Governor Martin O’Malley today announced the appointment of Brig. Gen. Linda Singh as the next assistant adjutant general for the Maryland Army National Guard. Singh will replace Brig. Gen. Peter Hinz, who will retire from state service on Sept. 30, 2013.

Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Beyard will serve as the next Maryland Army National Guard Command Sergeant Major. He replaces Command Sgt. Maj. Leroy Hill, who will retire at the end of the month after a stellar career of nearly 30 years of service to the citizens of the United States and the state of Maryland. Command Sgt. Maj. Beyard currently ...

The Maryland National Guard celebrated the opening of the post-September 11th mobilization display in the Maryland Museum of Military History June 27, 2013, at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore.

BALTIMORE (June 25, 2013) – Firefighters of Baltimore’s Engine Company 45 will soon be able to break bread in a recently renovated kitchen, thanks to a training partnership with the Maryland Army National Guard’s 244th Engineer Company.

Due to the need for heightened security, military police with the Maryland National Guard conducted their annual training at Fort George G. Meade, Md., June 2-14 to provide support to their active duty counterparts.

The Maryland Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve committee hosted a Bosslift June 6, 2013, for 17 employers, who had the opportunity to visit members of the Guard during their annual training at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.

Maj. Gen. James A. Adkins, adjutant general of Maryland, announced the appointment of a new senior enlisted advisor for the Maryland National Guard on June 5, 2013.

A call comes in. A freight train has derailed in a neighborhood right outside Baltimore, it is on fire and black smoke can be seen for miles spreading across the city. More details are unknown at this point, but one thing is for sure, help is needed to control the blaze.

During April and May, leaders from the Maryland Army National Guard and the local community gathered on three separate occasions to break ground on construction projects that will significantly enhance the readiness of National Guard units in the La Plata, Dundalk and Westminster communities.

Maryland Guard members from around the state gathered to take part in games, performances and multicultural cuisine, celebrating diversity through the Maryland National Guard’s 8th Annual Unity Day, May 16, at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore.