Story by Maj. Benjamin Hughes MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – The Maryland Air National Guard divested their first A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, March 26, 2025. The U.S. Air Force announced in March 2024 a plan for the Maryland Air National to divest all their A-10s this year and convert to a cyber wing. ...

                The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest military award for valor during wartime. Since its establishment in 1863, 67 Maryland-born Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines have earned that honor. While many Marylanders have heard the story of y Pvt. Henry Costin, the only Maryland Guardsman to earn the Medal of Honor in ...

MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – For the first time in its history, a Maryland Air National Guard Airman from the 175th Wing was selected as the Enlisted Field Advisory Council’s Region 2 Outstanding Airman of the Year in the noncommissioned officer category, February 24, 2025. Staff Sgt. Derek Herbert, an avionics test station and components technician assigned to the 175th Maintenance Squadron, ...

By Chazz Kibler Lt. Col. Vincent Reed poses for a photo holding his award. (Courtesy image) BALTIMORE—Maryland Army National Guard Lt. Col. Vincent Reed, a physician assistant assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-224th Aviation Security and Support Battalion, 29th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, received the Army Aviation Association of America (Quad A) Medicine Award at the Army Aviation Senior Leaders Conference ...

by Maj. Benjamin Hughes EDGEWOOD, Md. – Maryland Army National Guard soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, celebrated their return home from their federal deployment under the direction of U.S. Northern Command at Weide Army Heliport located at the Army Aviation Support Facility at Aberdeen Proving Ground – South, March 8, 2025. The 118 soldiers from Headquarters and ...

By Capt. Dylan Bradford ADELPHI, Md. – Maryland Army National Guard Col. Bradley Martsching, commander of the 58th Troop Command, was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony at the Adelphi Research Laboratory on March 7, 2025. Brig. Gen. Martsching led the 58th Troop Command, overseeing a diverse array of units and missions critical to the Maryland Army National ...

Story by Staff Sgt. Thomas Lamb HOKKAIDO, Japan – The 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment recently returned from Exercise North Wind 25, a bilateral cold-weather field training exercise designed to enhance the combat readiness and promote interoperability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Army in Northern Japan, January 31 – February 9, 2025 at Camp Makomanai, Japan. Unlike the nearly ...

By Vanessa Schell, Public Affairs Specialist, 1st Theater Sustainment Command Efforts to increase U.S. Army warfighter capability and repair efficiency in theater were strengthened with the recent inception of an aviation engine repair shop. Over a year ago, an aviation logistics officer with the 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Codi Walker, brought forth a plan for an expeditionary engine ...

Maryland Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Richard D. Hunt, commander of the 175th Wing, speaks to the many attendees during his promotion ceremony at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, February 28, 2025. Hunt was promoted to brigadier general surrounded by friends, family, and fellow Airmen. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover) Story ...

By Airmen 1st Class Sarah Hoover Maryland Air National Guard recruiting and retention team pose for a group photo during an offsite recruiting/retention training at Deep Creek Lake, McHenry, Maryland, September 27, 2025. The team conducted the training/offsite to celebrate the success of the Fiscal Year 2024 and prepare for the upcoming year. (Courtesy Photo) MIDDLE RIVER, Md. – Recruiters from the ...