Members of the Maryland National Guard and Maryland Defense Force provide support for the inauguration of Maryland's first black governor and second veteran to be elected to the position. This support includes distinguished visitor escorts, musical selections by the 229th Army Band and the MDDF Band, flyover by a formation of A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft from the 175th Wing, CBRNE detection by the 32nd Civil Support Team, and a 19-gun salute by the Pennsylvania National Guard.
Col. Richard Ferguson, commander of the 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, will lead approximately 100 Maryland Army National Guard Soldiers tasked to provide Joint All-Domain Command and Control over the 1-230th Assault Helicopter Battalion from the Tennessee Army National Guard, the 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion from the Florida Army National Guard and the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 from Jacksonville, North Carolina...