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Line 4: \|name= H. Steven Blum \|image= H. Steven Blum (3).jpg \|image_size= \|alt= \|caption= Official portrait, 2009 \|nickname= \|birth_date= {{birth date and age\|1946\|10\|13}} \|birth_place= [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]] Line 11 ⟶ 13: \|death_place= \|placeofburial= \|allegiance= ~~{{flag\|~~United States}} \|branch= [[United States Army]]<br/>[[Army National Guard]] ~~\|branch= {{tree list}}~~ * {{army\|United States}} ** {{nowrap\|[[File:US Army National Guard Insignia.svg\|23px]] [[Army National Guard]]}} ~~{{tree list/end}}~~ ~~\|branch_label = Service~~ \|serviceyears= 1971–2010 \|rank= [[Lieutenant general (United States)\|Lieutenant general]] \|servicenumber= \|unit= \|commands= [[National Guard Bureau]]<br/>[[Multi-National Division (North) (Bosnia)\|Multinational Division (North)]]<br/>[[29th Infantry Division (United States)\|29th Infantry Division]]<br/>3rd Brigade, 29th Infantry Division<br/>1st Battalion, [[115th Infantry Regiment (United States)\|115th Infantry Regiment]] \|battles= [[War on terror~~\|Global War on Terrorism~~]] ~~\|battles_label= Wars~~ \|awards= {{nowrap\|[[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] (2)}}<br/>[[Army Distinguished Service Medal]]<br/>[[Defense Superior Service Medal]]<br/>[[Legion of Merit]] (3) \|relations= Line 30 ⟶ 28: ==Early life and education== Blum was born in [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]], on October 13, 1946.<ref>U.S. Public Records Index, Volume 1, entry for H. Steven Blum, 1020.</ref> He attended [[Forest Park High School (Maryland)\|Forest Park High School]], graduating in 1963.<ref>Tom Bowman, Baltimore Sun, [https://archive.today/20131124160027/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/274890471.html?dids=274890471:274890471&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jan+07~~%2C~~,+2003&author=Tom+Bowman&pub=The+Sun&desc=Bush+nominates+Marylander+to+top+National+Guard+post+~~%3B~~;+Blum~~%2C~~,+56~~%2C~~,+would+oversee+policy~~%2C~~,+future+direction+of+470~~%2C000~~,000+standby+troops&pqatl=google Bush nominates Marylander to Top National Guard Post], January 7, 2003.</ref> He obtained his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[history]] from the [[University of Baltimore]] in 1968.<ref>Blakely Educational Services, [http://www.bes-ventures.com/resumes/BES%20Resume%20Blum%20H%20S%2020120128%20edited.pdf Resume, H Steven Blum]{{Dead link\|date=January 2020 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}, 2012, page 2.</ref> Soon after graduating, Blum enlisted in the [[Maryland Army National Guard]]. His unit was activated in April 1968, in response to the [[Baltimore riot of 1968]] that broke out following the [[assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.]] Blum would later recall that "he heard more shots fired in the weeks he worked downtown Baltimore's streets than during any of his other deployments – at home or abroad."<ref>Caitlin Harrington, [http://www.eangmt.org/publications/congressionalquarterlyjan04.pdf "Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum commands a changing National Guard,"] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509081801/http://www.eangmt.org/publications/congressionalquarterlyjan04.pdf \|date=2008-05-09 }} ''Congressional Quarterly'' (October 10, 2003).</ref>