The document provides a year-in-review summary of events that occurred at Fort Meade in 2013. Some highlights include: - A new garrison commander, Col. Brian Foley, assumed command in August. - Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held for new facilities like the Army Wellness Center and VA Outpatient Clinic. - Community events like the Fourth of July celebration and National Night Out were well-attended. - The government furloughs and shutdown impacted garrison operations and employees. - Construction progressed on projects like new housing and a Candlewood Suites hotel.

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2. 2013 Year in Review
2013 Year in Review
T
he following is a compilation of
stories and photos that made
news on Fort Meade throughout the year of 2013. The garrison welcomed a new commander,
weathered government furloughs
and a shutdown, and celebrated
the Fourth of July on the third.
Ribbon-cutting ceremonies were held for the Army
Wellness Center, Veterans Affairs Outpatient
Clinic and Fort Meade USO-Metro Center as new
construction projects began.
Photo by Nate Pesce
A dramatic fireworks display lights the sky for more than 30 minutes on July 3,
drawing oohs and ahhs from the thousands of visitors at McGlachlin Parade Field
during the Budweiser-Fort Meade Red, White and Blue Celebration.
Photo by Sarah Pastrana
1st Lt. Joanna Sampson humors her 2-year-old daughter, Zoe, who wanted to switch
her pink headband for her mother’s hat. Before deploying to Kuwait with the 48th
Combat Support Hospital, Sampson attended a farewell lunch on March 9.
RIGHT: Fort Meade Fire and Emergency Service personnel, Anne Arundel County
firefighters and Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center paramedics respond to a twoalarm fire on June 2 that destroyed two homes and damaged two others in the
Potomac Place housing neighborhood.
Photo by Air Force Tech Sgt. David Speicher
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3. January
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February
Photo by Sgt. Walter Reeves
Two Meade High School students comfort
each other during the school’s memorial
service and candlelight vigil on Jan.
10. Grief and crisis counseling were
provided to students after the deaths of
five students and five recent graduates
during the past two years.
JANUARY
• The Fort Meade Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic opens Jan. 14 at 2479 5th St.,
adjacent to Kimbrough Ambulatory Care
Center, and becomes the sixth communitybased outpatient clinic throughout the state
operated by the VA Maryland Health Care
System.
• The new Fort Meade USO-Metro Center, officially opens on Jan. 15 at 8612 6th
Armored Cavalry Road. The ceremony featured Kasey Staniszewski, Miss Maryland
USA, and David Otunga, a professional
wrestler with WWE.
• The U.S. Army Field Band, the Defense
Photo by Spc. Paul B. Watts Jr.
Marines from the Cryptologic Support Battalion exit a CH-46 helicopter after landing Jan. 9 on McGlachlin Parade Field. Forty
members of Company L met with members of Marine Helicopter Squadron One in Quantico, Va., during a training exercise earlier
that day.
Information Systems Agency and the 200th
Military Police Command provide support
to the 57th presidential inauguration on
Jan. 21. The Field Band led more than 100
elements of the parade down Pennsylvania
Avenue.
• The Defense Information School breaks
ground Jan. 23 for a new expansion project
that will add an additional 100,000 square
feet to the facility.
• The Asymmetric Warfare Group breaks
ground Jan. 29 on a $31 million, three-building complex that will feature a headquarters
facility, visitor control center, and a vehicle
maintenance and motor pool.
FEBRUARY
• Retired Lt. Col. Alfred Shehab is
awarded the French Legion of Honor (Chevalier) on Feb. 13 at the French Embassy in
Washington, D.C. The 93-year-old member
of the Fort Meade community was awarded
the medal for his role in liberating France
during World War II.
• Army and Picerne Military Housing
(later Corvias Military Living) officials
break ground on Feb. 20 for the Reece
Crossings garden-style apartment complex
for junior-enlisted single service members at
Mapes Road and Cooper Avenue.
• Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center
celebrates the opening of its new MultiService Clinic on Feb. 25.
PHOTO BY MARV LYNCHARD
The U.S. Army Field Band leads more than 100 elements of the Presidential Inaugural
Parade that followed the Obamas and Bidens down Pennsylvania Avenue from the
Capitol to the White House on Jan. 21.
Photo by Nate Pesce
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LEFT: Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center officials cut the ribbon marking the official
opening of the facility’s new Multi-Service Clinic on Feb. 25. The clinic expanded
several of Kimbrough’s services including gastroenterology; hand and upper
extremities; chronic pain management; and podiatry.
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4. March
2013 Year in Review
April
Photo by Staff Sgt. Sean K. Harp
Then-Garrison Commander Col. Edward C. Rothstein maneuvers an excavator as
crews demolish the former Bachelor Officer Quarters off Cooper Avenue on April 24.
The demolition makes way for the construction of Corvias Military Living’s Reece
Crossings, a garden-style apartment complex for junior-enlisted single service
members.
MARCH
• A farewell luncheon is held March
9 for 180 Reservists of the 48th Combat
Support Hospital deploying to Kuwait for
a nine-month assignment in support of
Operation Enduring Freedom.
• The Defense Information School holds
its inaugural induction ceremony for the
DINFOS Alumni Hall of Fame on March
14. The seven inductees included columnist
Clarence Page and author John Roswell
Camp.
• Fort Meade’s new VA Outpatient Clinic
opens during an official ribbon-cutting
ceremony on March 25 that included Sen.
Barbara A. Mikulski, Rep. C.A. Dutch
Ruppersberger and VA Maryland Health
Care System Director Dennis Smith. The
clinic will serve more than 80,000 veterans
in Anne Arundel and Howard counties.
APRIL
• The newly renovated Youth Sports
complex opens April 12 for the spring sports
season after three years of construction.
Photo by Nicole Martyn
Staff Sgt. E. James Omelina (right) gives instructions to (from left) Victoria Figueroa,
12, of Springfield, Va.; Alexis Edwards, 12, of Crofton; Carlos Vargas, 13, of Pasadena;
and Eloy Flores, 12, of Bolling Air Force Base during the Fort Meade USO’s Operation
Basic Boot Camp on April 20.
• Several Fort Meade service members
and spouses join first lady Michelle Obama
at Gov. Martin O’Malley’s signing of the
Veterans Full Employment Act of 2013 in
Annapolis on April 17.
• Fort Meade’s SKIES Dance Team wins
first place in its category at the SPIRIT
Unlimited Cheer and Dance Competition at
the University of Maryland on April 20.
• Construction begins on the Express, the
new Army and Air Force Exchange Service
gas station and mini mart to be located on
the former softball field on Mapes Road
near the Route 32 gate.
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Photo by Jen Rynda
Children race to find Easter eggs at the Youth Center during the garrison’s annual Easter egg hunt on March 30.
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Patricia Jackson, acting coordinator and
financial coordinator of Fort Meade’s
Survivor Outreach Services program,
hugs Odessa Banks-Griffin (right) and
Peggy Pergerson during the Gold Star
Wives Tea on April 6. SOS sponsored
the social event for the spouses of
fallen service members that was held in
observance of Gold Star Wives Day on
April 5.
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5. May
2013 Year in Review
June
Miss Maryland
Joanna Guy,
21, listens as
fifth-grader
Jake Neslony
introduces her
to a class at
Pershing Hill
Elementary on
June 7.
Photo by
Nate Pesce
Photo by Noah Scialom
Sheena Luaehu performs a traditional Tahitian dance with Soldiers at Fort Meade’s
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Observance on May 9 at McGill Training
Center.
MAY
• Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center opens a satellite refill pharmacy at
the facility on May 1. The refill pharmacy cuts wait time down from 40
minutes to 10.
• Sixteen members of Kimbrough
Ambulatory Care Center’s surgical team
undergo three days of extensive training
in patient safety from May 1-3.
• The InterContinental Hotel Group
officially takes ownership of the post’s
lodging facilities on May 1, with plans
to begin construction on a Candlewood
Suites to replace the current lodging.
• The children’s and adolescent collection at the Medal of Honor Memorial Library is relocated to Kuhn Hall
in anticipation of the opening of Fort
Meade’s new Army Wellness Center.
The library at Kuhn Hall is now the Post
Annex Library.
• Ken Niumatalolo, head coach of the
U.S. Naval Academy’s football team,
is the guest speaker for the garrison’s
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Observance on May 9.
• Garrison organizations prepare for
worst-case scenarios in two full-scale
exercises on May 14 and 15, testing the
responses to a natural disaster and an
active-shooter situation.
• More than 45 military and civic
organizations display their flags during the installation’s Memorial Day
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Retiring Police Chief Charles McGee
laughs during his retirement luncheon
on June 28. McGee retired after eight
years as Fort Meade’s police chief and
seven years as the deputy director of the
Directorate of Emergency Services.
ing of the Colors on May 19.
• The newly renovated Club Meade,
closed since January, celebrates its grand
opening on May 31.
JUNE
• More than 425 garrison employees receive letters informing them of
proposed administrative furloughs to
begin July 8. They continued through
mid-August.
• Fort Meade Fire and Emergency
Services responds June 2 to a two-alarm
Photo by Monica Herndon
Meade High School graduate Shovonte Bowen (center) cheers after turning her
tassel during graduation on June 7 at the Prince George’s County Equestrian Center
in Upper Marlboro.
fire — the result of a lightening strike to
the roof of one home — that destroys
two homes and damages two others in
the Potomac Place neighborhood. Five
families are evacuated.
• A farewell luncheon is held for
Audrey Rothstein, wife of then-Garrison Commander Col. Edward C. Rothstein, on June 4.
• The Freedom Inn wins second place
in the civilian large-garrison category of
the 2013 Philip A. Connelly food service
competition.
• Fort Meade congregations donate
more than $11,000 on June 16 to benefit
Oklahoma tornado victims.
• Defense Information Systems Agency Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Frederick
A. Henry presents on June 26 the 2012
DISA Honorary Award for Outstanding External Contributor of the Year to
Fort Meade Fire Chief E.J. Rouvet and
the Fort Meade Fire and Emergency
Services.
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6. July
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August
JULY
• Fort Meade celebrates the Fourth of
July on July 3 with the Red, White and Blue
Celebration at McGlachlin Parade Field. The
festivities — sponsored by Budweiser — drew
more than 10,000 people and featured country
music and jazz, race cars, fireworks, a barbecue cook-off, and an eight-horse team of
Clydesdale horses.
• Air Force Col. Kevin Dixon assumes
command of the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing during a
ceremony on July 10.
• Fort Meade Fire and Emergency Services
responds July 16 to a two-alarm fire at a threestory apartment building in nearby Maryland
City and rescue two adults and an infant.
• Navy Capt. Donald E. Elam assumes
command of Navy Information Operations
Command Maryland during a ceremony July
26. Outgoing Commander Navy Capt. Timothy J. White was promoted to rear admiral
(lower half) and is now deputy chief of Tailored Access Operations, S32, at the National
Security Agency.
AUGUST
• A Spanish-speaking Christian service is
offered at Cavalry Chapel beginning Aug. 1.
• The installation celebrates the 30th annual
National Night Out on Aug. 6 at McGlachlin
Parade Field. More than 4,000 people attended
the event, which featured food, games, music
and demonstrations by local fire departments
and law enforcement agencies.
• Col. Brian P. Foley assumes command of
Fort Meade during his change of command
ceremony Aug. 8 at McGlachlin Parade Field.
Foley replaced Col. Edward C. Rothstein, who
officially retires on Feb. 28, 2014 after 30 years
of service.
• Pfc. Bradley Manning is sentenced to 35
Photo by Nate Pesce
Sgt. 1st Class April Boucher, lead vocalist
of The Volunteers, an ensemble of the
U.S. Army Field Band, hits a high note
during the Field Band’s Summer Concert
Series finale on Aug. 24 featuring the
“1812 Overture.”
years confinement on Aug. 21, bringing to a
close the court-martial proceeding on Fort
Meade that began in December 2011.
• Col. John P. Petkosek takes command of
the Asymmetric Warfare Group during a ceremony on Aug. 22 from Col. Patrick J. Mahaney Jr., who is now serving as a senior Army
Fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations.
• Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Bailey takes command of First Army Division East on Aug. 26
from Maj. Gen. Kevin R. Wendel, who ended
his 30-month tour with Division East.
• IndyCar driver Oriol Servia visits service
members on Aug. 28 at the USO-Metro
Center at Fort Meade. Servia, driver of the
National Guard IndyCar, signed autographs,
gave away tickets to the Baltimore Grand Prix,
and displayed his car.
Photo by Nate Pesce
Garrison Commander Col. Brian P. Foley stands at attention after accepting the reigns
of leadership during his change-of-command ceremony held Aug. 8 at McGlachlin
Parade Field. Foley assumed command from Col. Edward C. Rothstein, who served
as garrison commander for two years.
BELOW: An eight-horse Clydesdale team, complete with costumed drivers and the
Budweiser Clydesdale mascot, stands ready on McGlachlin Parade Field during the
Budweiser-Fort Meade Red, White and Blue Celebration on July 3.
Keith Broughan,
3, examines
a helicopter
during the
30th annual
National Night
Out on Aug. 6
at McGlachlin
Parade Field.
The event
featured
such popular
attractions
as inflatable
obstacle
courses, pony
rides, laser tag
and a rockclimbing wall.
Photo by
Noah Scialom
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7. September
2013 Year in Review
October
SEPTEMBER
• The Army Wellness Center officially
opens with a ribbon-cutting ceremony,
featuring Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski,
Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, and Rep.
John Sarbanes, on Sept. 16 at 4418
Llewellyn Ave. The facility offers free,
holistic health services to help service
members, their family members, retirees
and DoD civilians build and sustain a
healthy lifestyle.
• Barracks for Marine and Coast
Guard students at the Defense Information School officially open at a ribboncutting ceremony on Sept. 27.
OCTOBER
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Garrison Commander Col. Brian P. Foley addresses runners at McGlachlin Parade
Field following the Run of Remembrance on Sept. 11. More than 2,000 service
members and civilians participated in the three-mile run through the installation on
the 12th anniversary of 9/11.
BELOW: Quinntin Roach, 9, weaves through cones under the supervision of “celebrity
trainer” Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III during the NFL’s “Salute
to Play 60” event on Sept. 24 at Joint Base Andrews. Quinntin was among the 40 Fort
Meade youngsters who participated in the event.
• The federal government shuts down
at Fort Meade on Oct. 1 and more
than half of the garrison’s employees
are furloughed. Some services reduce
operations or close. All garrison civilian
employees returned to work Oct. 8.
• Officials break ground on Oct. 3
for the Candlewood Suites hotel, which
is being constructed near McGlachlin
Parade Field. The 243-room hotel is
expected to be completed in December
2015 as part of the Privatization of
Army Lodging program.
• Manor View Elementary School
offers Mandarin as a second language
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Jennifer Trotter and Derrick Brooks
from the Washington, D.C.-based Salsa
with Silvia demonstrate traditional salsa
moves during the installation’s annual
Hispanic Heritage Month Observance
held Sept. 25 at McGill Training Center.
as part of the school’s designation in
October as an International Baccalaureate World School.
• Joseph Sanders, a material expediter
contractor for the Logistics Readiness
Center, receives keys to his new house
provided by Operation Homefront, an
organization that awards mortgage-free
homes to service members and veterans.
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(Left to right) Col. Danny B.N. Jaghab, commander of U.S. Army Medical Department
Activity, Fort Meade, and Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center; Sen. Benjamin L.
Cardin; Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski; Maj. Gen. Dean G. Sienko, commanding general,
U.S. Army Public Health Command; Rep. John Sarbanes; and Garrison Commander
Col. Brian P. Foley cut the ribbon to officially open Fort Meade’s new Army Wellness
Center on Sept. 16.
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8. November
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Santa Claus is the
guest conductor at
“Sound The Bells: A
Holiday Celebration”
presented by the U.S.
Army Field Band on
Dec. 4 at Meade High
School. More than 800
people attended the
90-minute concert,
which featured
The Concert Band,
Soldiers’ Chorus and
The Volunteers.
photo by nate pesce
E. Keith Colston, administrative director
of the Maryland Commission on Indian
Affairs and of Tuscarora and Lumbee
native ancestry, performs a Northern
traditional dance in full regalia during
his presentation for Fort Meade’s
annual Native American Heritage Month
Observance on Nov. 20 at the Post
Theater.
photo by nate pesce
RIGHT: Families gather together with lit candles at McGlachlin Parade Field during
the garrison’s annual tree lighting ceremony on Dec. 13. The 25-year tradition is
sponsored by the Religious Services Office and featured holiday music, hot chocolate
and a surprise visit from Santa Claus.
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NOVEMBER
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Guest speaker Rabbi Sheftel M. Neuberger, president of Ner Israel Rabbinical College
in Baltimore, carries a new Torah under a wedding canopy in a dedication ceremony
on Nov. 17 outside Argonne Hills Chapel Center. The handwritten scroll, which arrived
from Israel on Oct. 25, was escorted into the Chapel Center and placed inside the ark
in the Jewish worship room.
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December
• The installation hosts its annual Veterans Day observance on Nov. 7 at the Post
Museum. Speaker Richard Hagan, Fort
Meade’s re-enactor of Gen. George G.
Meade and a Vietnam veteran, recalled his
youth on Fort Meade.
• A former Child, Youth and School Services employee, Anthony Dennis Williams
II, is arrested Nov. 12 on charges of sexually
abusing a minor.
• Garrison Commander Col. Brian P.
Foley joins members of the Fort Meade
Community Covenant Council at BWI
Marshall Airport to sign the Community Covenant on Nov. 13. The document
pledges government and business leaders to
develop relationships aimed at supporting
Fort Meade.
• Two Fort Meade Soldiers are welcomed
into the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club at
the Military District of Washington during
a ceremony on Nov. 14 at the Post Theater.
Master Sgt. Erica Lehmkuhl of First Army
Division East was presented with the Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal.
• Brig. Gen. Alan Stotle takes command
of the 352nd Civil Affairs Command during a change-of-command ceremony on
Nov. 17.
• Navy leaders officially open the new
Navy Fleet and Family Support Center at
2212 Chisholm Ave. on Nov. 22.
DECEMBER
• Fort Meade residents celebrate the holidays during “Tis the Season,” sponsored
by Corvias Military Living on Dec. 7 at
Potomac Place. The free event featured train
rides, horses, free photos with Santa, crafts,
food and music.
• A nameplate for Spc. Hilda I. Clayton, who was assigned to the 55th Signal
Company (Combat Camera) before her
death in Afghanistan in July, is unveiled at
the Defense Information Schools’ Wall of
Heroes on Dec. 13. Clayton was 22 when
she was killed.
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9. 2013 Year in Review — Sports
Fort Meade’s 2013
intramural champions
Basketball
Division I: Surface Force Logistics
Center
Division II: 741st Military Intelligence
Battalion
Volleyball
94th Intelligence Squadron
Softball
Division I: Navy Information Operations
Command Maryland
Division II: 7th Intelligence Squadron
Football
Division I: 704th Military Intelligence
Brigade
Division II: 10th Fleet
RIGHT: Drake Smith, 4, of the Fort Meade
Cougars wrestling team, shakes hands
with opponent Kelly Doney after their
match Feb. 17 at Meade High School. The
end-of-the-year tournament wrapped
up Child, Youth and School Services’
inaugural wrestling season.
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Frank Medina, dressed as “Batman,”
carries his 4-year-old son Acedylan, who
is dressed as the superhero’s sidekick
“Robin,” during the Ghosts, Ghouls
and Goblins 5K Run and Fun Walk on
Oct. 16 at the Pavilion. The annual Run
Series featured seven runs throughout
the year.
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Baltimore Oriole Tommy Hunter, retired Col. Douglas Dillard, retired Col. Bert Rice, Oriole Brian Matusz, the Oriole Bird, retired
Sgt. Maj. Ray Moran, Oriole Troy Patton, then-Garrison Commander Col. Edward C. Rothstein and Oriole T.J. McFarland pose
for a photo during Military Appreciation Day on June 14 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Rothstein and the three retired Soldiers
simultaneously threw out the first pitch.
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Staff Sgt. Billy Ward of the 902nd Military Intelligence Group joins Debrah Miceli,
driver of the MADUSA monster truck, in cheering with the crowd during Monster Jam
in Baltimore on June 8 at M&T Bank Stadium. Ward was honored following Miceli’s
freestyle competition.
Nick Collington of the 704th Military Intelligence Brigade runs down field during an
intramural football game against Navy Information Operations Command Maryland on
Oct. 8 at Mullins Field. The 704th completed an undefeated season with the Division
I championship, while 10th Fleet won the Division II title.
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Thomas Moore of the 70th Operations
Support Squadron reacts after a kill in the
intramural volleyball championship. The
94th swept the 70th Operations Support
Squadron 25-22, 25-16 in the finals.
RIGHT: The Navy team celebrates its 338 victory following the Army-Navy game
on Dec. 5 at Mullins Field. The win was
Navy’s first victory in four years.
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Alonzo Toms of the 32nd Military
Intelligence Squadron fights through
741st MI defenders during the Division
II intramural basketball championship on
March 21 at Murphy Field House. The 741st
won the Division II post championship.
Surface Force Logistics Center won its
second consecutive title in Division I.
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Nine-year-old Aiden Peters and 10-year-old Jakob Henchell, who has cerebral palsy,
wait at the starting line of the Patriot Pride 5K on May 18 outside Murphy Field House.
Through the Maryland Chapter of Ainsely’s Angels, Aiden was able to push Jakob
throughout the race. They finished at 32:45.
BELOW: Youngsters warm up before their intramural basketball game on Jan. 26
at the Youth Center. The Child, Youth and School Services’ Youth Sports program
featured three intramural age groups.
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Members of Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion, Bravo Company celebrate at
McGlachlin Parade Field after winning the National Security Agency’s Armed Forces
Week Sports Day championship on May 1, defeating the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance
and Reconnaissance Wing and Navy Information Operations Command Maryland.
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The Meade High School football team faces off against the Southern Bulldogs in the
driving rain on Oct. 11. The Mustangs won their second consecutive Class 4A East
Region title this season.
BELOW: Quarterback Ian Fowler of the Fort Meade Cougars 11U team prepares to
throw a pass during a practice on Aug. 15 at the Youth Sports Complex. The 11U and
70-pound football teams have both advanced to the championships in their divisions
this season. The 11U team won its division and qualified for the state tournament.
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Ariya Turner, 8, practices a handstand at the cheernastics mini camp offered by Fort
Meade’s SKIES program on July 25 at the Youth Center. The camp included a series
of drills to practice basic cheernastics moves including handstands, lunges, leg
extensions, back bends and handsprings.
BELOW: Mike Hopkins of the 741st Military Intelligence Battalion softball team hits
during an intramural game on July 22 at Donahue Field. Navy Operations Information
Command Maryland won the Division I title, while the 7th Intelligence Squadron were
champions of Division II.
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