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U.S. Army Signals Intelligence Service personnel at Arlington Hall (c. 1943) A DIA office at Arlington Hall Station (c. 1970s). Arlington Hall was founded in 1927 as a private post-secondary women's educational institution, which by 1941, was on a 100-acre (0.40 km 2) campus and was called the Arlington Hall Junior College for Women.
Vint Hill Farms Station was established during World War II in 1942 by the Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS). The 701-acre (284 ha) facility was built because the Army needed a secure location near SIS headquarters in Arlington Hall to serve as a cryptography school and as a refitting station for signal units returning from combat prior to redeployment overseas.
On 1 January 1977, the United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) was organized at Arlington Hall Station, Virginia, to provide the U.S. Army with a single organization for conducting multi-discipline intelligence, security operations, and electronic warfare at the level above corps.
Cameron Station and Davison Army Airfield, near Fort Belvoir, joined MDW in the 1950s. In 1980 MDW gained responsibility for the administration and daily operation of Arlington National Cemetery, in addition to the ceremonial support the command has always provided. In 1987 MDW's support responsibilities for the Pentagon were transferred elsewhere.
Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall is a joint base of the United States Armed Forces, located across multiple sites in the National Capital Region. It is jointly made up of Fort Myer (in Arlington), Fort McNair (in Washington, D.C.), and Henderson Hall (in Arlington). It is the local residue of the Base Realignment and Closure, 2005 process.
U.S. Army Signals Intelligence Service personnel at Arlington Hall (c. 1943) The Army intercept network during WWII had six fixed stations, which concentrated on Japanese military signals and Axis diplomatic traffic. [7] Vint Hill Farms Station, Warrenton, Virginia; Two Rock Ranch, [8] Petaluma, California; Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii ...
Arlington Hall, a two-thirds scale replica of Arlington House, was built in 1939 in Robert E. Lee Park, now Turtle Creek Park, in Dallas, Texas. [64] The façade of the Old Administration Building in Arlington National Cemetery resembles that of Arlington House. The building is 500 feet (150 m) west of Arlington House. [65]
Due to dwindling enrollment and the economic ramifications of the Great Depression, Arlington Hall was sold to the U.S. Army Signal Command in 1941. During and following World War II, Arlington Hall was a military intelligence center and employed over 8,000 people. [2]