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The Nation’s Premier Platform for Intelligence, Information and Cyber Operations

WELCOME Signature program. Our school liaison office works closely with the
state’s educators to ensure our students receive the foundation of
Welcome to the Nation’s Platform for Intelligence, Information and learning they need to maximize the opportunities they deserve.
Cyber Operations -- Fort George G. Meade, Maryland!
Fort Meade also works closely with Maryland’s State Highway
Rooted in its distinguished past, which began in 1917, Fort Meade Administration and other transportation agencies to find convenient,
is now focused on its role as a 21st-century power projection affordable transportation options. In 2019, the Maryland Transit
platform. As a garrison, our mission is to provide required services, Association put on route the Crofton Connector as a shuttle service
infrastructure, a safe and secure community, and a quality of life to connect the Odenton MARC station with Fort Meade. In June 2018,
that supports mission readiness and the Fort Meade community. we began a relationship with LYFT to ensure Fort Meade riders are
picked up by drivers with complete background checks that allow
Fort Meade is the Army’s second largest installation by population them access to the Installation.
with more than 64,000 employees that represent the Army, Navy, Beyond that, Fort Meade continues to work with state and county
Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and Space Force. Fort Meade’s more
than 120 partner agencies include the DoD’s newest Combatant employment organizations as well as the local chambers of
commerce to ensure our family members can take advantage of
Command - US Cyber Command, part of the newest military service the quality job opportunities in this growing region. Fort Meade has
the US Space Force, as well as the National Security Agency, DISA/ developed a regional partnership with Anne Arundel County and
JFH DODIN Combatant Command – U.S. Space Force, U. S. Cyber Howard County Workforce Development Offices that help family
Command – the National Security Agency, Defense Information members find quality employment throughout the region. The Fort
Systems Agency/Joint Forces Headquarters for the Department of also hosts several job-fairs every year and works with the nearby
Defense Information Network, Defense Media Activity, and several Arundel Mills Mall to help our younger community members get
non-DoD agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency full-time and seasonal work.
and Architect of the Capitol.
Fort Meade is conveniently located between Washington, D.C.
“Forward Meade” and Baltimore. The Installation lies approximately five miles east
The military has focused resources on readiness, modernization of Interstate 95 and a half-mile east of the Baltimore-Washington
and ensuring that service members and units have the tools Parkway, between Maryland State Routes 175, 32 and 198 and
they need to win the nation’s wars in the “multi-domain fight”, is situated in Anne Arundel County near the communities of
including in the cyber domain. Moving Fort Meade units “forward” Odenton, Piney Orchard, Laurel, Columbia, and Jessup. More than
are key elements in the effort to harden the nation’s networks and 12,000 service members and their family members reside on post.
protect our cyber infrastructure. Fort Meade is Maryland’s largest single employer and has a major
economic impact on the region and the state.
Infrastructure in the form of road construction and improvements,
access control point improvements, and building construction Temperatures range from 30 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter,
and renovation are on-going on and around Fort Meade. These to 85+ degrees Fahrenheit in the summer. During wintertime,
improvements support the warfighter by improving security, snowfall can be between 4 – 10 inches. Springtime brings high
enhancing quality of life, strengthening family support, and winds and moderate thunderstorms. Summers are moderately
changing the face of Fort Meade as we move forward to the next hot and humid. Autumn is typically pleasant, with temperatures
century of strategic service. as high as the mid-70’s.
Fort Meade is virtually a city in itself. It consists of 5,067 acres with
Fort Meade leadership knows that to meet its vision as the Nation’s
Platform for Intelligence, Information and Cyber Operations, 65.5 miles of paved roads, 3.3 miles of secondary roads and approx.
attracting and retaining a talented, diverse, and educated workforce 1,300 buildings. There are three chapels, seven Anne Arundel County
is essential. Fort Meade and its partner units work closely with public schools, a credit union, post office, Post Exchange mall, and
many other facilities. Whatever your interests — crafts, sports,
the Anne Arundel and Howard County school systems as well recreation — all are available at Fort Meade.
as with the University Systems of Maryland and our renowned
community colleges to develop curriculum that prepares today’s In addition to the many recreational activities available on Fort
workforce while developing and investing in tomorrow’s pioneers. Meade, the region itself is full of interesting places to visit. You
Fort Meade is home to seven Anne Arundel County schools to can tour the historical sites of Annapolis and Baltimore, visit the
include three International Baccalaureate schools – Manor View monuments and the Smithsonian Institution in our nation’s capital,
Elementary, MacArthur Middle and Meade High. All our schools or attend a football, basketball, hockey, or baseball game hosted by
provide enhanced courses in science, technology, engineering and one of the many professional and college teams in the Maryland,
mathematics, or STEM. Meade High also has a Homeland Security District of Columbia, and Northern Virginia areas.

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