Happy return

The Maryland Air National Guard’s 135th Airlift Squadron returned to Warfield Air National Base on June 25, from a deployment to Afghanistan supporting Operation Enduring Freedom to a crowd of family members and well wishers happy to see them return. The unit's C-27Js were deployed since April.

Signature support

(L-R), Airman 1st Class Brandon Wilson, Maryland Air National Guard, George Doetsch, Md. ESGR State Chairman, James Dunbar, Sr., Chairman/Founder of Dunbar Armored, Kevin Dunbar, President/CEO Dunbar Armored, Spc. Dexter Johnson, U.S. Army Reserve, Cpl. Najee Corbett, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve stand in front of a Dunbar Armored vehicle after signing a statement of support with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve. ESGR is a Department of Defense agency whose mission is to promote a culture in which all American employers support and value their military employees. ESGR educates the employers about their employee’s rights who leave their civilian employment to perform their military training whether it is drill weekends, annual training, schooling or deployments. The statement of support is to reinforce to the employer that they are taking care of their employees. (Courtesy Photo)

Safety Inspection

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Desiree Van Buren, unit safety representative with Detachment 1, 786th Force Support Squadron organizes paperwork after an inspection given by U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Bruce Strong, 175th Wing safety superintendent, Maryland Air National Guard at Stuttguart Army Garrison, Patch Barracks, Germany, June 21, 2012. Strong assisted the 86th Airlift Wing safety office with their inspection during his annual training at Ramstein Air Base. (National Guard photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Hughes)

Safety Inspection

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Desiree Van Buren, unit safety representative with Detachment 1, 786th Force Support Squadron takes notes after an inspection at Stuttguart Army Garrison, Patch Barracks, Germany, June 21, 2012. (National Guard photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Hughes)

Safety Inspection

U.S. Air Force Major Demetria Johnson, squadron commander, Detachment 1, 786th Force Support Squadron, asks U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Bruce Strong, 175th Wing safety superintendent, Maryland Air National Guard questions during a safety inspection at Stuttguart Army Garrison, Patch Barracks, Germany, June 21, 2012. (National Guard photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Hughes)

Safety Inspection

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Bruce Strong, 175th Wing safety superintendent, Maryland Air National Guard inspects Detachment 1, 786th Force Support Squadron with Major Demetria Johnson, squadron commander, at Stuttguart Army Garrison, Patch Barracks, Germany, June 21, 2012. Strong assisted the 86th Airlift Wing safety office with their inspection during his annual training at Ramstein Air Base. (National Guard photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Benjamin Hughes)