{"id":60574,"date":"2019-03-31T17:23:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T17:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/31\/maryland-national-guard-first-state-with-all-female-command\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:06:07","slug":"maryland-national-guard-first-state-with-all-female-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2019\/03\/31\/maryland-national-guard-first-state-with-all-female-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland National Guard first state with all-female command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BALTIMORE \u2014 For the first time, a state\u2019s National Guard command staff is entirely female. The Maryland National Guard\u2019s four top leaders are all women, and three are African American.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/2019\/03\/28\/first-time-states-national-guard-command-staff-is-made-up-all-women\/?noredirect=on&#038;utm_term=.6d51a9018a4a\" target=_blank>Washington Post <\/a>also reports that all four officers are mothers. The Maryland Guard has been in the unprecedented territory since fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2017\/10\/21\/national-memorial-to-female-vets-marks-its-20th-anniversary\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP17293629523007.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">National memorial to female vets marks its 20th anniversary<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The 33,000 square-foot (3,066 square-meter) memorial, known formally as the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this weekend with a series of events.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2015\/05\/14\/md-national-guard-opening-hangar-at-webster-field-for-drone\/\" target=\"_blank\">Maj. Gen. Linda L. Singh<\/a> has been the highest-ranking commander of the state\u2019s military since 2015. She\u2019s the first African American and first woman to serve as adjutant general for the Maryland Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4946306.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4946306.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4946306.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4946306.jpg.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4946306.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,682 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Army Brig. Gen. Janeen Birckhead, center, the Maryland National Guard\u2019s assistant adjutant general for Army, and Air Force Brig. Gen. April Vogel, the Maryland Guard\u2019s assistant adjutant general for Air, talk with Majda Kova\u010d, of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Agency for Civil Protection, in the agency\u2019s operations center in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Nov. 29, 2018. (Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, Brig. Gen. Janeen L. Birckhead became assistant adjutant general for Army. Brig. Gen. April Vogel started serving in August as assistant adjutant general for Air. Command Sgt. Maj. Perlisa D. Wilson became senior enlisted adviser in December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singh says it wasn\u2019t intentional; she just wanted the most-qualified candidates available.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2018\/11\/19\/fort-leonard-woods-first-female-commander-wants-women-to-know-whats-possible-when-serving-in-the-military\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4079253.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Fort Leonard Wood\u2019s first female commander wants women to know what\u2019s possible when serving in the military<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Maj. 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