By Spc. Brianna Kearney, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment— The points are counted and Maryland’s Best Warriors are Spc. Christopher Hoffman, Staff Sgt. Andrew Cullum, and Capt. Alexi Franklin in the soldier, noncommissioned officer, and officer in their respective categories. Hoffman and Cullum will continue on to the Regional Best Warrior Competition and face off against other National Guard states. “I just ...

Five Maryland National Guard and three Bosnia and Herzegovina brigades sent their best soldiers to represent them in the 2016 Best Warrior Competition. Behind the units they represent, these soldiers strive for excellence because of their own personal reasons.

Maryland Army National Guard chaplains led a Strong Bonds event at the Hyatt Regency in Baltimore on Feb. 26-28.

The Maryland National Guard takes great pleasure in recognizing its citizen soldiers and airmen who stand out in their military and civilian careers. This quarter, the MDNG would like to highlight Senior Airman Robin L. Brown for her professionalism as a base service specialist with the Maryland Air National Guard. She also has a love for roller derby and is ...

Each year, soldiers from around the state convene for a common purpose, winning the Maryland National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition. This year, eight soldiers within the units of the 58th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade earned their way to compete for the brigade’s Best Warrior Competition held at Gunpowder Military Reservation on Feb. 20, 2016.

The 104th Area Support Medical Company, Maryland Army National Guard, and members of the 175th Medical Group, Maryland Air National Guard, conducted immediate care training on human cadavers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore on February 6, 2016.

During the height of winter storm Jonas, as inches upon inches of snow fell, soldiers across the state of Maryland were in place and ready to help out the communities and people endangered by the blizzard. Spc. Paul Pinder, of F Co., 128th Brigade Support Battalion, was activated and deployed with members of his unit to support the Maryland State ...

Maryland National Guard aviators participated in a stateside deployment in support of Operation Phalanx/River Watch II in Harlingen, Texas. The National Guard’s mission was to conduct aerial detection and monitoring to disrupt Transnational Criminal Organizations and Drug Trafficking Organizations in support of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The Maryland National Guard takes great pleasure in recognizing its citizen-soldiers and airmen who stand out in their military and civilian careers. This quarter, the MDNG would like to highlight Air Force Staff Sgt. Kevin A. Grant for his professionalism as an honor guard member with the Maryland National Guard and as a self-promoted hip-hop artist.

Senior noncommissioned officers are groomed and not made. There are years of service, professional military education, and lessons learned through life’s experiences in molding a soldier or airman to into top level NCOs. Many NCOs at the highest levels in the services understand the importance for NCOs to be adaptable and to thrive in joint environments. With more than a ...