj. Benjamin Hughes COLUMBIA, Md. – More than 200 cybersecurity and critical infrastructure experts gathered at the Technology Advancement Center in Howard County for the second state-led critical infrastructure cyber workshop focused on the energy sector, March 18–20, 2026. The workshop brought together representatives from the Department of War, state and federal agencies, international partners from Estonia, energy providers, critical infrastructure ...

Story by Kris Patterson JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. – The quiet of the New Jersey pine barrens erupted with the thunderous roar of mortar blasts as infantrymen from Maryland’s Army National Guard unleashed a fierce display of fire power at the training grounds of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, March 13-17, 2026. Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment conducted a rigorous field training ...

By Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — The Air National Guard recently announced that the recruiting and retention team of the Maryland Air National Guard ranked third amongst all Air National Guard recruiting teams for total accessions for the time period of October 25, 2025, through January 31, 2026. In total, the team added 61 new Airmen to the ...

By Maj. Benjamin Hughes CROWNSVILLE, Md. — The Maryland National Guard hosted federal, state, local, and industry leaders for a critical infrastructure inter-agency meeting designed to build collaboration between agencies and enhance resilience across the state’s energy sector at the Maryland Department of Information Technology in Anne Arundel County, March 9, 2026. Governor Wes Moore kicked off the meeting, which brought together ...

by Maj. Benjamin Hughes TOWSON, Md. – Maryland Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Jared D. Lake, 29th Infantry Division Deputy Commanding General-Support, hosted the casing of the colors ceremony for Bravo Company (Intelligence and Sustainment) and Charlie Company (Signal) and the uncasing of the colors ceremony for Alpha Company (Signal, Intelligence, and Sustainment) at the Harry C. Ruhl Armory, March 8, ...