By Senior Master Sgt. Christopher Schepers VOLK FIELD, Wis. — Nearly 50 Airmen and six A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the Maryland National Guard’s 175th Wing deployed to Volk Field Air National Guard Base’s Combat Readiness Training Center, Wisconsin, to conduct combat search and rescue training, May 7-14. During the week-long exercise, the Maryland Air National Guard teamed with Airmen from ...

By Maj. Travis Mueller, Pennsylvania National Guard FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. – Sgt. Miles Crawford and Spc. Robert Ruiz-Rhoades will advance to the 2025 Army National Best Warrior Competition after winning the Region II competition here May 5-9. Crawford, a human intelligence collector with the Maryland National Guard, won the Noncommissioned Officer of the Year category. Ruiz-Rhoades, an intelligence analyst with the Pennsylvania ...

by Maj. Cody Starken and 1st Lt. Enjoli SaundersREISTERSTOWN, Md. – The Maryland National Guard held its annual Fallen Warrior Memorial ceremony at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation, May 4, 2025, to honor the Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers who gave their lives in defense of the state and nation during the Global War on Terror. The event included a wreath-laying ceremony ...

By Staff Sgt. Laura Virtue WARFIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE AT MARTIN STATE AIRPORT, Md. — Inside Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, preparations are underway for something far beyond the typical cadence of military operations. Soon, classrooms reserved for training Airmen will welcome a new kind of student: fifth-graders from local school districts across Maryland ready ...

By Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover MIDDLE RIVER, Md. — The Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing hosted a two-day resource fair for Airmen impacted by the planned divestment of the A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft and the planned expansion of cyber at Warfield Air National Guard Base, May 1 and May 4, 2025. The event, which was held inside the A-10 ...

FORT BARFOOT, Va. — The 29th Infantry Division welcomed Command Sgt. Maj. Eric J. Saxton as its new senior enlisted leader in a change of responsibility ceremony May 3, 2025, at the Fort Barfoot post stadium. Maj. Gen. Joseph A. DiNonno, the 29th Infantry Division commander, presided over the ceremony and passed the organization’s colors from outgoing Command Sgt. Maj. Timothy ...

The 175th CES at Martin State Air National Guard Base, Maryland, is at the forefront of innovation in developing an Expeditionary 3D Concrete Printer to rapidly build fortified infrastructure that supports warfighters and sustains operations in contested environments. As modern warfare evolves and global logistics grow more contested, the U.S. Air Force faces mounting challenges in building and sustaining critical ...

By Staff Sgt. Laura Virtue MARTIN STATE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Md. — Members from the 175th Wing participated in a wing-wide combat readiness exercise at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport and extended to multiple locations on the East Coast, April 1-11, 2025. Operation Wolverine Strike tested the 175th Wing’s ability to adapt and respond to scenarios ...

By Staff Sgt. Amber Peck, National Guard Bureau EDGEWOOD, Md. — Soldiers with the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, Maryland Army National Guard conducted rescue hoist training with the Maryland Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, April 9. Formed in 2008, the MD-HART team comprises firefighters from departments throughout central Maryland. The team’s primary mission is to work with Maryland ...

The Maryland National Guard and the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) conducted a joint logistics exchange as part of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program, April 1–8, 2025.