Maryland National Guard Brig.
Gen.
Janeen Birckhead has led a historic journey to the top tier of the guard, becoming front and center the day after the siege on the U.S. Capitol, leading 14,000 troops to support the 59th presidential inauguration.
Birckhead was commissioned after graduating from Hampton University in Virginia.
Her military career has spanned 28 years -- and it all started out by chance.