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  • Boss Lift Event Provides Maryland National Guard Employers with Insight

    Members of the Maryland National Guard hosted the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Bosslift event at Martin State Air National Guard Base and Blum Military Reservation on November 3, 2023, giving employers the opportunity to better understand what their employees do during military

  • Senior Airman Elizabeth Quigg Airman Spotlight

    Why did you decide to join? Do you come from a military family? I decided to join the Maryland Air National Guard when Covid hit. I was starting my degree in community college, and when classes moved to a virtual format my lifestyle   felt empty. I searched for the next adventure to begin as I

  • Maryland Air Guard, Estonian Partners Focus on Cyber Defense

    The Maryland Air National Guard partnered with Estonia’s Cyber Command Sept. 17-20 to host the cybersecurity exercise Baltic Blitz 23. About 30 Airmen from the 175th Wing, two Illinois Army National Guard Soldiers, 12 service members from Poland, and 30 Estonians participated in the exercise, which

  • Senior Master Sgt. Monica Aragon Airman Spotlight

    Why did you decide to join?  Do you come from a military family?Neither of my parents served in the military, however, my maternal grandfather served in the Navy and my paternal grandfather served in the Army Air Corps as a gunner on the B-24 and B-17. He is featured in a book called Arizona’s

  • 175th Wing tests response to active shooter scenario during exercise

    Airmen of the Maryland Air National Guard tested their response during an active shooter exercise in the cyber building, at Martin State Air National Guard Base, Aug. 25, 2023.The exercise, which was planned by the 175th Wing’s inspector general team, led by Capt. Sara Nittinger, director of

  • Making It All Work: Air Force maintainer retires after 42 years of service

    An electronic warfare systems specialist hoists herself onto a jammer alongside the flightline at Al Udeid Air Force Base in Doha, Qatar. As a Rockwell B-1 Lancer takes off, she feels the roar of the engines in her chest as she swells with a sense of pride. With the smell of jet fuel in her nose,

  • 175th Wing welcomes new cyber group commander

    The 175th Cyberspace Operations Group bid farewell to its out-going commander and welcomed its incoming commander during a change of command ceremony at Martin State Air National Guard Base, August 12, 2023.Brig. Gen. Reid Novotny passed the guidon to Col. Richard Hunt, 175th Wing commander, who