PÄRNU, Estonia — U.S. Army soldiers from Task Force Iron and the Maryland National Guard, along with NATO allies, demonstrated solidarity with Estonia by participating in the Victory Day parade on June 23, 2025. A color guard team with soldiers from the 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, in support of Task Force Iron, and Guardsmen from the Maryland ...

By Chazz Kibler Maryland Military Department’s Benjamin Maynard, carpenter for the Installations Office’s Facilities Sustainment Team, poses for a photo inside the Reckord Lounge’s bar. BALTIMORE—The Maryland Military Department’s Installations Office’s Facilities Sustainment Team provided repairs to a damaged ceiling and updated the lighting to increase efficiency while conserving power at the Reckord Lounge in the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore. The ...

By Staff Sgt. Laura Virtue BUCHAREST, ROMANIA — As part of the DEFENDER 25 multinational exercise between the U.S. Army and NATO, cyber operators from the Maryland Air National Guard partnered with Romanian Cyber Command counterparts to conduct a cyber warfare exercise under the umbrella of Saber Guardian 25, June 9-24, 2025. Saber Guardian 25 was a key training exercise ...

Photos and Article by Chazz Kibler REISTERSTOWN, Md.—Members of the Maryland Military Department’s Maryland Museum of Military History facilitated the curation of items given by an anonymous donor to be displayed at the Montrose Mansion at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation in Reisterstown, Maryland, on June 6, 2025. Over 40 items varying in historical value were curated, ranging from furniture, dinnerware and ...

Story by Sgt. Vail Forbeck 109th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Soldiers with the Pennsylvania and Maryland National Guard joined civilian staff in a test of skill and speed at the 2025 2-Gun Steel Shoot here, June 14, 2025. Twenty competitors faced off in a high-tempo rifle and pistol match that emphasized precision, pressure and camaraderie. Designed as ...

https://youtu.be/4KkhNqbimEU?si=dnGloK5Fz2HSoy4I Article, photos and Video by U.S. Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover KNIN, Croatia – More than 100 Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers trained with the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) to support NATO’s large-scale exercise Immediate Response 25 at the Red Land Training Area in Croatia, May 27-June 10, 2025. The Maryland Army National Guardsmen from the ...

By Airman Austin Stern175th Wing FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. — In a mountain valley of central Pennsylvania, two A-10 Thunderbolt II take to the skies. “Cleared hot!” transmits over the radio. Then comes the unmistakable sound of freedom – brrrt – echoing across the landscape. The operations director for Bollen Range Air-to-Ground Bomb Range, Detachment 1 – part of the 193rd ...

By Maj. Benjamin Hughes MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — The Maryland Air National Guard sent two A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft from Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport to the Michigan Air National Guard, May 30, 2025. As a part of the ongoing A-10 divestment from Maryland, the two fighter aircraft, which are in good working condition, will replace two other ...

ARLINGTON, Va. – Nearly 20 Soldiers of the Maryland Army National Guard’s Chaplain Corps completed their annual sustainment training at the Fort Myer Memorial Chapel located at Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall, May 22-23, 2025. The unit ministry teams at the training, consisting of 10 chaplains and nine religious affairs specialists, received leadership development from the State Chaplain as well as the ...

Story by Staff Sgt. Rose Di Trolio 70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment VÕRU, Estonia – The Maryland National Guard and the Armed Forces of Estonia conducted joint training during Exercise Hedgehog as part of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program, May 12–16, 2025. Every three years, Estonia conducts its largest military exercise, focusing on planning and executing operations to enhance ...