| Fort George G. Meade | |
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| NearFort Meade, Maryland in United States | |
 TheNational Security Agency headquarters building, a major tenant at Fort George G. Meade | |
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| Site information | |
| Type | US Army installation |
| Owner | Department of Defense |
| Operator | US Army |
| Controlled by | US Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) |
| Condition | Operational |
| Website | Official website |
| Location | |
  Fort George G. Meade Location in United States Show map of the United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°6′25″N76°44′35″W / 39.10694°N 76.74306°W /39.10694; -76.74306 |
| Area | 5,067 acres (2,051 hectares) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1917 (1917) |
| In use | 1917–present |
| Garrison information | |
| Current commander | Colonel Yolanda D. Gore |
Fort George G. Meade[1] is aUnited States Army installation located inMaryland, that includes theDefense Information School, theDefense Media Activity, theUnited States Army Field Band, and the headquarters ofUnited States Cyber Command, theNational Security Agency, theDefense Courier Service,Defense Information Systems Agency headquarters, and theU.S. Navy's Cryptologic Warfare Group Six.[2] It is named forGeorge G. Meade, a Union general from theAmerican Civil War, who served as commander of theArmy of the Potomac. The fort's smallercensus-designated place includes support facilities such as schools, housing, and the offices of theMilitary Intelligence Civilian Excepted Career Program (MICECP).
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Initially called CampAnnapolis Junction, the post was opened as "Camp Admiral" in 1917 on 29.7 sq mi (77 km2) acquired for a training camp. The post was called Camp Meade Cantonment by 1918,[4] Camp Franklin Signal Corps school was located there and in 1919, theCamp Benning tank school—formed from the World War ICamp Colt andTobyhanna schools—was transferred to the fort before theTank Corps was disbanded.[5]
Renamed to Fort Leonard Wood (February 1928[6] – March 5, 1929),[7] the fort'sExperimental Motorized Forces in the summer and fall of 1928 tested vehicles and tactics in expedition convoys (Camp Meade observers had joined the in-progress1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy). In 1929, the fort's1st Tank Regimentencamped on the Gettysburg Battlefield.[8]
DuringWorld War II, Fort Meade was used as arecruit training post andprisoner of war camp, in addition to a holding center for approximately 384Japanese,German, andItalian immigrant residents of the U.S. arrested as potentialfifth columnists. TheSecond U.S. Army Headquarters transferred to the post on June 15, 1947;[7] and in 1957,[9] the post became headquarters of theNational Security Agency.
From the 1950s until the 1970s, theFort Meade radar station had variousradar equipment and control systems for air defense, such as the 1stMartin AN/FSG-I Antiaircraft Defense System.[10] Fort Meade also had the firstNike Ajaxsurface-to-air missiles in December 1953 (operational May 1954)[11] and an accidental firing occurredin 1955 with Battery C, 36th AAA Missile Battalion. In 1962, the Army's Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 13th Air Defense Artillery Group, transferred from Meade toHomestead AFB for initial deployment ofMIM-23 Hawk missiles, and during theCuban Missile Crisis, the 6th Battalion (HAWK), 65th Artillery at Fort Meade (aUnited States Strike Command unit) was deployed to the Miami/Key West area[12] (the 8th Battalion (Hawk) was at the fort in late 1964).[13] Fort Meade bomb disposal experts were dispatched to secure nuclear bombs in the1964 Savage Mountain B-52 crash.
In 1977, a merger organized the fort's U.S. Army Intelligence Agency as part of theUnited States Army Intelligence and Security Command. On October 1, 1991, awing of the Air Force Intelligence Command transferred to Fort Meade, and the organization was replaced by[failed verification] the70th Operations Group on May 1, 2005.[14] In the early 1990s, 12.7 sq mi (33 km2) was transferred from the post to thePatuxent Research Refuge.[15] A planned closure of the post in the 1990s was not implemented,[when?] and the Defense Information School moved to the fort in 1995.[16] The311th Signal Command headquarters was at Fort Meade from 1996 to September 2006.
The70th Intelligence Wing headquarters was established at Fort Meade on July 17, 2000, and theBase Realignment and Closure, 2005, designated Fort Meade to gain 5,700 positions. Fort Meade currently has more than 54,000 employees (service members and civilians), and is the largest employer in the state of Maryland and second largest installation by employee population in the Army.[17]
After an August 27, 2007,U.S. Environmental Protection Agency order to assess the contamination at 14hazardous waste sites on Fort Meade, such as an ordnance disposal area, 1940s waste dump, closed sanitary landfill,[15] a September 2007 environmental impact report identified adding two golf courses would be a "significant threat to the biological and territorial integrity of the Patuxent Research Refuge". The US Army responded that it is "taking steps to limit the environmental damage."[18]
AfterUnited States Cyber Command was established at the post in 2009; on April 15, 2011, theDefense Information Systems Agency ribbon-cutting for the move fromArlington County, Virginia, was at the agency's Fort Meade complex of 95 acres (38 ha).[19]
The consolidation of theDefense Information School and the Defense Visual Information School in fiscal 1996 and further consolidation with the Defense Photography School in fiscal 1998 created a single focal point in theDepartment of Defense for these specialties fields. Advancements in information technology and recent base realignment and closure initiatives have contributed to the evolution of the school. The result is a single school proud of its historical roots and dedicated to serving the diverse requirements for public affairs, broadcasting and visual information.[19]
Alleged gunman Hong Young was arrested in connection with shootings at five public places in Maryland, including an NSA building, theaters and occupied vehicles in late February 2015. No motive has been established but his estranged wife attributed his behavior to mental issues, and he told police he heard voices telling him to shoot at a random driver.[20]
On March 30, 2015, National Security Agency police officers shot and killed a person who attempted to drive an SUV through a restricted entrance to the NSA campus in Fort Meade, Maryland. A passenger in the SUV was injured, as was an officer, and both were treated at a hospital. President Obama was briefed but the FBI determined "we do not believe it is related to terrorism."[21]
On February 14, 2018, National Security Agency police officers shot and wounded an individual who rammed an SUV into a barricade near an entry gate outside of the facility. In the immediate aftermath of the event, the NSA announced that there was "no ongoing security or safety threat."[22]
Fort Meade is bordered by theBaltimore–Washington Parkway on the west and is about 5 miles (8.0 km) east ofInterstate 95. It is located betweenWashington, D.C., andBaltimore. It is located in proximity toOdenton,Columbia,Jessup,Hanover,Laurel, andSevern.[23]
Notable military and government units based at Fort George G. Meade.[24]
United States Army[edit]United States Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command (Airborne)
United States Army Corps of Engineers
United States Army Criminal Investigation Command
United States Army Forces Command
United States Army Intelligence & Security Command
United States Army Recruiting Command
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command Other
United States Marines[edit]Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command
Marine Corps Information Command
| United States Air Force[edit]
United States Navy[edit]United States Fleet Cyber Command (United States Tenth Fleet)
Department of Defense[edit]Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Defense Information Systems Agency
United States Transportation Command
United States Department of the Navy[edit]Naval Criminal Investigative Service United States Environmental Protection Agency[edit]
Library of Congress[edit]
National Security Agency[edit]
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Fort Meade is used as a storage facility for the United StatesLibrary of Congress.
In 1994, a 100 acres (40 ha) site located in the U.S. Army Base at Fort Meade, MD was transferred to the U.S. Congress to provide additional storage capacity for the Library of Congress and other legislative bodies. The current master plan includes the land to construct up to 13 Phased Storage Modules for collections, if this number is needed.
In subsequent years, Congress provided construction funds in the Architect of the Capitol budget for Module 1, completed in 2002, for Module 2, completed in 2005 and Modules 3 and 4 and four cold storage rooms, completed in 2009. A full-scale three-year transfer program of the special format collections to Modules 3 and 4 and the four cold storage rooms began in Spring 2010 and was completed in September 2012. Module 5 has been fully funded with occupancy scheduled for September 2017.
The state-of-the art storage modules are being built to store, preserve and protect the library's collections. Collections include books and bound periodicals as well as special format collections, such as maps, manuscripts, prints, photographs, sheet music, and microfilm masters. If needed and constructed, the 13 collections storage modules will provide a total of 180,600 gross sq ft of archival storage space for the library's collections.[26]
The Fort George G. Meade Museum exhibited the post's historical artifacts, including uniforms, insignia, and equipment.[27] The museum also had a small collection of vehicles, including aRenault FT, aMK VIII Liberty Tank, anM3A1 Stuart, anM4A3E8 Sherman, anM41 Walker Bulldog, anM47 Patton, armored personnel carriers such as anM113,M114,M84, aNike Ajax missile, and aUH-1H helicopter. The Fort George G. Meade Community Council noted in July 2018 that the museum would close, with artifacts relocated to theNational Museum of the United States Army under construction inFort Belvoir, Virginia.[28]
Since 2005, the NSA operates a shuttle service from theOdenton station ofMARC to its Visitor Control Center at Fort Meade. In 2009, theU.S. Army established a similar shuttle service from the Odenton station to the Army section of Fort Meade; the NSA operates this service, allowing garrison employees, persons with Fort Meade visitor passes, andU.S. Department of Defense IDs to board.[29]
In February 2019,Secretary of the ArmyMark Esper, Chief of StaffMark Milley, and Sgt. Maj. of the ArmyDaniel A. Dailey met with the commander ofIMCOM, the Fort Meade garrison commander, and Army families over safety concerns with housing units on the base in which residents wereexposed to lead andasbestos.[30] After speaking with the CEO for the company which manages the house maintenance of the installation, the senior leaders of the Army will determine necessary actions.[30] "We are deeply troubled by the recent reports highlighting the deficient conditions in some of our family housing. It is unacceptable for our families who sacrifice so much to have to endure these hardships in their own homes."—Secretary of the Army, Mark T. Esper and Chief of Staff of the Army, Gen. Mark A. Milley[31]
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