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Maryland National Guard Trains Estonian Air Force Pilots for Deployment
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Pilots with the Estonian Air Force have been training with the Maryland Army National Guard, learning to fly rotary wing aircraft and preparing for deployment with the unit.
Read moreMD-HART conducts Operation: Real Deal
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More than 50 members from the Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team conducted an all hazard helicopter and swift water rescue operation on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at several locations in Baltimore County.
Read moreMd. Operation: Military Kids brings children of service members together
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The Maryland Operation: Military Kids hosted its annual summer get-away camp for children with military parents at the Western Maryland 4-H Education Center in Swanton, Md., July 22-28.
Read moreMaryland Defense Force supports Operation: Safekeeping
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The Maryland Defense Force answered the call for help from the Maryland Emergency Management Agency to conduct health and welfare checks on residents in Baltimore, July 7, for those who were affected by the heat wave and power outages during the first week of July.
Read moreSailabration, Baltimore: War of 1812 Bicentennial
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For more than 30 years following the American Revolution, the nations of western Europe treated the U.S. like an annoying younger sibling. Though Great Britain and much of the continent were embroiled in the prolonged Napoleonic Wars, some (like Great Britain) still found time to harass the upstart across the Atlantic. British ships continually interfered with American trade vessels, and ...
Read moreMDDF Chaplain Awarded the Order of Chaplain O’Grady Award
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A Maryland Defense Force chaplain was presented with The Order of Chaplain (Capt.) Eugene P. O’Grady Award during a ceremony at the Chaplain Eugene P. O’Grady Chapel on Camp Fretterd Military Reservation near Reisterstown, Md., Feb. 29.
Read moreFitness Center renamed in honor of Fallen Warrior
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The Maryland National Guard dedicated the Fitness Center on Camp Fretterd Military Reservation to Maj. Robert J. Marchanti II on Sept. 6, 2014. Marchanti was killed in action in Kabul, Afghanistan while supporting Operation Enduring Freedom on Feb. 25, 2012.
Read moreMDNG Members Jump in Honor of Fallen Soldier
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Soldiers from the Maryland National Guard conducted a non-tactical jump from a C-27J aircraft Feb. 4, in Little Orleans, Md., to honor a fallen Maryland National Guard member.
Read moreMaryland ANG Ready to Assist in Major Disaster
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The Maryland Air National Guard recently received and trained on new equipment that allows them to be more prepared to assist local communities in the event of a natural or man-made disaster at home.
Read moreMaryland Army National Guard Brigade to Begin Mission in Kuwait
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The 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, known as Task Force Normandy, has a new mission in Kuwait only days after the end of the war in Iraq.
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