Some soldiers physically push themselves, compete against who they were yesterday, and train above and beyond meeting the minimum requirements of an Army physical fitness test. As motivation to be physically active can vary, some Maryland Army National Guard soldiers conduct their regular exercise routines in innovative ways. Soldiers like Capt. Meghan Landymore, an ultra marathoner and member of the All ...

The Maryland National Guard held a change of responsibility ceremony for Command Sgt. Maj. Perlisa Wilson, the organization’s first female senior enlisted leader, on Dec. 8, 2018, at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore. Maj. Gen. Linda L. Singh, the adjutant general of Maryland, presided over the ceremony which formally introduced ...

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Linda Singh, the adjutant general of Maryland, spoke to a group of 60 young students from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during a U.S. Embassy sponsored American Corners event Nov. 28, 2018. The American Corners are small, American-style libraries created to increase understanding between Bosnia and Herzegovina and the ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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. 

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.

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 ...