Through his twelve years of active service, General Martin held several squadron and wing-level assignments and completed a MAJCOM headquarters tour.

[1] As adjutant general for the Connecticut National Guard, he was responsible to the governor and the chief of the National Guard Bureau for providing operationally trained, equipped and mission-ready forces to support both U.S. mobilization requirements and state emergency operations to include developing and coordinating counter terrorism and domestic preparedness contingencies for the State of Connecticut.

He implements policies, programs, and plans as the direct link to all state assigned National Guard resources, providing information and evaluation, issue resolution and action recommendations.

He was also the third longest-serving adjutant general in Connecticut history behind George M. Cole and Frederick G. Reincke.

He retired effective June 30, 2018, after 13 years of service as the adjutant general of the State of Connecticut.