Fort Meade News

Published: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 7:15 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 23, 2009 at 7:21 p.m. LAKELAND It was the age of the Great Depression and Foster Heath was fresh out of high school.

Decorated vet: Charles Pete Detrich displays ribbons and medals he earned during service in the U.S. Army during WWII.

Shortly before Larry "Bill" Elliott was put to death for killing a Woodbridge couple in 2001, he wrote that the justice system "failed me." At 9 p.m. Tuesday, the 60-year-old Hanover, Md., man was led into Virginia's death chamber - his head and one leg shaved - and placed into the state's old oak electric chair.

Just one home in Odenton near Fort George G. Meade has high levels of contaminants in well water, according to test results released yesterday.

WASHINGTON - Army Spc. Christopher James Coffland, 43, of Baltimore, died Friday of wounds suffered during a roadside bombing that day in Afghanistan, just weeks after he was deployed.

Maryland's initially anticipated job gains of 45,000 to 60,000 in the next few years due to the Pentagon's Base Realignment and Closure program are "understated, perhaps significantly understated," a state official said this week.

Editor's Note: This is the fourth article in a week-long series dedicated to WW II Veterans.

I wanted to thank our U.S. military veterans on this special Veterans Day 2009. We are blessed as a nation to have such loyal men and women who defend our freedoms here so we can all live in America.

"The Men Who Stare at Goats," starring Jeff Bridges as an army shaman and George Clooney as his best pupil, is a refreshingly unpredictable and fizzy comic fantasy.

Herman Zerger has no regrets about sacrificing his youth in exchange for others' freedom more than 60 years ago.

At Fort Meade, they held a moment of silence on Friday for those who were killed and wounded during a mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday, and military officials said they're finding out how to better support soldiers and their families.

Ian Gaven Patrick McKeown. Imagine, or can you remember, being seventeen years old and in your senior year at Fillmore High School .

In the 1970s and 1980s, he did engage commanding officers and fellow members of the think tank Task Force Delta in his dream of transforming the military into a holistic band of brothers.

Area leaders are discussing the possibility of a local bus and transit network that would link new workers at the expanding Fort George G. Meade to local train stations and Northern Virginia.

A communitya s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic.

The state has dropped an environmental lawsuit against the Army, acknowledging that cleanup plans for Fort George G. Meade are finally adequate.

Caitlin also attended Piru Elementary and Fillmore Middle school. While growing up she was active in 4-H, FFA, Art Club and the Mentor Program.

The Navy plans to establish its new cyber security division at Fort George G. Meade, a move that could be a precursor to a larger, more critical command post at the west county Army post.

The tranquil beauty of this 173-year-old stone-arch bridge, standing over a leaf-strewn stream on a glorious fall day, mocks its history.

As you drive west on Route 175, the razor-wire-topped fences begin just past the Route 32 on-ramps. "Warning: Restricted Area," says the large print on the signs hung on the fence every 40 feet or so.