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For nearly two decades now, the Maryland National Guard Youth ChalleNGe program has played a critical role in the lives of at-risk youth. Founded in 1993 and held twice a year, the all-volunteer Maryland Guard program is specifically designed to reclaim the lives of at-risk youth and to produce program graduates with values, skills, education and self-discipline necessary to succeed …

Integral Components Inc., a manufacturer of custom cabling and wire harnesses, and all of its employees assembled 170 care packages for deployed Servicemembers Nov. 26 at their Westminster, Md. location. Some of these care packages are going to Soldiers in Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group deployed to Afghanistan. The company has been sending care packages for over …

ARLINGTON, Va., October 13, 2009 – The Maryland National Guard recently paid tribute to Maryland service members who have lost their lives in the line of duty during a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. Brig. Gen. James A. Adkins, the adjutant general of Maryland, laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in remembrance of …

The Maryland Army National Guard’s Officer Candidate School celebrated its 50th Anniversary Sept. 26 at Camp Fettered military reservation.  During the ceremony Brig. Gen. Hinz, Brig. Gen. Deener and Brig. Gen. Adkins were inducted in the OCS Hall of fame. After the anniversary ceremony the Maryland Army National Guard’s 70th Regiment (LDR) Officer Candidate School hosted a commissioning ceremony for …

Soldiers, Department of the Army civilians and installation residents are welcomed to join. Learn to be a safer motorcycle rider, join group rides and meet and great fellow riders. The program aims to pair inexperienced riders with more experienced riders, building comradery among participants.

Chaplain (Cpt.) Rebekah Montgomery, deputy personnel chaplain at the National Guard Bureau, received a Distinguished Service Award from the Military Chaplain’s Association July 17, 2009, at the 5th Regiment Armory in Baltimore, Md. Video by Spc. Thaddeus Harrington, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs Photos by Spc. Stephen Scott, 29th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

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 …