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Security forces officer on track for continued success in Maryland Air Guard

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 ...
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Honor 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 ...
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Maryland Air Guard Participates in Desert Flag 2024

Maryland 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 ...
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National Guard Bureau’s Region Il Best Warrior Winners Announced

National 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.
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MDARNG Supports RBWC with Warm Meals, Rapid Transport and More

MDARNG 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 ...
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MDARNG Supports Region II Best Warrior Competition with Warm Meals, Rapid Transport and More

MDARNG 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 ...
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Maryland National Guard conducts historic promotion in Tunisia during African Lion 2024

Maryland 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 ...
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Maryland Air Guard cyber operators support DEFENDER 24 along with NATO counterparts

Maryland 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 ...
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2024 Region II Best Warrior Competition Kicks Off 

2024 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.
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Maryland 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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