MIDDLE RIVER — Airmen from the Maryland Air National Guard hosted a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response exercise with regional partners at two Maryland National Guard training locations, September 24-28, 2024.
The Region 3 Battlefield Experience Learning (R3BEL) deployment for training exercise, a local training event that enhanced emergency readiness and response within a simulated deployed environment, took place at the 70th Regiment Regional Training Institute, Aberdeen Proving Ground in Edgewood, Maryland, and Blum Military Reservation in Glen Arm, Maryland.
A total of 30 participants from 11 emergency management flights from the Air National Guard and Air Reserves contributed to the exercise to strengthen relationships between units within the region, including a team of Maryland airmen from the 175th Wing…