Maryland National Guard Overseas Service Ribbon

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The Maryland National Guard Overseas Service Ribbon is an award in the state of Maryland bestowed upon members of the Maryland National Guard who serve outside the United States on foreign soil for at least 30 consecutive or 45 cumulative days, either for training or contingency operations. [1]

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east. The state's largest city is Baltimore, and its capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are Old Line State, the Free State, and the Chesapeake Bay State. It is named after the English queen Henrietta Maria, known in England as Queen Mary.

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles. With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.

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References

↑ "Maryland Military Department Regulations 672-1 (Awards and Decorations)" (15 August, 2010). State of Maryland Military Department. Accessed 8 April, 2012.

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[1] "Maryland Military Department Regulations 672-1 (Awards and Decorations)" (15 August, 2010). State of Maryland Military Department. Accessed 8 April, 2012.