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Fort George G. Meade is a U.S. military base located in Maryland's Anne Arundel County. The fort was originally Camp Meade, an Army training post created in 1917 and named after the Civil War-era Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade. The location for the fort was picked because of its close proximity to a railroad, Baltimore's port and Washington, D.C. In addition to functioning as a training ground during World War I, the camp housed some of the first women to serve in the Army. Known as the "Hello Girls," the women were trained as telephone operators and sent overseas. The camp became a permanent base in 1928, under the name Fort Leonard Wood; Meade's name was reapplied to the base in 1929. Dur...
Fort George G. Meade is a U.S. military base located in Maryland's Anne Arundel County. The fort was originally Camp Meade, an Army training post created in 1917 and named after the Civil War-era Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade. The location for the fort was picked because of its close proximity to a railroad, Baltimore's port and Washington, D.C. In addition to functioning as a training ground during World War I, the camp housed some of the first women to serve in the Army. Known as the "Hello Girls," the women were trained as telephone operators and sent overseas. The camp became a permanent base in 1928, under the name Fort Leonard Wood; Meade's name was reapplied to the base in 1929. During World War II , the base served as a major training center and POW camp for German and Italian soldiers. Today, the base focuses on national security and intelligence. The combination of Fort Meade and the National Security Agency, which has its headquarters at Fort Meade, makes the two entities the largest employers in Maryland. Fort Meade employs about 39,000 military and civilian workers and contractors. It currently has the fourth-largest workforce of any Army installation in the U.S., and its workforce is set to grow by at least 5,000 personnel by 2010 due to the 2005 Base and Realignment Closure (BRAC).
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Open for business today
Sarah Rosario and other longtime Annapolis residents say they remember the demise of the old Parole Shopping Center pretty much as a slow fade, with retailers large and small slip-sliding away for years. The Kmart packed up and moved to Edgewater,...Tags: Whole Foods Market, Demographics, Local Authority, Starbucks Corporation, John R Leopold
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Anne Arundel Datebook
TODAY Assistance League The Assistance League Chesapeake will meet at 9:30 a.m. at the Severna Park library branch, 45 W. McKinsey Road. 410-729-9169. Poetry lecture Anne Arundel Community College will offer "Wordscapes with John Lane" at 2 p.m. in...Tags: Consumer Electronics Industry, Festive Event, Jim Jackson, Defense, Sam Shepard
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Fire at South River causes nearly $100,000 in damage
Baltimore Sun reportersA fire believed to have been caused by a malfunctioning air-conditioning unit at South River High School in Edgewater tonight caused nearly $100,000 in damage to a computer lab room and its contents, said a spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Fire...Tags: Fires, United States Naval Academy, Edgewater
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Jarret Swaby
South Florida Sun-SentinelNAME: Jarrett Swaby HIGH SCHOOL/CLASS: Glades Day, senior HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-1, 180 POSITION: Safety, wide receiver VARSITY EXPERIENCE: third year BEST MOMENT OF '07: Beating Fort Meade 44-0 for the first time on their home field. A close second was... -
Veterans' Appreciation Brunch to be held
The Fort Meade Retired Officers' Wives Club will hold its annual Veterans' Appreciation Brunch for all ranks of military personnel, veterans, family and friends, and the civilian community, at 11 a.m. Nov. 1 at Club Meade, 6600 Mapes Road. The keynote...Tags: National Security, Defense, Jazz Music, National Security Agency, Veterans Affairs
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Odenton Town Center may see improvements
Anne Arundel officials have asked to be included in a new state tax rebate program to help pay for at least $26 million in roads and other infrastructure improvements at the long-delayed Odenton Town Center. The town center project has languished for...Tags: Economic Policy, State Budgets, John R Leopold, Odenton
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Arundel slots proposal divides the community
Perhaps more than in any other place in Maryland, the debate over whether to allow slot-machine gambling hits home in Anne Arundel County, where the state's largest slots parlor might be built squarely in suburbia.
Royce Clark owns a small salon and...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Restaurant and Catering Industry, John R Leopold, Defense, Magna Entertainment Corporation
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Florida state football poll (through week five)
The Associated Press Top 10 Florida high school football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records and rating points. Class 6A 1. Deerfield Beach (17) 4-0 188 2. Apopka (2) 4-1 166 3. Miami Northwestern 4-0 155 4. Boone 5-0 133 5. Miramar...Tags: Andrew Jackson, Everglades
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Find out what motivates Palm Beach County's top 25 prospects
South Florida Sun-SentinelPALM BEACH COUNTY TOP 25 PROSPECTS 1. NAME: JON BOSTIC HIGH SCHOOL/CLASS: Palm Beach Central, senior HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 6-2/220 POSITION: Linebacker VARSITY EXPERIENCE: Three-year starter BEST MOMENT OF '07: Broke three tackles as he caught a pass, then...Tags: National Basketball Association, Miami Hurricanes, Ray Lewis, National Football League, Physical Fitness
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The impact of BRAC
Transportation Advocates will meet from 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. today at the Bain Center, 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. Coffee and doughnuts will be available at 7:30 a.m. Kent Menser, executive director of the Howard County Base Realignment and Closure... -
BRAC-linked road, transit projects facing big delays
Maryland's projected revenue shortfall has already delayed more than $114 million in road and transit projects intended to meet the demands of the BRAC military base expansion coming to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Harford County and Fort Meade in Anne...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Public Transportation
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U.S. dollars drop
Federal spending on contractors in Maryland fell last year for the second time in a row, a troubling trend for a state dependent on government business. Procurement spending dropped $1.3 billion, or 6 percent, in the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30,...Tags: Aerospace Manufacturing, Demographics, Electronics, Business, Population
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