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The fort is about a 10-minute drive from Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park and from Long Branch Beach on the Jersey Shore.The post covered nearly 1,126 acres (4.56 km 2) of land, from the Shrewsbury River on the east, to Route 35 on the west; this area was referred to as 'Main Post.'
Tiros-1 sent the first televised weather photographs of the Earth's cloud cover and weather patterns to the giant 60-foot "Space Sentry" antenna at Fort Monmouth. 1960: The first Large Scale Mobile Computer, the Mobile Digital Computer , was developed at Fort Monmouth. It was the first computer developed for use at the Field Army and theater ...
In 1971, the Electronic Components Laboratory merged with the Institute for Exploratory Research to form the Electronics Technology and Devices Laboratory. [2] Its operations took place at the Albert J. Myer Center, commonly referred to as the Hexagon Building, at Fort Monmouth in New Jersey. [1]
A map of Fort Monmouth in 1941. In light of the ongoing war in Europe, military interest in the United States reached a feverish level as many anticipated the nation’s entry into the second World War. From 1940 to 1941, the Signal Corps established three field laboratories near Fort Monmouth to supplement the expanding research efforts of SCL.
Fort Monmouth history: From poison ivy and pigeons to Netflix TV production. A look at the new mural as it was in process at Fort Monmouth's former headquarters building Russel Hall. The mural ...
During the Korean War and Vietnam War the Signal Corps operated officer candidate schools initially at Fort Monmouth in 1950–1953, graduating 1,234 officers, and at Fort Gordon in 1965–1968, which produced 2,213 signal officers. (The World War II Signal OCS program at Fort Monmouth, from 1941–1946 graduated 21,033 Signal Corps officers.)
Ralph Zucker, who transformed the former Bell Labs into a tech mecca, will build townhomes at Fort Monmouth. Bell Works owner completes $15.3M Fort Monmouth land deal Skip to main content
Melissa Ziobro was the last historian at Fort Monmouth before the Army post closed and moved to Maryland. She holds her new book Monday, June 10, 2024, "Fort Monmouth: The U.S. Army's House of ...