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Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility: Camp Springs: Army Research Laboratory: Adelphi: Camp David: Thurmont: Fort Detrick: Frederick: Indian Head Naval Surface Weapons Center: Indian Head: National Military Medical Center (NMMC) Bethesda: Naval Air Station Patuxent River: St. Mary's County: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock: Potomac ...
Thousands of military personnel were trained there to drive and repair automobiles and trucks. 1918 or after: Became home to the Holabird Quartermaster Depot. 2 July 1919: U.S. Navy blimp C-8 explodes while landing at Camp Holabird, injuring about 80 adults and children who were watching.
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Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Maryland (6 P) Pages in category "Military installations in Maryland" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
Fort George G. Meade [1] is a United States Army installation located in Maryland, that includes the Defense Information School, the Defense Media Activity, the United States Army Field Band, and the headquarters of United States Cyber Command, the National Security Agency, the Defense Courier Service, Defense Information Systems Agency headquarters, and the U.S. Navy's Cryptologic Warfare ...
Fort Carroll was important for the defense of Baltimore—before the fort's construction, Fort McHenry just outside the city was the only military defensive structure between Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay. The fort was part of the "Permanent System" or Third System construction program, which aimed to defend America's most important ports. [2]
Located on the appropriated campus of the Tome School for boys, the training center sat between various important naval centers of World War II: about 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Baltimore, Maryland, and 75 miles (121 km) from Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Fort Howard is located in the present-day unincorporated community and census designated place of Fort Howard, Maryland, and is strategically situated overlooking the geographic entrance to the Patapsco River from the Chesapeake Bay at the terminal end of the North Point peninsula, which is surrounded by Back River to the east, Old Roads Bay to the west, and the Patapsco River to the south ...