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The 121st Engineer Battalion Association on behalf of the Engineer Regiment presented Chief Warrant Officer (MD) (Ret.) Richard F. Jordan with the Bronze de Fleury Medal and Sgt. (Ret.) Noel A. Dube with the Silver de Fleury Medal, Sept. 26 during a ceremony at the Fifth Regiment Armory. The de Fleury Medal is named after the 1700s French engineer Francois …

Just days before Sept. 17, the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam in Sharpsburg, Md., an unknown Union Civil War Soldier was sent off to his home state of New York for a proper burial with military honors. A hiker from Oklahoma recently found the remains while walking on a trail near the battlefield. He spotted disturbed ground and …

Flying in on UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopters, employers of Maryland Guard Soldiers took part in the Maryland Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve’s annual Bosslift Aug. 8, 2009. The Blackhawks transported them from Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport to the Lauderick Creek Training Site at the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground to watch …

Lt. Col. Jeffery Knepshield, commander of Maryland’s officer candidate school battalion, briefs senior leadership from the Maryland Guard as well as representatives from several states at the Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Baker Training Site Aug. 9, 2009.  August 9 was V.I.P. Day, allowing command representatives to observe candidates train, a chance to chat with and share a meal with the …

May 30, 2009, the drill floor at the Melvin H. Cade Armory was dedicated to 1st Sgt. Lloyd R. Scott, Sr., during a ceremony. Scott enlisted as a private at the end of World War II and was ordered to active duty to serve in Korea with the 231st Transportation Truck Battalion – now the 229th Main Support Battalion. Scott worked at Cade Armory from 1960 until his retirement in 1986 with 41 years and five months of military service.

Governor Martin O’Malley hosted a welcome home ceremony for the Maryland Army National Guard’s 224th Area Support Medical Company which included a crab cake feast on the lawn at Government House in Annapolis. Maryland’s WWII veterans are honored as well in a ceremony commemorating the 65th anniversary of D-Day. “I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate Memorial Day …

Governor Martin O’Malley and Mr. Nicolai Vojeikin, deputy governor of the municipality of Harju County in the Republic of Estonia, signed a memorandum of understanding designed to encourage and strengthen cultural and social relationships between the state of Maryland and Harju County on May 18. “This agreement is further affirmation of our long-standing partnership between the state of Maryland and …

The National Guard’s State Partnership Program began in 1993 following the collapse of the Soviet Union. The program is aimed at increasing cooperation between former Warsaw Pact Eastern European countries and the United States. It also fosters mutual interests and establishes long-term relationships across all levels of society. It introduces these countries to democracy, assists them in building professional military …