Virtual Globetrotting: Military

Virtual Globetrotting: Military - Army http://virtualglobetrotting.com/ A great way to explore everything that can be seen from space! en-us Copyright 2009 admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) admin@virtualglobetrotting.com (Nic) Thu, 25 Dec 2008 13:47:38 -0800 http://backend.userland.com/rss <![CDATA[Yongsan Garrison (Main Gate)]]>

Yongsan Garrison (Main Gate)
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By: jbottero
@ 2008-12-25 13:47:38
Yongsan Garrison is a U.S. military base located in Seoul, South Korea. It contains the headquarters for the U.S. military presence in Korea, known as United States Forces Korea, or USFK. The site had previously been headquarters of the Imperial Japanese Army from 1910-1945.

The garrison comprises 2.5 km². (630 acres) in the heart of Korea's capital, with a golf driving range, four-star hotel and 440,000 square m (4.7 million square ft) of floor space in hundreds of buildings. The garrison is made up of two main parts, Main Post (North Post) and South Post, which are physically divided by a four-lane boulevard that links two Seoul districts together. In January 2004 a major bridge was constructed over this boulevard to solve traffic congestion problems.

Camp Coiner, covering approximately 50 acres (200,000 m2) on Yongsan Garrison's northern edge, is named after 2nd Lt. Randall Coiner, a Korean War Silver Star recipient. Since the Korean War it has served as Korea's primary inprocessing facility for Army troops. Camp Coiner has been a self-sufficient compound with its own network of barracks, shopping, and entertainment, though in recent decades it has become more integrated with Yongsan Garrison.

Yongsan Garrison is located within Yongsan-gu district of Seoul. East of the garrison is the commercial district of Itaewon, with its westernized shopping and nightlife. To the west of Yongsan is the Samgakji subway station and Yongsan Electronics Market.

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M60 Series Tank
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By: kkeps
@ 2008-11-15 10:28:40
The M60 on display is to highlight one of the important aspects of Barstow's history, that being the role nearby Fort Irwin has played as a training center for the U.S. Army. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/59524/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/59524/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 10:28:40 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/59524/ 34.89277800 -117.02226900 <![CDATA[Sherman M4]]>

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Sherman M4
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By: kkeps
@ 2008-11-15 09:57:05]]>

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Sherman M4
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By: kkeps
@ 2008-11-15 09:57:05]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/59517/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/59517/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:57:05 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/59517/ 44.49260200 -73.18664600 <![CDATA[NSA at Fort Meade]]>

NSA at Fort Meade
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By: Tyco
@ 2008-11-05 08:55:10]]>

NSA at Fort Meade
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By: Tyco
@ 2008-11-05 08:55:10]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/58936/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/58936/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:55:10 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/58936/ 39.11900700 -76.76405000 <![CDATA[Utah Army National Guard AH-64 Apache attack helicopters]]>

Utah Army National Guard AH-64 Apache attack helicopters

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Utah Army National Guard AH-64 Apache attack helicopters
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-10-21 14:45:33
The AH-64 Apache is an all-weather day-night military attack helicopter with a four-bladed main and tail rotor and a crew of two pilots who sit in tandem. The main fixed armament is a 30 mm M230 Chain Gun under the aircraft's nose. It can also carry a mixture of AGM-114 Hellfire and Hydra 70 rocket pods on four hard points mounted on its stub-wing pylons. The AH-64 is the principal attack helicopter of the United States Army, and a successor to the AH-1 Cobra.

The Apache was designed by Hughes Helicopters in response to the Army's Advanced Attack Helicopter program. McDonnell Douglas purchased Hughes Helicopters and continued the development of the AH-64 resulting in the AH-64D Apache Longbow which is currently produced by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. United States Army AH-64s have been in action in Panama, Gulf War, Afghanistan, and Iraq.]]>

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Utah National Guard
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-10-21 14:41:49]]>

Utah National Guard
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-10-21 14:41:49]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/58114/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/58114/ Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:41:49 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/58114/ 40.61328900 -111.99892600 <![CDATA[AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and troops along side of the road]]>

AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and troops along side of the road

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AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and troops along side of the road
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-10-21 14:38:21
Landed off the airport at the National Guard Armory.

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AH-64 Apache attack helicopter and troops along side of the road
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-10-21 14:38:21
Landed off the airport at the National Guard Armory.

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Military hardware static display t Army Garrison Camp Williams

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Military hardware static display t Army Garrison Camp Williams
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-10-21 14:25:25
Camp W. G. Williams, also known as Army Garrison Camp Williams, is a National Guard training site operated by the Utah National Guard. It is located south of Bluffdale, west of Lehi, and north of Saratoga Springs and Cedar Fort, approximately 25 miles south of Salt Lake City, straddling the border between Salt Lake County and Utah County in the western portion of the Traverse Mountains.]]>

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Fort Neuf
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By: Tyco
@ 2008-10-15 08:04:58
Fort Neuf is a military building located at Paris in the 12th district in the northern part of the Wood of Vincennes.
It belongs to the ministry for Defense and accomodates various organizations of the Armies. The access strictly is restricted there and reserved, in particular with the civil personnel and soldiers working there and with the young people carrying out there their day of call of preparation with defense (JAPD). The New Fort of Vincennes is one of the sites of the 2nd Base of Support for the Command (of which it accomodates the staff) at the sides of the Strong Old man of Vincennes, of the Barracks of Reuilly, the Fort of the East. ]]>

Original Fort Lewis Main Gate
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By: jbottero
@ 2008-04-30 02:12:56
Long closed, but still visible from Interstate 5.]]>

Original Fort Lewis Main Gate
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By: jbottero
@ 2008-04-30 02:12:56
Long closed, but still visible from Interstate 5.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49627/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49627/ Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:12:56 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49627/ 47.12251600 -122.54960700 <![CDATA[West Point Cemetery]]>

West Point Cemetery
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By: jbottero
@ 2008-04-19 15:37:37
The Local Live map is not pixelated (censored) as is the Google map. ]]>

West Point Cemetery
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By: jbottero
@ 2008-04-19 15:37:37
The Local Live map is not pixelated (censored) as is the Google map. ]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49165/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49165/ Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:37:37 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49165/ 41.39885600 -73.96733200 <![CDATA[SAS Barrack Credenhill]]>

SAS Barrack Credenhill
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By: giove
@ 2008-04-17 11:30:18
22° Special Air Service facility in Credenhill, near Hereford where they have the old Stirling Lines]]>

SAS Barrack Credenhill
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By: giove
@ 2008-04-17 11:30:18
22° Special Air Service facility in Credenhill, near Hereford where they have the old Stirling Lines]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49080/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49080/ Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:30:18 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/49080/ 52.08412100 -2.79353100 <![CDATA[Dugway Proving Ground]]>

Dugway Proving Ground
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By: jbottero
@ 2008-04-08 00:03:19
The mission of Dugway is to test U.S. and Allied biological & chemical defense systems; perform Nuclear Biological Chemical survivable testing of defense material; provide support to chemical and biological weapons conventions; and Operate and maintain an installation to support test mission. Dugway is located approximately 80 miles west-southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah in Tooele County. DPG, covering 798,855 acres, is located in the Great Salt Lake Desert, approximately 85 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah. Surrounded on three sides by mountain ranges, the proving grounds terrain varies from level salt flats to scattered sand dunes and rugged mountains.]]>

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Watervliet Arsenal Museum
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-13 14:14:36]]>

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Watervliet Arsenal Museum
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By: adrbr
@ 2008-03-13 14:14:36]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47513/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47513/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:14:36 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/47513/ 42.71861000 -73.70410800 <![CDATA[M1 Abrams tanks]]>

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M1 Abrams tanks
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-01-30 16:22:43
The M1 Abrams is a military tank produced in the United States. The M1 is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and commander of the 37th Armored Regiment.

It is a main battle tank, the well armed, heavily armored, and highly mobile offensive mainstay of modern armored ground warfare. Notable features of the M1 Abrams include the use of a powerful gas turbine engine, the adoption of sophisticated composite armor, and separate ammunition storage in a blow-out compartment for crew safety. It is one of the heaviest tanks in service.

The M1 Abrams entered U.S. service in 1980, replacing the M60 Patton and M48A5. It did, however, serve for over a decade alongside the improved M60A3, which had entered service in 1978. Three main versions of the M1 Abrams have been deployed, the M1, M1A1, and M1A2, incorporating improved armament, protection and electronics. These improvements, as well as periodic upgrades to older tanks have allowed this long-serving vehicle to remain in front-line service. It is the principal combat tank of the United States Army and the Marine Corps, and the armies of Egypt, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and as of 2007, Australia.]]>

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M1 Abrams tanks & M109 howitzers
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-01-30 13:40:13
The M1 Abrams is a military tank produced in the United States. The M1 is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and commander of the 37th Armored Regiment.

It is a main battle tank, the well armed, heavily armored, and highly mobile offensive mainstay of modern armored ground warfare. Notable features of the M1 Abrams include the use of a powerful gas turbine engine, the adoption of sophisticated composite armor, and separate ammunition storage in a blow-out compartment for crew safety. It is one of the heaviest tanks in service.

The M109 is an American-made self-propelled 155 mm howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s. It has been continually upgraded and improved to today's current version, the M109A6 "Paladin" which is only used by the US Army. The US still maintains a number of M109A5's in its forces. The M109 family is the most prevalent western indirect-fire support weapon of maneuver brigades of armored and mechanized infantry divisions.]]>

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Field exercise at Ohio Guard's Ravenna Training and Logistics Site (RTLS)

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Field exercise at Ohio Guard's Ravenna Training and Logistics Site (RTLS)
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By: kjfitz
@ 2008-01-30 13:32:37
The Ohio Guard's Ravenna Training and Logistics Site (RTLS) provides training areas and facilities for combat, combat support and combat service support units of the Ohio Army National Guard and all other reserve components. Prior to the transfer of property accountability from RVAAP to RTLS, RTLS was a tenant unit of RVAAP. As of 16 May 1999, it was comprised of 16,164 acres divided into lettered training areas A through H and J, as well as 13,000 acres of land currently under development for additional training areas. As a result of the 16 January 2002 transfer, RTLS' acreage was increased to 19,938.

The 923 acres of training areas A through C consist of a Unit Training Equipment Site (UTES #1), a temporary bivouac area, a Bailey bridge site and Gunnery Table IV (MILES) range, used primarily by M-1 Abrams main battle tanks, as well as a two unit armory and 260-person barracks. Training Area C includes a Simulation Center, containing an M-1 Abrams Full-Integration Simulation Trainer and a Fire Systems Combined Artillery Training Simulator. An M-1 Mechanized Conduct of Fire Trainer is also located within training area C. Training areas D through H consist of 1,421 acres of wooded area available for dismounted training and field bivouac of troops, with a small amount of off-road vehicular maneuver area. Ground was broken for the new UTES # 1 prior to the end of fiscal year 2000. This facility is located south of the Simulation Center. ]]>

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'5th Army' unit insignia at Fort Sam Houston

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'5th Army' unit insignia at Fort Sam Houston
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-12-10 16:27:01
The Fifth United States Army was a field army of the United States Army. It is now known as United States Army North.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41993/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41993/ Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:27:01 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41993/ 29.44405300 -98.46522900 <![CDATA[Firing Ranges at Ft. Jackson]]>

Firing Ranges at Ft. Jackson
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By: twpyhr
@ 2007-12-06 17:16:41]]>

Firing Ranges at Ft. Jackson
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By: twpyhr
@ 2007-12-06 17:16:41]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41825/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41825/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:16:41 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41825/ 34.04348500 -80.90143200 <![CDATA[Victory Tower at Ft. Jackson]]>

Victory Tower at Ft. Jackson
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By: twpyhr
@ 2007-12-06 00:49:56
Victory Tower at Fort Jackson]]>

Victory Tower at Ft. Jackson
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By: twpyhr
@ 2007-12-06 00:49:56
Victory Tower at Fort Jackson]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41748/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41748/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:49:56 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41748/ 34.02929100 -80.92711200 <![CDATA[3rd BN 34th Inf Reg at Ft. Jackson]]>

3rd BN 34th Inf Reg at Ft. Jackson
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By: twpyhr
@ 2007-12-06 00:42:48
3rd Batallion 34th Infantry Regiment Basic Training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina]]>

3rd BN 34th Inf Reg at Ft. Jackson
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By: twpyhr
@ 2007-12-06 00:42:48
3rd Batallion 34th Infantry Regiment Basic Training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, South Carolina]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41747/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41747/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:42:48 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41747/ 34.02437900 -80.92609800 <![CDATA[Reception Batallion (120th) at Ft. Jackson]]>

Reception Batallion (120th) at Ft. Jackson

Reception Batallion (120th) at Ft. Jackson
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By: twpyhr
@ 2007-12-06 00:28:13
Reception Batallion (120th) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina]]>

Reception Batallion (120th) at Ft. Jackson
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By: twpyhr
@ 2007-12-06 00:28:13
Reception Batallion (120th) at Fort Jackson, South Carolina]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41746/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41746/ Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:28:13 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/41746/ 33.99184500 -80.93636500 <![CDATA[Soldiers making camp]]>

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Soldiers making camp
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By: Pdunn
@ 2007-11-07 21:01:38
Click on the different compass points to see the camp go up before your very eyes.]]>

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Soldiers making camp
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By: Pdunn
@ 2007-11-07 21:01:38
Click on the different compass points to see the camp go up before your very eyes.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40730/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40730/ Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:01:38 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40730/ 34.06286900 -80.81197400 <![CDATA[Soldier's briefing before entering grenade range]]>

Soldier's briefing before entering grenade range

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Soldier's briefing before entering grenade range
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By: Pdunn
@ 2007-11-07 20:39:26]]>

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Soldier's briefing before entering grenade range
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By: Pdunn
@ 2007-11-07 20:39:26]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40728/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40728/ Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:39:26 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40728/ 34.05544500 -80.83151400 <![CDATA[Shahid Vatanpour Army Air Base]]>

Shahid Vatanpour Army Air Base
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-11-04 13:37:55
Main base of the Esfahan Army Aviation Group.]]>

Shahid Vatanpour Army Air Base
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-11-04 13:37:55
Main base of the Esfahan Army Aviation Group.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40579/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40579/ Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:37:55 -0800 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40579/ 32.56972000 51.68759400 <![CDATA[Ethan Allen Firing Range]]>

Ethan Allen Firing Range
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By: skyeye
@ 2007-11-01 23:05:28
The Ethan Allen Firing Range is a government facility operated by General Dynamics Armament Systems. Its 3,292 acres are home to the US Army Mountain Warfare School (https://www.benning.army.mil/AMWS/), weapons testing, and artillery practice. The site is used by civilian organizations for marksmanship and for biathlon training and competition.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40503/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40503/ Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:05:28 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40503/ 44.47773800 -72.94385400 <![CDATA[Bunker Construction]]>

Bunker Construction
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By: jbottero
@ 2007-10-20 00:59:32
Looks to be explosives storage bunkers under construction at Fort Dix.]]>

Bunker Construction
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By: jbottero
@ 2007-10-20 00:59:32
Looks to be explosives storage bunkers under construction at Fort Dix.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40121/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40121/ Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:59:32 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/40121/ 40.00805100 -74.57253500 <![CDATA[Army National Guard Readiness Center (ARNGRC)]]>

Army National Guard Readiness Center (ARNGRC)

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Army National Guard Readiness Center (ARNGRC)
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-09-18 03:32:28]]>

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Army National Guard Readiness Center (ARNGRC)
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-09-18 03:32:28]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/38995/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/38995/ Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:32:28 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/38995/ 38.86748700 -77.10605000 <![CDATA[Arlington Hall]]>

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Arlington Hall
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By: AlbinoFlea
@ 2007-09-18 03:25:06
From Wikipedia:

Arlington Hall (also called Arlington Hall Station) was the headquarters of the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) cryptography effort during World War II. It was named for its location in Arlington Hall Station, Arlington, Virginia—a private girls' school which was commandeered during the War. Arlington Hall was in many respects similar to Bletchley Park in England, though military and only one of two primary cryptography operations in Washington during the War (the other was the Naval Communications Annex, also housed in a commandeered private girls' school). Arlington concentrated its efforts on the Japanese systems (including PURPLE) while Bletchley Park concentrated on European combatants. Arlington Hall eventually became one of the organizations and facilities of the National Security Agency after it was created.

The Arlington Hall effort was comparable in influence to other Anglo-American WW II-era technological efforts, such as the cryptographic work at Bletchley Park, the Naval Communications Annex, development of sophisticated microwave radar at MIT's Radiation Lab, and the Manhattan Project's development of nuclear weapons.

After World War II, the "Russian Section" at Arlington Hall expanded. Work on diplomatic messages benefited from additional technical personnel and new analysts—among them Samuel Chew, who had focused on Japan, and linguist Meredith Gardner, who had worked on both German and Japanese messages. Chew had considerable success at defining the underlying structure of the coded Russian texts. Gardner and his colleagues began analytically reconstructing the KGB codebooks. Late in 1946, Gardner broke the codebook's "spell table" for encoding English letters. With the solution of this spell table, SIS could read significant portions of messages that included English names and phrases. Gardner soon found himself reading a 1944 message listing prominent atomic scientists, including several with the Manhattan Project. Efforts to decipher Soviet codes continued under the super secret Venona project.

Another problem soon arose—that of determining how and to whom to disseminate the extraordinary information Gardner was developing. SIS's reporting procedures did not seem appropriate because the decrypted messages could not even be paraphrased for Arlington Hall's regular intelligence customers without divulging their source. By 1946, SIS knew nothing about the federal grand jury impaneled in Manhattan to probe the espionage and disloyalty charges stemming from Elizabeth Bentley's defection and other defectors from Soviet intelligence, so no one in the US Government was aware that evidence against the Soviets was suddenly developing on two adjacent tracks. In late August or early September 1947, the FBI was informed that the Army Security Agency had begun to break into Soviet espionage messages.

By 1945 the Soviets had penetrated Arlington Hall with the placement of Bill Weisband who worked there for several years. The Government’s knowledge of his treason apparently was not revealed until its publication in a 1990 book co-authored by a high-level KGB defector.

In October 1949, the British spy Kim Philby arrived in Washington as British intelligence liaison to the U.S. intelligence community. Part of his responsibilities involved receiving VENONA material which the U.S. was providing to the UK In April 1951, a decoded VENONA message showed that Donald MacLean, who had served as Second Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington in 1944 and 1945 (and returned in 1947 to work on atomic energy issues), was “HOMER,” a Soviet spy. Surveillance of MacLean commenced in order to obtain evidence independent of VENONA, as the U.S. and UK did not want to reveal publicly the existence of the project, but MacLean defected to Moscow with Guy Burgess in May 1951.

During the 60's and 70's Arlington Hall served as the headquarters for the Army Security Agency.]]>

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Urban assault training facility at Camp Shelby

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Urban assault training facility at Camp Shelby
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By: Pdunn
@ 2007-08-22 19:32:01]]>

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Urban assault training facility at Camp Shelby
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By: Pdunn
@ 2007-08-22 19:32:01]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37401/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37401/ Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:32:01 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37401/ 31.18992900 -89.18494700 <![CDATA[Bradley Fighting Vehicles on the move after water obstacle]]>

Bradley Fighting Vehicles on the move after water obstacle

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Bradley Fighting Vehicles on the move after water obstacle
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By: Pdunn
@ 2007-08-22 19:06:06]]>

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Bradley Fighting Vehicles on the move after water obstacle
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By: Pdunn
@ 2007-08-22 19:06:06]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37398/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37398/ Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:06:06 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37398/ 31.18177000 -89.18796500 <![CDATA[Stryker combat vehicles]]>

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Stryker combat vehicles
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-08-20 13:39:05
The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled all-wheel-drive armored combat vehicles produced by General Dynamics Combat Systems, in use by the US Army. Based on the Canadian LAV III light-armored vehicle, which in turn is based on the Swiss Mowag Piranha, the Stryker is the Army's first new vehicle since the M2 Bradley in the 1980s.

The vehicle is named for two American servicemen who posthumously received the Medal of Honor: Pfc Stuart S. Stryker, who died in World War II and Spc Robert F. Stryker, died in the Vietnam War.]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37182/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37182/ Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:39:05 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37182/ 47.12930800 -122.61758600 <![CDATA[Leschi Town - Complete fake city used for urban military training]]>

Leschi Town - Complete fake city used for urban military training

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Leschi Town - Complete fake city used for urban military training
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-08-17 16:51:11
This is one of the most extensive US MOUT facilities I've seen. It has a hospital, school, residential neighborhood, farm, and shops. Unlike many other new MOUT facilities which seem to be built to simulate third world conditions and construction this one is very "small town america". Makes me think this may be for training special forces. Are there special forces at Fort Lewis?]]> http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37015/ http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37015/ Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:51:11 -0700 http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37015/ 47.03002500 -122.55212700 <![CDATA[M1 Abrams tanks and other tracked vehicles]]>

M1 Abrams tanks and other tracked vehicles

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M1 Abrams tanks and other tracked vehicles
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By: kjfitz
@ 2007-08-15 16:53:11

The M1 Abrams main battle tank is the principal combat tank of the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps, with three main versions being deployed starting in 1980: the M1, M1A1, and M1A2. The latest versions of the M1A2 have a new armor and electronics package. It is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and commander of the Army's 37th Armored Regiment.

The M1 Abrams replaced the M60 Patton in U.S. service, as well as the M48A5. It did, however, serve alongside the M60A3, which had entered service just two years before the M1 (in 1978), for over a decade.
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