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BALTIMORE (June 25, 2013) – Firefighters of Baltimore’s Engine Company 45 will soon be able to break bread in a recently renovated kitchen, thanks to a training partnership with the Maryland Army National Guard’s 244th Engineer Company. The 244th contacted the office of Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in August 2012 regarding possibilities to take part in community-based training projects. …
REISTERSTOWN, Md. (April 21, 2013) — 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 …
TOWSON, Md. (Feb. 23, 2013) — The Maryland Society, Sons of the American Revolution awarded six Maryland Guard service members the Maryland 400 Distinguished Service Medal during a luncheon today at the Towson Country Club, Towson Md. The luncheon coincided with former President George Washington’s birthday which was Feb. 22, 1732, some 281 years ago. Sgt. Delvon Anderson, Staff Sgt. …
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 breaching doors, Modern Army Combatives and weapons familiarity. “This is the first time the robots have been brought in. This is something that …
Members from several Maryland Guard units are deployed to Crisfield Md., to assist local authorities with house-to-house evacuations on Oct. 30, 2012. The Servicemembers have been stationed in the area since Sunday performing 24-hour operations. Servicemembers helped first responders evacuate senior citizens, families and children to the Elk Lodge, a temporary staging area for residents. Residents were then transported to …
The 29th Combat Aviation Brigade recently conducted the first bilateral Army Aviation event between the United States and Saudi Arabia. The 29th Combat Aviation Brigade deployed a mix of UH-60 Blackhawks and AH-64 Apaches, during Exercise Desert Hawk, to train with the Saudi 1st Aviation Group. “We wanted to provide the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade the opportunity to work with other nations,” said Col. George E. Cone Jr., assistant chief of staff for training and exercises, U.S. Army Central Command.
The Director of the Army National Guard rubbed elbows with National Guard Soldiers at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Lt. Gen. William Ingram Jr., referred to himself as a “five-month-old general,” as his visit came five months and one day after he assumed the duties of director and was promoted to lieutenant general on Nov. 28, 2011. “It felt great to be …
The 29th Combat Aviation Brigade recently named Sgt. Delvon Anderson the brigade’s noncommissioned officer of the year and Spc. Jonathan Foster the Soldier of the year. The two were among 11 Soldiers from the several units under the 29th CAB to participate in the Best Warrior Competition May 20-22 at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. “I was really pleased that we could …
Capt. Michael Jenkins, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade logistics officer, destroyed his competition recently, to take first place in a Modern Army Combatives tournament in Kuwait. Eight fighters, in all, from the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade competed in the tournament on April 28, 2012. These warriors traveled to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, to match their skills against the best fighters in this …
