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MIL, Certified as a Great Place to Work!

MIL is pleased to announce our recent re-certification as a Great Place to Work®, which once
again ranks us among the best and most trusted employers in the industry!
Based on your survey participation and all-around positive feedback, it’s clear that MIL is
an employer that values its employees, with employees that recognize and appreciate our
corporate-wide commitment. We are proud that our efforts to create a workplace culture that
is fair and inclusive has helped us build a strong, resilient, and diverse workforce of talented
professionals. Our managers work every day to keep MIL a place where people love to work,
and we are especially grateful for their efforts.
Thank you to all the MIL team members that took the time to offer their valuable perspectives
through the survey. The feedback we receive through the Great Places to Work Trust Index™
Survey helps us continue to build synergistic and collaborative workspaces where every
employee has the tools and incentive to excel.
Make sure to tell your colleagues, friends, and family that you know about a Great Place to
Work because you work there!

MIL honored with the Maryland ESGR Freedom Award

MIL is pleased to announce that it is the recipient of the 2022 Maryland Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and
Reserve (ESGR) Freedom Award in the large business category. The prestigious award given by ESGR, a staff group with Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, is the highest recognition presented by the Department of Defense (DoD) to employers
who provide the most outstanding support for National Guard and Reserve members.
ESGR runs this awards program on behalf of the Secretary of Defense, and since its inception
in 1996, 295 employers have earned this prestigious honor. MIL Project Manager Michael
Lopez Rodriguez nominated the organization for the 2022 award. Rodriguez, who currently
serves as a Command Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army Reserve, has been with MIL for eight
years and believes the organization to be incredibly supportive and flexible when it comes to
work-life balance.
“MIL goes above and beyond to support my commitment as a Servicemember so I can focus
on my mission when deployed,” said Rodriguez. “I appreciate the generous leave benefits they
offer and how they rally around my family when my unit is mobilized – an MIL Vice President
even offered to mow my lawn while I was away! I am glad that my nomination will help
showcase how MIL truly values its people.”
MIL Project Manager Michael
Lopez Rodriguez nominated the The Freedom Award is issued by the DoD on behalf of the men and women of the National
organization for the 2022 ESGR Guard and Reserve. This recognition is given in limited numbers by ESGR state committees to
Freedom award. employers at the local level who display patriotic support and cooperation to their employees.
"The MIL Corporation certainly deserves the Freedom Award on behalf of the Maryland Employer Support (Large Business
500+ Employees Category),” said Dr. Stephen Maguire, ESGR State Chair. “Undoubtedly it is encouraging how MIL supports
their Reservists especially during these challenging times.”
“We are so proud and honored to have not only been nominated, but further, to have received the ESGR Freedom Award,” said
MIL Executive Vice President, Tom Clark. “MIL takes very seriously our responsibility to support those that defend our great
Country as both employees and warfighters.”
MIL is currently in the running as a finalist for the national level ESGR Freedom Award which will be presented by the
Secretary of Defense later this year.

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