By Maj. Benjamin Hughes BALTIMORE — The Maryland Military Department hosted its annual Employee Appreciation Luncheon on November 21, 2025, at the Patapsco Arena, where civilian employees were recognized for their dedication and support of the Maryland National Guard mission. Senior leaders from the Maryland National Guard joined Maj. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, adjutant general for Maryland, to honor state employees whose ...

by Maj. Benjamin Hughes ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — About 120 Maryland Army National Guard soldiers assigned to the 1729th Support Maintenance Company gathered at the Mallette Training Facility, October 20, 2025, for a farewell ceremony ahead of their deployment to support federal operations along the southern U.S. border. Maj. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, the adjutant general for Maryland, hosted the ceremony ...

By Maj. Benjamin Hughes FREDERICK, Md. — Command Sgt. Maj. Ernest E. “Trip” Wright spent nearly four decades serving in the Maryland Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Special Operations community. He retired as the senior enlisted leader for the Special Operations Detachment – NATO during a ceremony on October 19, 2025, at Tenth Ward Distillery Whiskey Hall, closing ...

By Capt Dylan Bradford FORT BELVOIR, Va. – Maryland Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Jared D. Lake succeeded Virginia Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Dale L. Murray as the 29th Infantry Division Assistant Division Commander for Support. Lake was promoted to brigadier general effective Aug. 5, 2025. Murray began serving as the 29th ID’s Assistant Division Commander for Operations effective Aug. ...

By Senior Master Sgt. Chris Schepers WARFIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE AT MARTIN STATE AIRPORT, Md. — The Maryland Air National Guard held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the newly constructed indoor small-arms training range at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, September 23, 2025. The $9.2 million project consists of 14 shooting lanes in the 11,560 square foot ...

Story by Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover PÄRNU, Estonia – The Maryland National Guard and the Estonian Defense League (EDL) conducted a joint exchange focused on best practices in a variety of expeditionary skills, September 24-29, 2025. Following an initial visit by eight members of the 175th Logistics Readiness Squadron in early September of 2024, more than 25 Maryland Airmen and Soldiers from ...

By Maj. Benjamin Hughes MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — The Maryland Air National Guard hosted an inactivation ceremony for the A-10C Thunderbolt II flying mission at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, September 23, 2025, before the final two aircraft departed as part of the U.S. Air Force divestment. Governor Wes Moore, Maj. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead, adjutant ...

By Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — The Maryland National Guard partnered with Estonia’s Cyber Command to host Baltic Blitz 25, a cybersecurity exchange event, at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, Sept. 22-26, 2025. About 20 Airmen from the 175th Cyberspace Operations Group, two Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers from the Cyber Protection Team ...

By Maj. (MD) Stephen RiceThe Maryland Defense Force 231st Troop Command’s Charlie Company established and operated an advance base camp and tactical operations center on the remote islet of Long Point on the Chesapeake Bay for three days, on July 11, 2025.  Long Point is connected to Janes Island via a sandbar and is located within the Janes Island State ...

By Dr. Julie Shively BALTIMORE—The Society of the War of 1812 celebrated its 200th anniversary of the Battle Monument in Baltimore on Sept. 13, 2025. This monument commemorates all the fallen soldiers and sailors in the Battle of Baltimore, fought on 12 and 13 September 1814, during the War of 1812. Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Baltimore mayor, Marie Frías Sauter, superintendent of ...