December 2011 Drill Highlights
The Central Maryland Corsairs visited the National Cryptologic Museum at the National Security Agency. The museum contains many great exhibits and we had a very knowledgeable tour guide. The Corsairs enjoyed all of the exhibits with the Enigma Exhibit being the favorite among the younger Cadets. The German Enigma is the most well-known of all cipher machines. It became the workhorse of the German military services, used to encrypt tens of thousands of tactical messages throughout World War II. Allied forces were able to read most of the Enigma encrypted messages throughout most of the war as a result of the tireless effort of many Allied cryptologists. The cadets wrote code and deciphered it on an Enigma machine. The Cray Supercomputers, Hobo Communication Exhibit, the Zimmermann Telegram Exhibit and the U.S. Navy Cryptanalytic Bombe Exhibit were also enjoyed by all of the Cadets. The Central Maryland Corsairs would like to express our gratitude to all the Museum personnel that made this a very educational and rewarding visit.