By Master Sgt. Chris Schepers MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — The Maryland National Guard hosted more than 30 public officials, academics and security analysts from NATO member states and aspirant countries via the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program at Martin State Air National Guard Base on Oct. 25. The group visited Washington D.C. and surrounding areas, Norfolk and Colorado Springs, ...

Story by Capt. Mary Lyons SEVERN, Md. – Maryland National Guard cyber operators spent two weeks assisting Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) enhance their cybersecurity posture at the Center of Applied Technology – North facility October 14-25, 2024, through the Department of Defense’s Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) Program. Soldiers from the Cyber Protection Team (CPT) 169 and Airmen from the 275th ...

Maryland Army National Guard members soldiers to the the 29th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, unload baby supplies from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Pisgah High School in Canton, North Carolina during Hurricane Helene relief efforts, October 5, 2024. The team traveled to a variety of locations across Western North Carolina to drop supplies to towns in need after the ...

By MaryTherese Griffin FALLS CHURCH, Va.- Sgt 1st Class Adrienne Toliver is proud to have served 34 years in the Maryland National Guard. “I signed up during my last year of high school. My situation was unique; I had a civilian career and a military career. I started as a traditional Guardsman. In the civilian world, I work at the Defense ...

By Sgt. Danyelle Lanford JÕHVI, Estonia – Twelve Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, supported the Estonian Defense League (EDL) during Exercise Ussisonad 24, a squad live-fire exercise held Sept. 7-8, 2024, at the Sirgala Training Area near the Russian border. This mutually beneficial training event was part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program, ...

By A1C Sarah Hoover MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard hosted a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response exercise with regional partners at two Maryland National Guard training locations, September 24-28, 2024. The Region 3 Battlefield Experience Learning (R3BEL) deployment for training exercise, a local training event that enhanced emergency readiness and response within a simulated deployed ...

By Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers, 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – Four Maryland Air National Guard Airmen selected for the first U.S. Air Force Warrant Officer Training Class in over 60 years started the initial cohort in October at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The 175th Cyberspace Operations Group Airmen are part of the 78 Airmen from active ...

Story by Capt. Michael Fedner LAUREL, Md. – Maryland Army National Guard’s Cyber Protection Team (CPT) 169 partnered with their counterparts from the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) for a cyber knowledge exchange at the Pvt. Henry Costin Readiness Center, September 16-20, 2024. Six members, comprised of soldiers and civilians, from the AFBiH Cyber Operations Center (formerly known as the ...

Staff Sgt. Laura Virtue PARNU, Estonia — Eight Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard partnered with members from the Estonian Defense League (EDL) to conduct Operation Baltic Rhino, a convoy operations training exercise, 13-15 September, at the Eametsa military base in Parnu, Estonia. Airmen assigned to the 175th Logistics Readiness Squadron facilitated the exercise as an opportunity to exchange knowledge and ...

Story by Sgt. Danyelle Lanford JÕHVI, Estonia – Twelve Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, supported the Estonian Defense League (EDL) during Exercise Ussisonad 24, a squad live-fire exercise held Sept. 7-8, 2024, at the Sirgala Training Area near the Russian border. This mutually beneficial training event was part of the National Guard’s State Partnership ...