308th Military Intelligence Battalion, Fort Meade Detachment

The 308th Military Intelligence Battalion conducts baseline counterintelligence security operations, collection and investigations in support of Army installations and activities and active and reserve forces throughout the United States. It conducts vulnerability assessments and focused collection efforts at major Department of the Army and DoD research, development and testing facilities, including large contractors. The battalion also provides counterintelligence security advice and assistance to joint and national-level agencies and multidiscipline counterintelligence support to the international treaty verification process throughout the United States. The 308th is located at 4216 Roberts Ave. For more information, call (301) 677-2246 or visit www.inscom.army.mil⁄902nd⁄308th⁄bmd.htm.

311th Theater Signal Command (TSC)

The 311th TSC, USAR, is the designated signal command for the Army Service Components commands within the Pacific and Korean Theaters. Located at 1251 Annapolis Road, it is headquartered at Fort Meade.

The mission of the 311th TSC is to provide operational level (formerly echelons above Corps) communications support to the 8th U.S. Army in Korea and U.S. Army Pacific. During peacetime, the 311th TSC maintains active involvement in both theaters of operation for daily missions and training exercises. Upon mobilization, the Commander, 311th TSC, becomes the senior U.S. Army communicator to serve as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Information Management. Additionally, the commanding general will command all U.S. Army Signal Corps Soldiers as they achieve stated and implied signal missions.

Duty responsibilities of the 311th TSC span the full range of Information Management Area (IMA) functions including telecommunications, automation, visual – information, records management, publications and printing⁄ library services. As the senior Army Signal organization in two theaters, the 311th TSC formulates theater level plans, policies and procedures for each of the IMA functional areas, with particular emphasis placed on the installation, operation and maintenance, management of command, control, communication, computers and intelligence systems in support of communication requirements.

Activated at Fort Meade June 16, 1996, the 311th TSC traces its lineage to the 311th Signal Group, through the 3112th Signal Service Battalion. Feb. 1, 1944, the 3112th Signal Battalion was activated at Fort Monmouth, N.J. It was later reorganized and re-designated in Germany on June 7, 1945 as the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3112th Signal Service Battalion. Dec. 5, 1946, HHC, 3112th was inactivated.

April 10, 1952, the HHC, 3112th was reactivated in Baltimore, Md., and on May 27 of that year, the unit was once again re-designated to become the HHC, 311th Signal Group in the Organized Reserve Corps. Reactivated and re-designated as the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 311th Signal Group, HHD was later inactivated Feb. 20, 1963. In Oct. 1995, the HHD, 311th Signal Group, was re-designated as the HHC, 311th TSC.

Military campaign participation includes World War II service in Normandy, northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes-Alsace, and Central Europe.

The 311th TSC is committed to providing quality service as a vital asset to the communications family. The 311th TSC continues to strive for excellence in its readiness, responsiveness and mission accomplishment, serving proudly as the Army’s ‘‘Theater Voice.”

902nd Military Intelligence Group

Mission: The 902nd Military Intelligence Group (MIG) conducts full spectrum counterintelligence activities in support of Army commanders and joint warfighters to protect Army forces, secrets and technologies by detecting, identifying, neutralizing and exploiting foreign intelligence services and international terrorist threats.

The 902nd MIG provides direct and general counterintelligence support to Army activities and major commands. It also provides general support to other military department counterintelligence and intelligence elements, unified commands, defense agencies and national agency counterintelligence and security activities.

The 902nd MIG headquarters and subordinate battalion activity headquarters are located at Fort Meade, Md. The 902nd MIG has company headquarters detachments and resident or field offices in over 50 locations inside and outside the continental U.S.

The Group was constituted as the 902nd Counterintelligence Corps Detachment Oct. 14, 1944 and activated Nov. 23, 1944 at Hollandia, New Guinea. The 902nd relocated to Fort Meade on July 1, 1974. For more information, call (301) 677-6991.

694th Intelligence Group

The 694th Intelligence Group is located with and subordinate to the 70th (IG) at Fort Meade and is Air Combat Command’s largest intelligence group. It delivers tailored, timely, full-spectrum intelligence and information assurance support to the Air Force major commands, unified commands, component air commanders, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the White House.

With active duty and reserve personnel assigned to six squadrons and 15 operating locations throughout the world, the 694th IG sustains and develops skilled, disciplined, fit and motivated Air Force warriors for reach back, distributed and expeditionary operations worldwide. For more information, call (301) 677-0838⁄0600.

704th Military Intelligence Brigade

The 704th Military Intelligence Brigade is a major subordinate command of the Intelligence and Security Command, Fort Belvoir, Va. The brigade operates missions on behalf of the Army and the National Security Agency. The 704th conducts signal intelligence operations in support of Army, ground component and joint warfighters, and provides qualified, technically trained Soldiers in support of the NSA. It also executes operations to support land component commanders’ information warfare and information operations.

The brigade’s origins date to 1954 when the U.S. Army Security Agency created a troop command to support the NSA at Arlington Hall Station, Va.

In 1955, the troop command relocated to Fort Meade. In 1977, the command was re-designated as the Continental U.S. Military Intelligence Group. In 1987 the Group was re-designated the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade.

The brigade has three major subordinate commands: the 741st, 742nd, and 743rd Military Intelligence Battalions.

744th Ordnance Company

The mission of the 744th Ordnance Company (Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD)) is to conduct EOD force protection operations for military and civilian authorities to defeat or mitigate conventional and unconventional explosive devices. The unit provides recurring protection to the President of the United States and other dignitaries. On order, the 744th deploys and conducts EOD force protection missions in designated theater(s) of operation.

The 744th has a rich history. The unit participated in four campaigns during World War II (Southern France, Ardennes-Alsace, Central Europe and Rhineland). The 744th was recognized with the Army Superior Unit Award for distinguished service in the United States during the Gulf War and deployed to Somalia from December 1993 to March 1994. The company was called upon after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and deployed to Afghanistan and Oman from Sept. 2001 to May 2002 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The company was awarded the Meritorious Unit Commendation for exemplary service in Afghanistan. For more information, call (301) 677-2466⁄2468.

5115th Garrison Support Unit

The 5115th Garrison Support Unit provides the U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) with trained and deployable Soldiers to meet mission requirements directed by USAREUR and the European Theater’s Mobilization Support Center. The mission includes establishing and operating Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration (RSOI) sites and conducting antiterrorism and force protection operations. The 5115th must remain trained and ready to respond to any mission challenge or military contingency response around the world.

The unit was organized and assigned as the 5115th Major Subordinate Command (MSC) on Sept. 16, 1995. Headquartered at Fort Meade, Md., the 5115th GSU included a forward detachment at Fort Hood, Texas, and was subordinated to the 99th Regional Support Center (RSC). The 5115th was activated under a Presidential call-up for 270 days in support of Operation Joint Guard in Central Europe from Jan. 1997 through Oct. 1997.

In the late 1990s the unit was mobilized to operate a Mobilization Support Center (MSC) in Schwetzingen, Germany. Since that time the unit has distinguished itself in handling the RSOI mission for a number of high profile WARFIGHTER exercises in Germany.

The unit is located at 1251 Annapolis Road. For more information, call (301) 677-1168 or visit www.usarc.army.mil⁄5115th GSU.

Army Corp of Engineers

We apply a combination of core competencies that distinguishes us as a unique public service engineering organization. We provide value to those we serve.

Using the Army values as our foundation, we execute public and military engineering programs. Our people, experience and service ethic give us the agility to rapidly respond whenever and wherever we are needed. We partner with the public and private sectors to leverage their capabilities to accomplish our missions. We apply our experience working with varied constituencies to build consensus on comprehensive solutions.

Operating as teams, we provide life-cycle engineering and technical services that integrate multi-disciplinary capabilities. We approach challenges and solve problems in a consistent and systematic way, and we are equipped to plan and manage large, complex projects and programs.

In addition to our enduring values and core competencies, several sets of operating principles – such as the Environmental Operating Principles and the Project Management Business Process imperatives – guide our behaviors and facilitate our work. For more than 200 years, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has served our Nation in peace and war. As the needs and priorities of the Nation evolved, the Corps has adapted to keep pace. In recent years, the Corps made organizational and process changes to improve our service to the Armed Forces and the Nation. Today, as we continue to transform, we must ensure that those we serve continue to benefit from our ongoing improvements. For more information, call (410) 962-2809.

Army Public Affairs Center (APAC)

Location 8607 6th Armored

Cavalry Regiment Road

Tel (301) 677-7272

Web site http:⁄⁄www.army.mil⁄ institution⁄armypublic affairs

Public Affairs fulfills the Army’s obligation to keep the American people and the Army informed, and helps to establish the conditions that lead to confidence in America’s Army and its readiness to conduct operations in peacetime, conflict and war.

Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG)

Mission Statement

The Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) is the Army’s new rapid deployable unit. The AWG is a Special Missions Unit organized to conduct continuous and simultaneous operations throughout the world to defeat specified asymmetric threats against our nation. Simply put, the AWG is our Nation’s experts in asymmetric warfare.

Key Tasks

For more information, visit AWG’s web site http:⁄⁄www.awg.army.mil.

Army Audit Agency,Fort Meade Field Office

The U.S. Army Audit Agency serves America’s Army by providing objective and independent auditing services. Established in 1946, the Agency helps the Army make informed decisions, resolve issues, use resources effectively and efficiently and satisfy statutory and fiduciary responsibilities. The Auditor General of the Army leads the Agency and receives support from the Principal Deputy Auditor General and three Deputy Auditor Generals, each of whom is in charge of specific aspects of agency operations. This includes Acquisition and Logistics Audits, Forces and Financial Audits and Policy and Operations Management. The Agency established the Fort Meade Field Office in 1998. For more information, call (301) 677-7741.

Central Clearance Facility

The Central Clearance Facility (CCF) was established in Oct. 1977 as the sole Army agency authorized to grant, revoke or deny personnel security clearances for the Army, including Active Component, Army Reserve, Army National Guard, and Department of the Army civilian employees. It is a subordinate unit of the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command. The CCF determines Sensitive Compartmented Information, access eligibility for the Army as well as Department of Army affiliated contractor personnel. The CCF also makes security suitability recommendations for Army Soldiers and civilians under consideration for designated special assignments that require security clearances, including the White House. The CCF staff makes approximately 150,000 final security clearance⁄access determinations annually. The CCF office is located at 4552A Pike Road. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. For more information, call (301) 677-6712.

Criminal Investigation Command

As the Army’s primary criminal investigative organization and the DoD premier investigative organization, the Criminal Investigation Command (CID) is responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations in which the Army is, or may be, a party of interest.

CID supports the Army through the deployment, in peace and war, of highly trained Soldier and government service Special Agents and support personnel, the operation of a certified forensic laboratory, a protective services unit, computer crimes specialists, polygraph services, criminal intelligence collection and analysis and a variety of other services normally associated with law enforcement activities.

The CID mission is the same for the installation and battlefield environments, however, additional requirements are taken on during battlefield support.

Primary Missions

Additional Missions

The Fort Meade CID is located at 855 Chisholm Avenue. For more information, call (301) 677-1682.

Defense Courier Service

From an informal beginning in the days of sailing ships, the Defense Courier Service (DCS) has evolved to its present status, being reorganized as a joint activity in 1987. The DCS provides worldwide movement of highly classified, extremely sensitive national security material requiring courier escort. The 6,000-plus DCS customers are served by 261 military and civilian personnel and a global network of courier stations. Major DCS customers include the White House, Defense and State Departments, federal agencies, government contractors and U.S. allies.

The headquarters, located on Chisholm Avenue, provides command and control for 20 assigned and provisional stations located in 12 states and 10 foreign nations. The DCS Station Baltimore, located off Rock Avenue, is the largest station in the DCS system and provides connectivity with Washington area customers, the greatest concentration of DCS accounts. The DCS Baltimore serves a customer base located in Delaware, southern Pennsylvania, Maryland, northern Virginia and the District of Columbia. The Baltimore station also provides a pipeline to customers in Canada, Europe and Southwest Asia. Every day, 365 days a year, the DCS lives up to its motto: ‘‘To be the Nation’s Premier Courier Service.” For more information, call (301) 677-4974.

Defense Information School

Recognized as ‘‘a national asset for organizational communication success,” the Defense Information School (DINFOS) is a joint service institution established to train military and civilian Department of Defense personnel in the Public Affairs and Visual Information career fields.

The school’s mission statement reflects its commitment to ‘‘grow and sustain a corps of professional organizational communicators” that fulfill the communications needs (strategic and otherwise) of military and national security leaders and audiences. Graduates are posted worldwide, including recent and sustained support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

More than 3,500 resident students cycle through the school annually, trained by a 300-member faculty and staff comprised of military, Defense Department civilians and contracted instructors, representing all five armed services, including Guard and Reserve components.

DINFOS was formed at Ft. Meade in 1994 as a consolidation of the military’s schools, which moved here from Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind.; Naval Station Pensacola, Fla.; and Lowry Air Force Base, Colo. Disciplines include photography, videography, lithography, broadcasting, graphic arts, print journalism and public affairs.

DINFOS is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education and the American Council on Education has recommended college credit for the majority of classes taught.

In addition to entry level training for both enlisted and commissioned warriors, the school conducts a number of senior-level seminars and workshops and annually hosts the prestigious Thomas Jefferson and Military Visual Information Awards programs, whose recent keynote speakers have included Dan Rather and Sam Donaldson.

The expanded DINFOS story, with current news and photographs, can be found at the school’s web site www.dinfos.osd.mil. For further information, or to contact Defense Information School, please call the Public Affairs and Protocol Office at (301) 677-2528 or 4257 or visit www.dinfos.osd.mil.

Environmental Science Center

One of Environmental Protection Agency’s newest buildings is the Environmental Science Center (ESC), which officially opened in April 1999. The building incorporates many environmental features as part of the EPA’s overall commitment to protect human health and the environment.

The facility provides office space for 150 people and consolidates six leased facilities into one government-owned site. The facility represents a partnership between the Region 3 and EPA Headquarters (HQ). Approximately 2⁄3 of the 70 laboratories at the facility support Region 3 personnel including Analytical Services and Quality Assurance Branch, the Field Inspection Program and the Mid Atlantic Integrated Assessment Program.

The remaining laboratories support the HQ Office of Pesticides Program Personnel and the Baltimore resident office of EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division. At the ESC, EPA scientists conduct tests on soil, air and water samples to determine the presence of pollutants and other contaminants. EPA microbiologists test drinking water to ensure its safety. Hospital disinfectants are tested to ensure the validity of their claims and chemists develop the analytical methods necessary to monitor pesticide residues in food. The ESC staff inspects and investigates manufacturing facilities, hazardous waste sites and public and private labs. The ESC is located at 701 Mapes Road. For more information, call (410) 305-2607.

First Army Division East

Our motto, ‘‘Train like you are going to fight,” is more than a clichÈ; it is a succinct summary of the First Army Division East philosophy.

First Army Division East is committed to providing and conducting Training Readiness Oversight and Mobilization (TRO&M) in accordance with the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) Model in order to provide trained and ready forces to regional combatant commanders.

As a subordinate element of First Army, headquartered at Fort Gillem, Georgia, our focus is:

Today’s contemporary operating environment is extremely complex. Soldiers must be able to see first, understand first, and act first – never relinquishing the initiative. This environment is created through tough, repetitive, realistic, hands-on, and theater specific training designed to reinforce the Army Values, the Warrior Ethos and the Soldier’s Rules. First Army Division East trains mobilized Soldiers to thrive in an environment that is similar to the actual environment they will face in the theater of operations. It develops the Soldiers intuitive response to combat situations.

Soldiers and other service members train to fight on complex terrain from the deserts of western Iraq, to the mountains of Afghanistan, to the urban neighborhoods of Baghdad. Complex physical terrain is compounded by even more complex dynamics such as ethnic, cultural and religious differences, as well as, regional and political divisions. Our Soldiers and other service members are trained and equipped to face the challenges associated with their mission. They must constantly learn, grow and adapt in ambiguous situations.

The First Army Division East workforce is comprised of more than 200 personnel – active component, Army Reserve, National Guard, Operation Warrior Trainers (OWT), individual mobilization augmentees, and civilians. The division’s work is accomplished through ten multi-component Training Support Brigades (TSBs), and 59 Training Support Battalions (TSBns) in 27 states located east of the Mississippi River. In addition, we support the Army National Guard through approximately 30 Senior Army Advisors to the Adjutants General. For additional information, call (301) 833-8457.

Foreign Counterintelligence Activity

The Foreign Counterintelligence Activity supports U.S. Army and counterintelligence activities through detecting, identifying and providing unique operational ‘‘windows” into the plans, intentions and activities of foreign intelligence organizations directed against the U.S. Army. For more information, call (301) 677-5215.

Forensic Toxicology Drug Testing Laboratory

Forensic Toxicology Drug Testing Laboratory (FTDTL) supports the European theater, Army Reserves, and installations east of the Mississippi. The lab is located at 2490 Wilson Street. For more information, call (301) 677-7085.

Headquarters Company, Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion

The Marines of Headquarters Company consists of the Battalion Staff and the Marine Liaison Office of National Security Agency. Mission: To provide

trained, deployable Marines for the conduct of Intelligence and Information Assurance (IA) activities in support of operational deployments as required.

Tasks

1) Provide Marines for Intel operations as directed.

2) Conduct military, technical, and unit sustainment training to ensure personnel maintain proficiency in their respective military occupational specialty and battle skills⁄essential subjects.

3) Maintain personnel readiness to augment the Radio Battalions (RadBn), or perform other operational deployments when required.

Joint Regional Medical Plans & Operations Branch, Northeast

JRMPO-NE is a part of the U.S. Northern Command’s Surgeon General’s Directorate, located at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The JRMPO-NE office integrates joint-medical services in support of Defense Assistance to Civil Authorities and Homeland Defense missions within assigned regions. The regions include Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Regions I, II, III, V and National Capital Region (NCR). In support of the President’s National Response Plan, JRMPO deploys as a NC-SG representative to the Defense Coordinating Element or to the Lead Federal Agency for Health and Medical.

Library of Congress Book Storage Facility

Location: 100 Meigs Road

Tel: (202) 707-7177

(202) 707-9909

The Library of Congress Book Storage Facility was dedicated on Nov. 18, 2002. The Facility is the first of 13 storage modules planned for high-density storage of Library of Congress collections. This particular storage facility is designed to house paper-based materials such as books and bound periodicals, which are stored in specially designed boxes at 50 degrees Fahrenheit and 30-percent relative humidity, on 30-foot-high industrial shelving. The Facility accommodates approximately 1.2 million items. Future modules constructed on the site will accommodate other kinds of library materials, including ones that require cold vault storage for preservation.

Materials housed at the facility can be requested from the main Library of Congress campus on Capitol Hill. Deliveries are made twice a day.

Maryland State Employment Office

Location: 4432 Llewellyn Avenue

Tel: (410) 674-5240

Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

The Maryland State Employment Office offers job placement assistance for non-federal employment. This office also provides veterans representatives for assistance.

Military Entrance Processing Station – Baltimore

The mission of USMEPCOM and the Baltimore MEPS is to process individuals for enlistment or induction into the armed services, based on DoD approved peacetime and mobilization standards. Three primary areas are considered in determining an applicant’s qualifications for enlistment: aptitude for military service, physical qualification and background evaluation screening.

The Baltimore MEPS has enlistment responsibility for 23 counties in Maryland, two counties in Delaware, 10 counties in Virginia, three counties in West Virginia and the District of Columbia. The Baltimore MEPS is one of a network of 65 MEPS located nationwide and in Puerto Rico. Aside from the MEPS located in Baltimore, 13 Mobile Examining Team (MET) sites in the Baltimore MEPS area offer aptitude testing to applicants near their homes, which eliminates unnecessary applicant travel.

The MEPS was originally established in 1965 at Fort Holabird, Maryland. When Fort Holabird closed in 1973, the station relocated to Linthicum Heights, near Baltimore-Washington International Airport. In March 1991, the MEPS relocated to a facility in the Dorsey Business Center in Howard County, Md. The Baltimore MEPS moved to its present location in Sept. 2003.

MEPS is located at 850 Chisholm Avenue. For more information, call (301) 677-0422, fax (301) 677-0440, e-mail: baltimo@mepcom.army.mil, or visit www.mepcom.army.mil⁄meps⁄balt⁄.

National Cryptologic Museum

At the National Cryptologic Museum, the exhibits pertain to the history and impact of cryptology (the science of making and breaking codes and ciphers) on world events. Exhibits range from 500-year-old books to the modern super computer. Topic examples at the museum include: the Enigma Cipher Machine, the American Civil War, Vietnam, World Wars I and II, Aerial Reconnaissance, the Korean War and Information Assurance.

The museum is owned and operated by NSA and is open to the public. Admittance is free. Both guided and self-guided tours are available. The museum is located at the intersection of Maryland Routes 32 and Interstate 295. For more information, call (301) 688-5848⁄5849, fax (301) 688-5847, or email museum@nsa.gov.

National Security Agency

The National Security Agency was established by presidential directive Nov. 4, 1952. Its headquarters complex at Fort Meade is dominated by two high-rise buildings completed in 1986 and dedicated by then President Ronald Reagan in a special ceremony.

The complex includes an operations building, a technical library and other facilities, which house logistics and support activities. The NSA is supported by elements of the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Coast Guard, whose officers and enlisted personnel constitute a significant percentage of the agency work force. The remainder are civilians who are permanently assigned and who reside in the Baltimore-Washington area.

Like the Department of State and Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency has its own civilian career service, established by Congress in 1959. To maintain this career service, the agency conducts its own recruiting and employment programs. From its beginning, NSA has hired promising college graduates from all sections of the country— and from the Baltimore-Washington area – to augment its growing staff of professionals.

A large number of the agency’s semi-skilled and clerical employees have been drawn from the local area. The NSA has developed special educational programs, in conjunction with local high schools, to help prepare local students for employment with the agency. The NSA works with U.S. employment offices and civic groups in the area to promote employment of the handicapped.

Graduates coming from high schools and college campuses may move into one of three broadly defined professional occupational areas. Some specialize in cryptology (making and testing U.S. codes and ciphers), others become specialists in the data – processing fields, and the remainder (especially mathematicians, scientists and engineers) will work in research and development.

The NSA has always placed great emphasis on the training and development of its people. The establishment of the National Cryptologic School as a separate professional structure is a true symbol of this concern and represents further enhancement of the agency’s already extensive training activities.

Additionally, the agency has a number of educational programs –both undergraduate and graduate –established with the Johns Hopkins University, American University, George Washington University, University of Maryland and Catholic University, as well as its own special courses. Also a number of NSA professional personnel teach part-time at these local universities.

The professional staff at NSA is marked by a diversity of interests and accomplishments. The agency has an exceptionally large number of professionals and these, as well as others in the agency, are engaged in a great variety of activities outside NSA.

The agency has writers and artists, accomplished musicians, champion bridge and chess players, and athletes in all sports. Many employees are active in civic, religious and fraternal organizations. The agency’s record in fund drives, local blood donor programs and other community actions has been outstanding. For more information, visit the NSA Homepage at www.nsa.gov or contact NSA Public and Media Affairs at (301) 688-6524.

Navy Information Operations Command Maryland

Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) Maryland has a rich history dating back to when it was first established in July 1957 as the Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA) Fort Meade. In accordance with Navy-wide realignment initiatives, NSGA Fort Meade integrated with the Naval Network Warfare Command (NNWC) as Navy Information Operations Command Maryland, on Oct. 1, 2005. The command is a tenant of the Fort Meade Garrison and is under the area coordination of Commandant, Naval District Washington (NDW).

Since its founding 50 years ago, the mission to provide logistics support has changed significantly to include worldwide theaters. Today, the primary mission is to conduct information operations and to provide cryptologic and related intelligence information to fleet, joint and national commanders, as well as administrative and personnel support to Department of the Navy members assigned to the Fort Meade area.

As the largest NIOC, the majority of the 1,400 officers, enlisted and civilian personnel assigned to NIOC perform their duties within one of the various elements of the NSA⁄CSS.

NIOC has responded to every challenge, improving facilities and revising programs to provide professional leadership. Within the command, there is a highly trained staff to assist personnel in human resources, education, training, career enhancement, medical, family assistance, emergency relief and recreational activities. The command also provides funeral honors for Navy veterans within a six-county area and Color Guard ceremonial support within the community.

Administrative and Support offices are located in Buildings 9805, 9804 and OPS 3, and the Bachelor Quarters in Building 9803. For more information, call (301) 677-0860 or visit www.niocmd.navy.mil.

NonCommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy Detachment

The Signal Corps Detachment Regimental NonCommissioned Officer (NCO) Academy Detachment provides resident Basic and Advanced NCO Course training at Fort Meade. The training is designed for NCOs in grades Sergeant (promotable), Staff Sergeant (promotable) and Sergeant First Class in the Career Management Fields under the NCO Education System. The Signal Corps Regimental NCO Academy challenges selected NCOs to improve their teamwork, intellectual depth, communications skills, analytical abilities and decision-making capabilities. The Academy produces highly motivated leaders who are technically and tactically proficient, physically fit and ultimately able to fight, survive and win on tomorrow’s battlefield. The SCR NCO Academy Detachment is a subordinate element of the Signal Corps Regimental NCO Academy at Fort Gordon, Georgia. The Academy is located at 8541 Zimborski Avenue For information, call (301) 677-3069⁄2421.

U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion & Preventive Medicine – North

The USACHPPM-North is one of five regional commands organized under Headquarters, USACHPPM, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Other regional commands are located at Fort McPherson, Ga.; Fort Lewis, Wash.; Landstuhl, Germany and Camp Zama, Japan.

The mission of USACHPPM-North is to provide regionally focused direct preventive medicine support to America’s Army and other government agencies beyond the regional medical command capabilities and to facilitate support from USACHPPM.

The USACHPPM-North provides on-site and telephonic services in the areas of portable water and wastewater, solid and hazardous waste, regulated medical waste, pest management, industrial hygiene, occupational safety and health, child care center health and safety evaluations, ergonomic evaluation, environmental compliance assessments, risk communication and field preventive medicine training. Additionally, the command supports contingency operations and natural disasters worldwide.

USACHPPM-North is located at 4411 Llewellyn Avenue. For more information, call (301) 677-6502⁄ 6205.

U.S. Army Claims Service (USARCS)

The United States Army Claims Service (USARCS) supervises the payment of claims throughout the world. Located in Building 4411 on Llewellyn Avenue, we oversee the payment of over $70 million to Soldiers, family members, and civilians. We are also responsible for recovering over $34 million in claims on behalf of the United States. This article will introduce you to USARCS and explain our missions and goals.

USARCS was created as an independent agency in 1963. We’ve been a tenant activity here at Fort Meade since July 1971, after the closing of Fort Holabird in Baltimore. We’ve worked at our current location in Building 4411 since 1978.

USARCS has a staff of about 100 attorneys, investigators, and other claims professionals. The majority are Civil Service employees, roughly a fifth

are active-duty military personnel, and a few are temporary hires. We are helped by a number of Army Reservists, who spend their two-week annual tour of Reserve duty at USARCS.

One of USARCS’ most important missions is to settle tort damage claims made against the Army. For example, if an Army driver is at fault in an accident with a civilian car, we try to settle the claim for damage to the car and⁄or injury to the civilian driver. If we can settle the claim through negotiation, we save the Army, the claimant-and the taxpayers-the time and expense of a lawsuit and trial. Settling such damage claims is the job of our Tort Claims (TC) Division. They supervise the settlement of over $30 million in tort claims each year.

USARCS has another critical mission: to settle claims of military personnel for damage to their property. This is the job of our Personnel Claims and Recovery Division (PCR). PCR Division each year recovers over $34 million for the Army and oversees payment of over $40 million in personnel claims.

U.S. Army Signal School Detachment Student Company

Student Company is the home to all Soldiers (National Guard, Reserves and Regular Army) attending courses at the Defense Information School (DINFOS). Because DINFOS is a Department of Defense (DoD) asset, it is Student Company’s task to insure that Army standards are met during your training at Fort Meade. Student Company will administer all APFTs, conduct random Alcohol and Drug dependency testing, perform Common Task Testing (CTT) and respond to all student’s administrative needs.

The company maintains two barracks. One barracks, Bldg 8611, is designated for Initial Entry Training (IET) Soldiers. These are Soldiers who have only recently completed Basic Combat Training and are here to earn their first Military Occupation Specialty (MOS). Soldiers are considered Non-IET if they have been awarded an Army MOS under a previous enlistment or are prior service from one of the other U.S. Military Services. Non-IET students reside in Bldg 8610. Non-IET Soldiers and officers attending the Public Affairs Officer Course are not required to perform CTT.

Married Regular Army Soldiers attending training for 25V or 25R are authorized to bring their family to live in quarters at Fort Meade. IET Soldiers must spend their Phase IV time in the barracks. Once they reach Phase V (usually within four weeks) they are authorized to stay in family quarters with their family. Non-IET Soldiers are authorized to live with their family immediately. Soldiers who become married while attending classes at Fort Meade are not authorized post housing.

Non-IET Soldiers maintain all the rights and privileges of permanent party personnel. You may own and operate a POV. You may take passes on the weekend and visit the many sites there are to see in the Baltimore ⁄ Washington D.C. area. You are required to fill out a pass form if you choose to leave the B⁄W area. The company requires you to have a traveling companion when traveling more than 300 miles on a weekend by POV.

IET Soldiers receive ‘‘phase” privileges IAW TRADOC Regulation 350-6 and 15th Regimental Signal Brigade policy. Soldiers just arriving to Student Company will be placed in semi locked down status, similar to the environment in Basic Combat Training. As students achieve different milestones in their training at Student Company, they are rewarded with more privileges. Near the end of training at Student Company and DINFOS, a Soldier should earn permanent party privileges.

Be prepared! Not all courses start the same time as stated on your orders. If you are a Non-IET or split option Soldier, call the company first and confirm the start date of you particular course. IET Soldiers arriving directly from Basic Combat Training are placed in ‘‘casual” status. IET Reserve and National Guard Soldiers will remain on active duty during this ‘‘casual” status at the company. They are not authorized to return to their parent unit until they complete their active duty training.

There are many opportunities to excel in Student Company. The company’s student load is around 250 Soldiers at any given time. The company has only a handful of Drill Sergeants, so we depend greatly upon student leadership. You can expect to hold a squad leader position once during your tour. The best and brightest are chosen to be platoon guides. They function the same as a platoon sergeant. The company also accepts volunteers to be honorary chaplain’s assistants. They aide the DINFOS chaplain in accomplishing his tasks to provide for the spiritual needs of the Soldiers in the unit. Student company is also active in the Fort Meade intramural sports program.

U.S. Army Field Band

The United States Army Field Band is the official musical representative of the Secretary of the Army. Its community relations mission is to thank the American public for their continuing support and to keep that support behind our troops by performing concerts on tours across the country and around the world. The organization is under the operational control of the ArmyÕs Chief of Public Affairs. The Field Band’s administrative offices and rehearsal facilities are located in Devers Hall at 4214 Field Band Drive, adjacent to Meade Hall, overlooking Burba Lake.

The U.S. Army Field Band is comprised of 165 Soldier-musicians organized into a support element and four separate musical components: the Concert Band, a 65-piece instrumental ensemble; the Soldiers’ Chorus, a 29-member mixed vocal group; the Jazz Ambassadors, a jazz orchestra composed of 19 members; and a five-member show band called the Volunteers.

U.S. Army Test Measurement & Diagnostic Equipment Support Lab (TMDE)

The TMDE Support Center located at Fort Meade (TSC-Central Maryland) is a secondary transfer laboratory that provides test, measurement and diagnostic equipment (TMDE) calibration and repair support to the U.S. Army, Department of Defense (DoD), and other Government agencies. TSC-Central Maryland maintains an unbroken chain of measurement traceability from national standards maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, through the U.S. Army Primary Standards Laboratory and this laboratory, to the weapons systems in the field. This traceable calibration system provides commanders at all levels with the confidence that measurements are valid in the development, testing, maintenance and operation process. Systems perform as designed and are compatible with other systems on the battlefield. For more information, call (301) 677-9740.