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Camp Taji, Iraq – Underneath a hangar near the flight line on a cool Wednesday afternoon, the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade marked another step on its historic deployment. After nearly two years of training leading up to this deployment, Task Force Normandy officially took command of the the aviation mission in Iraq from the 40th CAB. The transfer of authority …
Staff Sgt. Lori Wilson, the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade’s legal noncommissioned officer in charge, has been singing to a church crowd since the age of six. “I would sit on the piano bench with my grandmother as she was playing at church, and I would sing along with her,” said Wilson. “Everyone was really shocked that such a big voice …
Fort Rucker , Ala. – On a rainy Tuesday morning Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, poured into the Directorate of Simulation building at Fort Rucker Ala. The aviation training exercise, Operation Flight Horizon, began Sept. 20, 2011, and ended Sept. 27. It aimed to test the nearly 2,000-troop brigade mobilized in support of Operation New …
Sgt. Thaddeus Harrington, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade Public Affairs, was awarded the Army Commendation Medal today April 19, 2011, by Maj. Gen. James A. Adkins, adjutant general of Maryland, for outstanding work while assigned as a full-time public affairs specialist with the state Public Affairs Office. The citation reads: “FOR EXCEPTIONAL MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE MARYLAND NATIONAL GUARD AND THE …
The Maryland National Guard’s 32nd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction), along with the 5th CST from Illinois, conducted the joint exercise Operation Bold Raven Jan. 9-17 in Kapolei, Hawaii. Operation Bold Raven allowed the two teams to train and collaborate as well as conduct an airlift deployment and a joint entry.The teams advised, assisted, and identified hazards in …
Chief Warrant Officer Gaven Meadows, tactical operations officer in the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade’s Charlie Company 2-224 Aviation Regiment, received the Estonian Border Guard Cross of Merit Class III award during a ceremony at the Estonian Embassy in Washington D.C., Nov. 24. The award was established in 1997 to recognize public servants, in exceptional cases, and other persons determined worthy …
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md. (August 27, 2010) – The Maryland Army National Guard’s 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, based in the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, has increased its flying time due to an upcoming deployment. Training has intensified, and every flight is a training opportunity. On Thursday morning, one of its UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters was on a training mission …
Maryland’s first line of defense is the brainchild of Lt. Col. Michael Bennett, former commander of the Recruiting and Retention Battalion, to expand the Maryland Army National Guard’s brand across the state. “How can we get our name known to the citizens of Maryland?” said Bennett. Bennett, a huge Baltimore Ravens fan, worked out a partnership between the National Football …
The Maryland National Guard’s 32nd Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction), along with the Fort Meade Fire Department, Washington, D.C.’s 33rd CST, the Department of Energy and the Radiological Advisory Medical Team from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington D.C., conducted the joint exercise Operation Cold Steel July 19-23 in Newport News, Va. Operation Cold Steel allowed the …
Spc. Julius Blattner, a wheeled vehicle mechanic for 729th Basic Support Company, Maryland Army National Guard, was awarded the Command Sgt. Maj. Roger W. Haller Memorial Scholarship during a Cambridge Rotary Club meeting at the Cambridge Yacht Club in Cambridge, Md. Thursday, April 29, 2010. The $5,000 scholarship will go towards Blattner’s tuition at the University of Baltimore School of …
