Category: Military

Baltimore Sun
A series of explosions at the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground today rattled dishes and startled residents from Perry Hall to Middletown, Del., 30 miles away.

“The entire house shook,” said Joseph MulQueen, who called The Sun from his …

Baltimore Sun
After the band had played, the politicians had spoken and the 180 returning members of the Maryland National Guard had been recognized for serving their country overseas at yesterday’s “Freedom Salute” welcome home ceremony, it was 3-year-old Evelyn …

Baltimore Sun
A federal judge in Baltimore substantially reduced yesterday the amount of damages a Kansas-based anti-gay group and three of its leading members must pay for their protest at a Marine’s funeral in Westminster.

In a 52-page decision, U.S. District …

Frederick News-Post:
The National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center is one of several labs planned or being built for the National Interagency Biodefense Campus.

Construction on the $143 million project is on schedule at 60 percent complete, and should be finished …

Delusional Duck has also blogged on this issue.

Excerpts from the Sun article:
An attempt by the Naval Academy to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. this week by serving fried chicken, greens and cornbread in the midshipmen’s dining …

Elected officials in Harford County have been critical of Governor Martin O’Malley’s legislative agenda which doesn’t include BRAC funding for the county.

Some quotes:
“I want to see more focus on ground zero for BRAC, and that’s us,” said County Council …

The National Security Agency’s electrical and power supply problems have been well documented in the past year or so, including a post here last summer. Siobhan Gorman, formerly of The Sun and now at the …

United Industrial Corporation of Hunt Valley has been sold to Textron, Inc. of Rhode Island (more here and here.) United’s subsidiary AAI is responsible for the manufacture of the …

An Anne Arundel County official told County Council that the relocation of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to Fort Meade from Arlington, Virginia will run from December 2010 to September 2011 and will result in 4,300 jobs migrating …

Rear Admiral Eugene Fluckey, recipient of the Medal of Honor, died in Annapolis on June 28. Fluckey was a graduate of the Naval Academy Class of 1935. He entered the submarine service in 1938 and assumed command …