Fort George G. Meade: The First 100 Years
You may know Fort George G. Meade as a cyber and intelligence hub, but did you know that the installation used to be the home of Army Tank School after World War I? Or that it housed an internment camp at the start of World War II for primarily German-American and Italian-American citizens and foreign nationals? Learn more about the fascinating history of the third largest Army base in the U.S. in terms of number of workforce in this book.
You may know Fort George G. Meade as a cyber and intelligence hub, but did you know that the installation used to be the home of Army Tank School after World War I? Or that it housed an internment camp at the start of World War II for primarily German-American and Italian-American citizens and foreign nationals? Learn more about the fascinating history of the third largest Army base in the U.S. in terms of number of workforce in this book.
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264 THE FIRST <strong>100</strong> YEARS<br />
An Iraqi soldier, assigned to<br />
3rd Battalion, 36th Brigade,<br />
9th Mechanized Division, fires<br />
his M16 rifle while wearing<br />
his gas mask during aperture<br />
range training at Camp Taji,<br />
Iraq, April 17, 2016. Aperture<br />
training allows Iraqi soldiers to<br />
practice proper marksmanship<br />
techniques by firing through<br />
small openings and from behind<br />
large structures. Camp Taji is<br />
one of four Combined Joint Task<br />
Force – Operation Inherent<br />
Resolve building partner<br />
capacity locations dedicated to<br />
training Iraqi Security Forces.<br />
(Photo by Sgt. Kalie Jones)<br />
Members of the Iraqi army<br />
prepare to transport an Anti-<br />
Personnel Obstacle Breach<br />
System to fire at Besmaya Range<br />
Complex, Iraq, Nov. 10, 2015.<br />
Approximately 16,500 members<br />
of the Iraqi Security Forces<br />
have completed unit-level and<br />
individual specialty courses at<br />
five sites in Iraq. This training<br />
is part of Combined Joint Task<br />
Force–Operation Inherent<br />
Resolve’s building partner<br />
capacity mission. (Photo by Cpl.<br />
Nelson Rodriguez)
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