{"id":2405,"date":"2018-01-29T19:08:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T19:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2018-02-08T16:28:41","modified_gmt":"2018-02-08T16:28:41","slug":"mdng-and-towson-university-sign-memorandum-of-understanding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2018\/01\/29\/mdng-and-towson-university-sign-memorandum-of-understanding\/","title":{"rendered":"MDNG and Towson University sign memorandum of understanding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<em>By Cpl. Elizabeth Scott, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2408\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/180127-Z-GG783-0237.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2700\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/180127-Z-GG783-0237.jpg 2700w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/180127-Z-GG783-0237-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/180127-Z-GG783-0237-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/180127-Z-GG783-0237-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2700px) 100vw, 2700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Maryland National Guard and Towson University affirmed their partnership prior to the military appreciation men&#8217;s basketball game, with a signing of a memorandum of understanding that will provide new opportunities to both service members and Towson University students on Jan. 27, 2018. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis is first one that we have signed in the state, signifying what I think is an amazing partnership,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Linda Singh. \u201cThe National Guard is part of your community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2406\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/180127-Z-GG783-0193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2700\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/180127-Z-GG783-0193.jpg 2700w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/180127-Z-GG783-0193-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/180127-Z-GG783-0193-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2018\/01\/180127-Z-GG783-0193-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2700px) 100vw, 2700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Prior to the game there was a series of speeches honoring Maj. Robert J. Marchanti. Pre-game activities began with the posting of the colors, the singing of the National Anthem, and the rappelling of the game ball. During the first time out the Marchanti family was present as the arena recognized the service and sacrifice of Maj. Marchanti. At half-time members of the Maryland National Guard were honored for their accomplishments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This partnership allows the organizations to focus on areas like cyber, said Singh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Cpl. Elizabeth Scott, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Office[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Maryland National Guard and Towson University affirmed their partnership prior to the military appreciation men&#8217;s basketball game, with a signing of a memorandum of understanding that will provide new opportunities to both service members and Towson University students on Jan. 27, 2018. \u201cThis is<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/2018\/01\/29\/mdng-and-towson-university-sign-memorandum-of-understanding\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":2408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2405"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2412,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2405\/revisions\/2412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}