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Security forces officer on track for continued success in Maryland Air Guard
By Staff Sgt. Rachel Underwood
Maryland Air National Guard Capt. Allison Fleming, 175th Wing Outstanding Airman of the Year for the company grade officer category, Maryland Air National Guard, receives a plaque at Martin State Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Maryland, Jan. 7, 2024. The annual event honors the outstanding achievements of the Maryland Air National Guard and names the ...
Read moreHonor Flight Arizona visits Maryland Museum of Military History
Article and Photos by Chazz Kibler
BALTIMORE – Vietnam and Korean veterans and their guardians with Honor Flight Arizona embarked on a journey to see the war memorials in Washington and capped off the trip with a visit to the Maryland Museum of Military History at the Fifth Regiment Armory, May 10, 2024.
Honor Flight, a national non-profit organization, dedicates itself to ...
Read moreMaryland Air Guard Participates in Desert Flag 2024
By Tech. Sgt. Mercedee Wilds, United States Air Forces Central
UNDISCLOSED LOCATION – U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles from the 335th Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina and U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 104th Fighter Squadron, assigned to the Maryland Air National Guard, and support personnel participated in Desert Flag 2024.
They joined ...
Read moreNational Guard Bureau’s Region Il Best Warrior Winners Announced
After four days of competition, Spc. Carter Cooper and Staff Sgt. Alexander Wilkinson-Johnson were named the National Guard Bureau’s Region Il Best Warriors for 2024 in the soldier of the year and non-commissioned officer categories during the closing ceremony at Aberdeen Proving Ground-Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland, on May 10, 2024.
Read moreMDARNG Supports RBWC with Warm Meals, Rapid Transport and More
Article by Staff Sgt. Chazz Kibler
BALTIMORE — For the first time in four years, the Maryland Army National Guard hosted competitors from five states and one district for the 2024 National Guard Bureau Region Two Best Warrior Competition, a four-day competition consisting of 18 events spanning from eastern Maryland to West Virginia from May 7 – 10, 2024.
Competitors represent a ...
Read moreMDARNG Supports Region II Best Warrior Competition with Warm Meals, Rapid Transport and More
Story by Staff Sgt. Chazz Kibler
BALTIMORE — For the first time in four years, the Maryland Army National Guard hosted competitors from five states and one district for the 2024 National Guard Bureau Region II Best Warrior Competition, a four-day competition consisting of 18 events spanning from eastern Maryland to West Virginia from May 7 – 10, 2024.
Competitors represent a ...
Read moreMaryland National Guard conducts historic promotion in Tunisia during African Lion 2024
Story by Dr. Julie Shively
BEN GHILOUF, Tunisia – When U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ana Camacho Tibaquira deployed to Tunisia for exercise African Lion 2024 (AL24) with the Maryland National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment (1-175th IN), she assumed that her promotion to captain would simply be a rank swap. U.S. Army Maj. Sean Gramm, battalion executive officer and ...
Read moreMaryland Air Guard cyber operators support DEFENDER 24 along with NATO counterparts
Story by Staff Sgt. Laura Virtue
TALLINN, Estonia – Cyber defenders from the Maryland Air National Guard partnered with Estonian Defense Forces Cyber Command and Poland Cyber Command to facilitate a multi-national cyber exercise based at operating locations in Tallinn, Estonia, and Warsaw, Poland, as part of the U.S. Army’s Exercise Defender 24, May 4-16, 2024.
More than 50 Airmen from the ...
Read more2024 Region II Best Warrior Competition Kicks Off
The 2024 National Guard Bureau Region II Best Warrior Competition kicked off today with 10 Soldiers and non-commissioned officers from Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C., all competing to become Region II’s next best warrior.
Read moreMaryland National Guard Participates in a Annual Homeland Defense and Disaster Response Exercise
By 1st Lt. Jasmine Mathews
FORT CARSON, Colo. – Over 45 Maryland National Guard soldiers provided public affairs and logistics support during Vibrant Response 24 at Fort Carson, Colorado, April 19 to May 3. VR is an annual U.S. Army North, U. S. Northern Command – directed Command Post exercise planned in coordination with the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland ...
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