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Maryland National Guard celebrates diversity through Unity Day

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.
Read moreAndersons Named Maryland’s Best Warriors

The Maryland Army National Guard completed its 2013 Best Warrior Competition at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation April 21, 2013, to determine the year’s best Soldier and noncommissioned officer. Sgt. Delvon Anderson was named the Noncommissioned Officer of the Year and Spc. Robert Anderson was named the Soldier of the Year. Although the two share the same last name, they are ...
Read moreGuard members help Edgewood math students calculate paths to success

Area high school math students applied their recently learned skills today while getting a taste of military life courtesy of Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers from the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade and the 1st Battalion, 175th ...
Read moreMaryland Guardsmen march against hunger

Nearly 500 service members, civilian first responders and community members gathered for the first Norwegian Challenge: Maryland Army National Guard’s March Against Hunger, in La Plata, Md., today.
Read moreMaryland lieutenant colonel helps save Soldier after jump mishap

What began as a routine training jump from the back of a C-27J aircraft, quickly became a matter of life or death for one soldier. As he hung by the neck, unable to release himself from the harness, the response of his fellow Soldiers was crucial, and in this case, life-saving.
Read moreChaplains unite, present Order of Chaplain Award

Chaplains and assistants from the Maryland Army National Guard, Maryland Air National Guard and Maryland Defense Force met for a 3-day conference and annual training at the Weinberg Center on Camp Fretterd Military Reservation, Md., Feb. 25-27.
Read moreTroopers take to the tropics

Maryland Army National Guard soldiers from the 1st Squadron, 158th Cavalry Regiment, recently showed how quickly and efficiently they can project their capabilities during a weekend training mission to Puerto Rico.
Read moreEngineers Certify on Robot

Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard’s 253rd Engineer Company (Sapper) in La Plata, Md., spent their drill weekend training with a Mobile Training Team to become certified robot operators. The Jan. 12-13 drill weekend also included breeching doors, Modern Army Combatives and weapons familiarity.
Read moreMaryland Army National Guard dedicates newly expanded aviation facility to fallen Soldier

The Maryland Army National Guard dedicated a newly expanded aviation facility, Dec. 13, to a highly decorated aviator, who was killed during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Read moreRemembering Pearl Harbor

A Pearl Harbor Memorial Ceremony took place on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Taney in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor Dec. 7. The Taney is the last remaining vessel afloat that survived the attack on Pearl Harbor 71 years ago.
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