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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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Friday's games: Capsules & Predictions
Games at 7:30 Regional finals Class 6A Orlando Boone (10-2) at Royal Palm Beach (11-1) Site: Royal Palm Beach High What's at stake: State semifinal next Friday against Seminole or Apopka Prediction: Royal Palm Beach 20, Boone 16 Class 4A Booker...Tags: Booker T. Washington
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Fire erupts in apartment In Laurel; no one is hurt
More than 70 firefighters spent an hour battling a blaze that broke out in a six-story apartment building in Laurel yesterday afternoon, Anne Arundel County fire authorities said. The three-alarm fire began about 2 p.m. in a fifth-floor apartment in a...Tags: Fires
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3 dwellings damaged in Laurel apartment building fire
More than 70 firefighters spent an hour battling a blaze that broke out in a six-story apartment building in Laurel this afternoon, Anne Arundel County fire authorities said. The three-alarm fire began shortly after 2 p.m. in a fifth-floor apartment in a...Tags: Fires
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High school football schedule for Week 3 of playoffs
Schedule of high school playoff games Friday night. All games are set for 7:30 p.m.: Class 6A Apopka at Seminole Boone at Royal Palm Beach Miramar at Deerfield Beach Miami Northwestern at Miami Killian Class 5A Pensacola Pine Forest at Orange Park... -
Football Playoff Pairings (Nov. 29)
Regional finals Class 6A Apopka (10-2) at Seminole (10-2) Boone (10-2) at Royal Palm Beach (11-1) Miramar (10-2) at Deerfield Beach (10-2) Miami Northwestern (11-1) vs. Miami Killian (10-2) Class 5A Pine Forest (11-0) at Orange Park (10-2)...Tags: Booker T. Washington, Apopka, Jupiter, Tampa, Miramar
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Teen charged, 2nd sought in Annapolis shooting
Police have arrested one teenager and are seeking another in an Annapolis shooting that was apparently in retaliation for a double homicide Nov. 16 in Odenton, police said. Dametres Maurekoe Short, 18, of Newtowne Drive in Annapolis was charged...Tags: Murder, Assault, Odenton, Juvenile Delinquency
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Baltimore native dies on Iraq mission
An Army master sergeant who grew up in Baltimore and graduated from St. Frances Academy was killed Tuesday while distributing food on a humanitarian mission in Biaj, Iraq, the Department of Defense said. Master Sgt. Anthony Davis, 43, had served in the...Tags: Defense, G.I. Joe, Thanksgiving, Armed Forces
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Teen charged in Annapolis shooting
An Anne Arundel County teen turned himself in and was charged yesterday afternoon in a shooting that police say was in retaliation for a double homicide Nov. 16 in Odenton, police said. Rishard Richard Naylor, 17, whose last known address was in Arnold,...Tags: People, Murder, Assault, Odenton, Juvenile Delinquency
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Freshman Mosley aims to start his fast break
Two weeks into preseason workouts, freshman guard Sean Mosley seemed ready to claim a spot in Maryland's starting lineup. His maturity and court savvy outweighed his inexperience; his toughness overshadowed the rough edges in his game.
Then the former...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Disney's Wide World of Sports, Teaching and Learning, Court Administration, Gary Williams
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Second teen arrested in Annapolis shooting
A 17-year-old turned himself in and was arrested yesterday afternoon in a shooting that police say was in retaliation for a double homicide Nov. 16 in Odenton, police said today. Rishard Richard Naylor turned himself in at police headquarters yesterday...Tags: Murder, Assault, Odenton, Juvenile Delinquency
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Police arrest one, seek another in Annapolis shooting
Police have arrested one teenager and are seeking another in connection with an Annapolis shooting that was apparently in retaliation for a double homicide in Odenton last week, Annapolis police said. Dametres Maurekoe Short, 18, of Newtowne Drive in...Tags: Murder, Assault, Odenton, Juvenile Delinquency
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3 charged in Odenton shooting that killed 2
Three men have been charged with first-degree murder in a shooting that left two men dead and two wounded in a bar parking lot across from Fort Meade last week, Anne Arundel County police said today. Russell Kelscoe Harden, 26, of the 900 block of...Tags: Prisons, Transportation, Murder, Gang Activity, Assault
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