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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 …

The Maryland Army National Guard conducted Warrior Challenge, Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year Competition, on March 28, 2010, at Camp Fretterd Military Reservation. Qualified privates through specialists compete for Soldier of the year while corporals through sergeant’s first class compete for NCO of the year. The competition consisted of an Army physical fitness test, rifle qualifications, land navigation, …

The Maryland National Guard’s 29th Combat Aviation Brigade sent Soldiers through the Combat Lifesaver Course conducted at the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Grounds from March 23 – 26, 2010. Soldiers learned the proper techniques and procedures to check and clear airways, control bleeding, MEDEVAC request, loading litters and many others. Audio comments (in order): 1. 1st Sgt.Rudolph Leonard III …

Firefighters, emergency medical service personnel and members of the Maryland National Guard were honored today for their actions in a fire at the Dundalk Fire Station #6 during the record breaking snowstorm. Fifteen individuals who were credited with extinguishing the fire and saving millions of dollars of equipment received executive citations and hero pins from Baltimore County Executive Jim Smith. …

The Maryland National Guard’s 32nd Civil Support Team began the first major part of exercise Caribbean Thunder, a multi-CST exercise including the Puerto Rican and Ohio CSTs, Jan. 26 at Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico. The mission was to respond to a suspected weapons of mass destruction agent released at a convention center in Puerto Rico, locate the source and identify …