Armed Forces

Eldersburg's Knutson-Cullen among honorees at Memorial Day service

2013-05-22 09:39:00

U.S. Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson-Cullen, a former Eldersburg resident who died in a helicopter crash in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, will be among the honorees at the May 27 Memorial Day service at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium....

Annapolis police warn of traffic woes Friday for academy commencement

2013-05-22 06:00:00

Annapolis Police are reminding residents to expect traffic congestion on Friday, May 24, due to the U.S. Naval Academy graduation ceremony. Commencement scheduled to be held at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium beginning at 10 a.m. President Barack...

College digest: Antonio Barton expected to announce his choice Sunday

2013-05-21 23:24:00

College basketball Antonio Barton expected to announce his choice Sunday Antonio Barton, a Baltimore native and former Memphis guard, will announce Sunday afternoon where he is transferring. Will Barton, Antonio's brother and a Portland Trail...

New police commander no stranger to Towson

2013-05-21 09:05:00

Even though he's barely been in charge of the Towson precinct for a week, Capt. Richard Howard is no stranger to operations there. When Howard was working most recently in the community resources division at Baltimore County Police headquarters on Joppa...

5 questions … for Tracy Balazs, president and CEO of Federal Staffing Resources LLC

2013-05-19 00:00:00

Tracy Balazs, the president and CEO of an Annapolis-based staffing firm, was named Entrepreneurial Success of the Year last month by the Baltimore district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. She founded the company, Federal Staffing...

Maryland National Guard celebrates foreign partnerships

2013-05-13 17:30:00

For Capt. Martin Noorsalu, deploying to Afghanistan with the Maryland National Guard last year was an unusual opportunity. Noorsalu is one of only a dozen helicopter pilots in the Estonian Air Force. The sole air defense service of the former Soviet...

HdG lost out on Preakness when The Graw closed [Havre de Grace]

2013-05-15 11:15:00

It's Armed Forces weekend, dear readers, May 18 is Armed Forces Day, a tribute to those who have served or are serving in any of our military branches. We salute them for their courage and dedication. Saturday is also the running of the 138th...

Old Navy leaving Bel Air for Abingdon; shoe store coming to Harford Mall

2013-05-16 15:42:07

Bel Air's Harford Mall and Abingdon's new Boulevard at Box Hill continue to bring in new businesses even as some old ones leave. After Old Navy recently departed Harford Mall for the Boulevard, the mall announced it would soon be replaced by Shoe Dept....

Navy women's lacrosse notches 'historic' NCAA tournament win over Monmouth

2013-05-10 19:27:00

Navy's women's lacrosse players made it clear that they are not in the NCAA tournament this time to enjoy the experience. After three years of first-round losses, the eighth-seeded Mids are in it to win. Monmouth, which lost in a play-in game last...

Md. National Guard preparing for final Afghan deployment

2013-05-09 17:55:47

As the Maryland National Guard prepares for what could be its final deployment to Afghanistan, its commander sees a "pivotal point" in the nation's history. More than a decade of deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and other battlegrounds since Sept. 11,...

Military injustice

2013-05-08 12:04:00

The recent study estimating that there may have been 26,000 cases of sexual assault in the military last year stirred a lot of tough talk from the Pentagon and the White House over the past 24 hours. But the question is whether that outrage will translate...

Pentagon reports sharp rise in sex assaults in military

2013-05-07 19:08:10

The Pentagon estimated Tuesday that 26,000 members of the military were sexually assaulted last year, 36 percent more than a year earlier, in a trend so severe that senior officials warned it could threaten recruiting and retention of military personnel....

US Army soldiers recover the remains of comrades at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, in this June 6, 1944

2013-05-10 09:54:00

Landing support team Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 prepare to hook cargo to a hovering Kaman K1200, "K-MAX," unmanned helicopter in Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 23, 2012.

2013-05-03 07:16:00

19 Soldiers of Detachment 1, Company B, 935th Support Battalion, South Dakota Army National Guard, were welcomed home on Tuesday.

2013-05-01 06:52:00