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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266 THE FIRST <strong>100</strong> YEARS<br />
Martha Raddatz, ABC News senior correspondent, interviews U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gary J. Volesky, commander, Combined<br />
Joint Task Force Land Component Command - Operation Inherent Resolve and 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), about<br />
the offensive operations conducted by coalition forces, near Aski Kalak, Iraq, Oct. 24, 2016. Raddatz went on to write a book<br />
based on her conversations with Volesky. <strong>The</strong> Long Road Home was turned into a National Geographic dramatic TV series in<br />
2017, which features Volesky and his unit.(Photo by Sgt. Lisa Soy)<br />
1st Lt. Raymond Alsept from the 454th<br />
Engineer Company Route Clearance<br />
walks alongside a young boy while on<br />
a patrol in Sayghani, Parwan province,<br />
Afghanistan Sept. 27, 2014. <strong>The</strong> patrol<br />
gathered intel on the indirect fire attacks<br />
happening at Bagram Air Field. (Photo<br />
by Staff Sgt. Daniel Luksan)<br />
Leaflets with information in an effort<br />
to reduce violence ahead of a festival<br />
are airdrop from a Polish Mi-17<br />
helicopter, from Forward Operating<br />
Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, April 12,<br />
2013. (Photo by 1st Lt. Jared S. Blair)<br />
U.S. Army Spc. Jordon Purgat, assigned<br />
to 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment,<br />
conducts retina eye identification on a<br />
local Afghan villager in Khoti Kheyl,<br />
Zormat district, Afghanistan, May<br />
7, 2013. <strong>The</strong> retina eye identification<br />
system helps troops identify insurgents.<br />
(Photo by Spc. Chenee' Brooks)
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