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X-WR-CALDESC:On this date in 1942\, Arlington Hall Station became an offici
al military intelligence post.\n\nFrom asalives.org Web site: Excerpte
d from 'MI Fact Book' - courtesy of Dennis Buley\nSee link below to
visit the ASALIVES.ORG Web site.\n\nArlington Hall Station\, Virginia
\, once served as the site of the Arlington Hall Junior College for Girls.
From 1927 to 1942\, the Junior College provided a genteel education to a
select clientele of young ladies. However\, when the United States entered
World War II\, all-out mobilization of the Armed Forces caused the Army's
Signal Intelligence Service to search for a new home after quickly outgro
wing its office space in the Munitions Building in nearby Washington\,\n\n
D.C. SIS discovered Arlington Hall quite by accident when several of its o
fficers happened to be driving down what is now Arlington Boulevard in Apr
il 1942. The War Department secured the college's buildings and land throu
gh a court- imposed settlement of $650\,000\, which barely paid off the sc
hool's mortgage.\n\nArlington Hall Station officially became a post on 8 J
uly 1942. Over the next 3 years\, construction was undertaken to meet the
operational and support needs of the expanding work force which at the war
's end had reached 5\,700 civilians and 2\,250 military personnel (to incl
ude 1\,000 WAC's). Two large operations buildings plus troop support facil
ities such as barracks\, post exchange\, theater\, and a recreational cent
er were ultimately constructed.\n\nDuring the war\, the Signal Intelligenc
e Service underwent a number of organizational changes\, finally being red
esignated the Signal Security Agency on 1 July 1943. The Chief\, SIS (late
r the Chief\, SSA) also wore the hat of commander of the Second Signal Ser
vice Battalion\, which controlled a number of worldwide monitoring detachm
ents. Regardless of organizational changes\, the mission at Arlington Hall
Station remained focused on protecting U.S. communications and intercepti
ng and deciphering enemy communications.\n\nFollowing World War II\, the A
rmy combined all of its signals intelligence and communications missions a
nd resources into one unit\, the Army Security Agency\, created on 15 Sept
ember 1945. For the next 32 years\, Arlington Hall Station served as the h
eadquarters of the Army Security Agency and its worldwide command. In 1977
\, the U.S. Army Security Agency was redesignated the U.S. Army Intelligen
ce and Security Command and given a new mission. However\, Arlington Hall
Station continued to served as the new command's headquarters.\n\nThrough
the years\, Arlington Hall Station served as a temporary home to a number
of major tenants. These include the Armed Forces Security Service\, the Ai
r Force Security Service\, the National Security Agency\, intelligence ele
ments of five Army technical services\, ACSI's technical intelligence unit
\, Joint Task Force 7\, the U.S. Air Force Intelligence Command\, the U.S.
Army Signal Communications Security Command\, the Defense Intelligence Ag
ency\, and the Defense Communications Agency.\n\nFollowing the relocation
of lNSCOM to a new headquarters building at Fort Belvoir\, Virginia\, Arli
ngton Hall Station was officially closed as an Army post on 30 September 1
989. Although its long association with Army intelligence came to an end\,
Arlington Hall continues today as the new home of the Foreign Service Tra
ining Center and the National Guard Bureau.
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DESCRIPTION:On this date in 1942\, Arlington Hall Station became an officia
l military intelligence post.\n\nFrom asalives.org Web site: Excerpted
from 'MI Fact Book' - courtesy of Dennis Buley\nSee link below to
visit the ASALIVES.ORG Web site.\n\nArlington Hall Station\, Virginia\
, once served as the site of the Arlington Hall Junior College for Girls.
From 1927 to 1942\, the Junior College provided a genteel education to a s
elect clientele of young ladies. However\, when the United States entered
World War II\, all-out mobilization of the Armed Forces caused the Army's
Signal Intelligence Service to search for a new home after quickly outgrow
ing its office space in the Munitions Building in nearby Washington\,\n\nD
.C. SIS discovered Arlington Hall quite by accident when several of its of
ficers happened to be driving down what is now Arlington Boulevard in Apri
l 1942. The War Department secured the college's buildings and land throug
h a court- imposed settlement of $650\,000\, which barely paid off the sch
ool's mortgage.\n\nArlington Hall Station officially became a post on 8 Ju
ly 1942. Over the next 3 years\, construction was undertaken to meet the o
perational and support needs of the expanding work force which at the war'
s end had reached 5\,700 civilians and 2\,250 military personnel (to inclu
de 1\,000 WAC's). Two large operations buildings plus troop support facili
ties such as barracks\, post exchange\, theater\, and a recreational cente
r were ultimately constructed.\n\nDuring the war\, the Signal Intelligence
Service underwent a number of organizational changes\, finally being rede
signated the Signal Security Agency on 1 July 1943. The Chief\, SIS (later
the Chief\, SSA) also wore the hat of commander of the Second Signal Serv
ice Battalion\, which controlled a number of worldwide monitoring detachme
nts. Regardless of organizational changes\, the mission at Arlington Hall
Station remained focused on protecting U.S. communications and interceptin
g and deciphering enemy communications.\n\nFollowing World War II\, the Ar
my combined all of its signals intelligence and communications missions an
d resources into one unit\, the Army Security Agency\, created on 15 Septe
mber 1945. For the next 32 years\, Arlington Hall Station served as the he
adquarters of the Army Security Agency and its worldwide command. In 1977\
, the U.S. Army Security Agency was redesignated the U.S. Army Intelligenc
e and Security Command and given a new mission. However\, Arlington Hall S
tation continued to served as the new command's headquarters.\n\nThrough t
he years\, Arlington Hall Station served as a temporary home to a number o
f major tenants. These include the Armed Forces Security Service\, the Air
Force Security Service\, the National Security Agency\, intelligence elem
ents of five Army technical services\, ACSI's technical intelligence unit\
, Joint Task Force 7\, the U.S. Air Force Intelligence Command\, the U.S.
Army Signal Communications Security Command\, the Defense Intelligence Age
ncy\, and the Defense Communications Agency.\n\nFollowing the relocation o
f lNSCOM to a new headquarters building at Fort Belvoir\, Virginia\, Arlin
gton Hall Station was officially closed as an Army post on 30 September 19
89. Although its long association with Army intelligence came to an end\,
Arlington Hall continues today as the new home of the Foreign Service Trai
ning Center and the National Guard Bureau.
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SUMMARY:1942: Arlington Hall Station - Official Military Intelligence Post
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