In these times of need, the Maryland National Guard continues to support local efforts by establishing a COVID-19 testing site at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Construction on the site began on April 3, 2020, which is the first of its size in Baltimore City. The purpose of the site is to temporarily relieve local medical facilities in carrying ...

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, commander of the Maryland Army National Guard, hosted a change of command ceremony recognizing the efforts of outgoing commanders and welcoming the incoming commander for Task Force 291 and the 110th Information Operations Battalion at the Lt. Col. E. Leslie Medford Readiness Center in Annapolis, Maryland, on March 27, 2020. Retiring in May, Col. ...

Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers with the 1st Battalion, 224th Medical Company Area Support, take a mental health pause between response missions at the Oatland Stables in Gaithersburg, Maryland, on March 29, 2020, near the unit’s armory in Olney. Soldiers groomed and interacted with the stable’s therapy horses as a chance to unwind during state active duty in support of ...

BALTIMORE – Airmen from the Maryland National Guard working at a Strategic National Stockpile in Maryland have processed and distributed more than one million items during the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Up to 18 Airmen from the 175th Wing, based out of Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport in Middle River, Md., are sorting medical equipment ...

Ryan D. McCarthy, secretary of the Army, Lt. Gen. Daniel Hokanson, director of the Army National Guard, and Congressmen Anthony G. Brown joined Army Maj. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, adjutant general for Maryland, during a visit to Prince Georges County COVID-19 screening site located at FedEx Field Mar. 31. Brown, McCarthy and Hokanson visited the screening site to learn how the ...

Three graduates of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are currently serving as physicians in the Maryland Army National Guard. These doctors represent a front line in the critical battle with an invisible enemy – COVID-19.

As I write these words, the soldiers and airmen of the Maryland National Guard are on the front lines of our response to the coronavirus pandemic. They’re risking their health—and perhaps their lives—to fight an enemy they can’t see or hear, and against which the weapons they might ...

By U.S. Army Sgt. Elizabeth Scott, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office; U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers, 175th Wing Public Affairs  DUNDALK, Md. (March 19, 2020) — As the sun rises, the first few Maryland National Guard service members and Maryland Defense Force members begin trickling into the Dundalk Readiness Center. As they start their preparations, it appears to ...

By Michael Strasser, Fort Drum Garrison Public Affairs FORT DRUM, N.Y. — Soldiers from Maryland Army National Guard’s 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade were planning to train at Fort Drum this week in preparation for their deployment to the Central Command area of responsibility. Then, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic changed everything. Rather than Soldiers risking exposure to the virus or not being ...

One of the toughest tests of a warrior’s resolution and training is the Best Warrior Competition. The competition is a multi-day marathon of mental and physical trials, pushing these elite service members to their limits. This year’s competition is conducted at multiple locations throughout Maryland. The competition is open to junior enlisted, noncommissioned officers, and commissioned officers of the Maryland ...