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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272 THE FIRST <strong>100</strong> YEARS<br />
twenty-first century they have been joined at <strong>Fort</strong> <strong>Meade</strong><br />
by other INSCOM units. <strong>The</strong>se include the HUMINTfocused<br />
Army Operations Group and the 780th Military<br />
Intelligence Brigade, the Army’s first cyber brigade<br />
designed to conduct SIGINT and cyberspace operations.<br />
Since the attacks of Sep. 11, 2001, INSCOM and its units,<br />
including the elements at <strong>Fort</strong> <strong>Meade</strong>, have been a part of<br />
the world-wide intelligence effort necessary to prosecute<br />
the Global War on Terrorism. This has included deploying<br />
SIGINT terminal guidance teams from the 704th in direct<br />
support of brigade combat teams to provide targeting<br />
information. Likewise the 902nd has deployed CI Soldiers<br />
around the globe, including rotations of agents and case<br />
officers to the Joint Counterintelligence Units in Iraq<br />
and Afghanistan, tactical HUMINT teams, and surges<br />
of CI personnel in response to the needs of combatant<br />
commanders.<br />
Currently headquartered at <strong>Fort</strong> Belvoir, Virginia, with<br />
17,500 Soldiers, Department of the Army civilians and<br />
contractors, INSCOM executes mission command of<br />
operational intelligence and security forces; conducts and<br />
synchronizes worldwide multi-discipline and all-source<br />
intelligence and security operations; delivers linguist<br />
support and intelligence-related advanced skills training,<br />
acquisition support, logistics, communications, and other<br />
specialized capabilities in support of Army, Joint, and<br />
Coalition Commands and the U.S. Intelligence Community.<br />
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(Pg. 270) Signals Intelligence analysts with the 704th<br />
Military Intelligence Brigade deployed in support of the<br />
109th MI Battalion, test equipment during a training exercise<br />
on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 18, 2012. (U.S.<br />
Army photo by Sgt. Jesus Aranda, U.S. Army Intelligence<br />
and Security Command). (Below) A Soldier with the<br />
Expeditionary Cyber Electromagnetic Activities Team, 781st<br />
Military Intelligence Battalion, 780th MI Brigade, conducts<br />
cyberspace operations at the National Training Center at<br />
<strong>Fort</strong> Irwin, Calif., May 9, 2017. (U.S. Army photo by Bill<br />
Roche, U.S. Army Cyber Command). (Right) Soldiers from<br />
the 902nd Military Intelligence Group conduct emergency<br />
evacuation procedures during a Field Training Exercise,<br />
Gunpowder Falls State Park in Maryland. (U.S. Army photo<br />
by D.A. Shine, 902nd Military Intelligence Group)
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