Story by Sgt. Margaret Taylor, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Photos by Staff Sgt. Nancy Spicer, 29th Mobile Public Affairs DetachmentSoldiers from 2nd platoon, 244th Engineer Company, Maryland ...

Two Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers, Sgt. Maj. Merle L. Bragg Jr. with the 29th infantry division, and Sgt. Edward L. Carmean with the 290th Military Police Company, both senior police officers with the Berlin Police Department, were presented with the Life Saving Award on Aug. 11, 2014, at the Council Chambers – Berlin Town Hall in Berlin, Maryland.

The Maryland Army National Guard and the Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team conducts swift water rescue training with the Baltimore County Police and Fire Department on July 30, 2014, at Essex Skypark, Essex Md.

Just 15 minutes away from the historic 5th Regiment Armory in Baltimore, Maryland, is a struggling community. A community like many others in the city and nation. This Baltimore community is working towards revitalization and has a new partner, the Maryland National Guard.

The 1st Battalion, 70th Regiment (LDR) Regional Training Institute, Maryland Army National Guard, conducted its first phase III training of the Officer Candidate School (OCS) in Edgewood, Maryland, June 13-27, 2014.

Soldiers with C Co., 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment, Maryland Army National Guard, conducted a non-tactical jump from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter over Bitner Drop Zone in Little Orleans, Maryland, June 14.

The Maryland Army National Guard conducted its 2014 Best Warrior Competition at Camp Fretterd and Gunpowder Military Reservations – near Reisterstown and in Glen Arm, Md. – to determine this year’s best noncommissioned officer and Soldier, March 13-16.

Approximately 500 Service members of the Maryland National Guard and Defense Force, were activated for to help with severe winter weather operations throughout the state on Feb. 13, 2014.

The United States Army Air Forces, which became the U.S. Air Force in 1947, was home to the 332nd Fighter Group “Redtails” piloted by the Tuskegee Airmen. Until 1948 women were not to allowed to serve in the U.S. military.

On a cold, overcast weekend, the Maryland National Guard’s 231st Chemical Company and 175th Civil Engineering Fire and Emergency Services Flight conducted joint HAZMAT training at Warfield Air National Guard Base in Middle River, Md., on Feb. 8-9, 2014.