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Fort Meade
NSA headquarters in Fort Meade
Location in Maryland
Fort Meade
Basic data
State :	United States
State :	Maryland
County :	Anne Arundel County
Coordinates :	39 ° 7 ′  N , 76 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 39 ° 7 ′  N , 76 ° 46 ′  W
Time zone :	Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 )
Residents :	9,882 (as of: 2000)
Population density :	577.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	17.1 km 2  (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 17.1 km 2  (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land
Postal code :	20755
Area code :	+1 410
FIPS :	24-29400
GNIS ID :	588607

The Fort Meade , 40 kilometers north of Washington, DC and just south of Baltimore in Fort Meade , Anne Arundel County , Maryland located, is an agency of the United States Armed Forces . The site was named after George Gordon Meade , a general in the Union Forces in the Civil War .

Among other things, it is the seat of the American secret service NSA . Their site is also known as the Crypto City .

history

German war graves in Fort Meade on Memorial Day 2008

• In 1956, when the NSA already had buildings in Arlington Hall in Virginia and Washington ( Naval Security Station ), construction began on the complex in Fort Meade. Soon the facilities were limited to Fort Meade, which is still the seat of the NSA today.

• In addition to the NSA, the extensive grounds are home to various training centers and facilities of the United States Armed Forces , such as the Defense Information School , where officers are trained for public relations , and the headquarters of the US military courier service ( Defense Courier Service ).

• As a result of its use as a prisoner of war camp in World War II, there is also a German war cemetery with 33 graves, including that of the submarine captain ( U 515 ) Werner Henke , who was shot while trying to escape from Fort Hunt in 1944 .

• The National Cryptologic Museum is open to the public with an exhibition on the history of cryptology .

traffic

Fort Meade is in close proximity to Baltimore-Washington International Airport and Tipton Airport . The base is also served by several interchanges on the Patuxent Freeway and Baltimore-Washington Parkway .

Web links

Commons : Fort Meade  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• List of war graves at Fort Meade