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MD HART to the Search and Rescue
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Two helicopter aquatic response teams are being deployed to Raleigh, North Carolina where they will report and begin search and rescue missions in affected areas. The two teams consist of two pilots, two crew chiefs, and two swift water rescue crew members.
Read moreHelicopter Aquatic Rescue Team Deploys for Hurricane Florence
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Twenty personnel with the Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team departed for North Carolina on Sept. 16, 2018, to assist with hurricane recovery efforts after being activated by the governor of Maryland on Sept. 12.
Read moreSPP Partner Countries Compete in the 2018 Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge
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Four days, over 90 miles, and the rapidly changing terrain, thick with the opposing force, is exactly what 29, four-person teams faced during this year’s Admiral Pitka Recon Challenge in Jõgevamaa, Estonia from July 30 to August 3, 2018.
The teams, which ranged from Estonian members to members of NATO allied countries, had ...
Read moreEstonia Becomes Newest Player in Cyber Defense
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The Estonian Defence Forces held a ceremony August 1, 2018, officially activating their own, independent cyber command which created an organization within the EDF that is solely dedicated to cyber operations and information operations.
“This puts them on the world stage as one of the few nations to actually have a military ...
Read moreMaryland warrior returns home a hardened competitor
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FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. — Spc.. Gerald L. Villamar, 33 years old, from the Laurel, Maryland based 629th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion, placed third in the 2018 U.S. Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition from July 22 – 27, 2018.
Read moreSaving Lives through Tactical Combat Casualty Care
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The U.S. and NATO service members assigned to Hamid Karzai International Airport’s Role 2 hospital, a NATO hospital, recently spent their spare time training Force Protection service members in the art of Tactical Combat Casualty Care.
Read moreArmy embraces change — welcomes new command
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The Maryland Army National Guard hosted the change of command and change of responsibility ceremony at the historic 5th Regiment Armory in Baltimore, Maryland on June 2, 2018. Col. Janeen L. Birckhead assumed command of the Maryland Army National Guard from Brig. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen. Command Sgt. Maj. James M. Nugent assumed responsibility as the senior enlisted leader of ...
Read moreMD Intelligence Battalion gains invaluable experience supporting U.S. Army Europe
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Thirty Maryland National Guard soldiers from the 629th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion recently supported U.S. Army Europe’s intel operations during Joint Warfighting Assessment 18.1, an exercise that tested readiness, interoperability, and future force development at Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, Germany.
Focused primarily on the military intel mission of the exercise, ...
Read moreMaryland National Guard trains with Estonian defense forces, celebrates 25 years of partnership
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Maryland National Guard soldiers and airmen supported the Estonian defense forces May 2 – 12 during Exercise Hedgehog 2018, the largest training exercise conducted in Estonia.
Focused on territorial defense, as well as special operations capabilities, the exercise brought together elements of the Estonian Defence League, Women’s Home Defence League, and ...
Read moreMaryland National Guard exercises Cyber Awareness with Estonian Defences
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TARTU, Estonia —The 175th Wing’s Cyber Operations Group from Warfield Air National Guard Base, Middle River, Maryland, supported the Estonian Defence League’s cyber defense unit May 2-12 during Exercise HEDGEHOG, also known as Siil 2018.
The Maryland and Estonian cyber warfare operators used the exercise as an opportunity to leverage their ...
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