Fort George G. Meade became an Army installation in 1917. The post was named for Major General George Gordon Meade, whose defensive strategy at the Battle of Gettysburg proved a major factor in turning the tide of the Civil War in favor of the North.
Fort Meade is a federal campus providing world class service, it is a part of the Northeast Region Installation Management Activity (NERO) with the mission of providing support, in all forms, to all military-affiliated personnel assigned to Fort Meade or located in the Baltimore-Washington corridor, including the National Security Agency and the Defense Information School.
The official website for Fort George G. Meade
