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578:. The Army Security Agency Training Center & School (ASATC&S) was established at Devens in April 1951. In 1976 it became known as the U.S. Army Intelligence School, Devens, or USAISD, and was moved to Fort Huachuca, Arizona in 1996. The 36th Medical Battalion including the 595th Medical Company and the 46th Combat Support Hospital, the 46th CSH was inactivated July 15, 1994. Finally, the 624th Military Police Company was stationed until the post closed. Headquarters, Army Readiness Region I and Readiness Group Devens were also located there in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The mission was to assist the training of reserve component units, state National Guard and Army Reserve units in New York and New England. Other subordinate Readiness Groups were located at Secena Army Depot and Fort Hamilton in NYC. Exact establishment dates and/or inactivation dates could not be found. 587: 810:, in Boston Harbor, on Christmas Day 1817. The legend that Lieutenant Drane mysteriously disappeared after the duel and his remains were later discovered in a walled off part of Fort Independence is not true. In reality, Drane was later promoted to captain and continued to serve in the Army until his death in 1846. Massie was originally buried at Fort Independence, and his remains were relocated to Fort Devens, along with others buried at Forts in Boston Harbor, in the 1950s after the forts were closed. 1517: 63: 671:, New Jersey, and whose Commanding General serves as the Senior Commander for Ft. Devens. The units with the original 94th Regional Readiness Command were realigned with similar commands along the East Coast. The base still remained an active training site for Reserve and National Guard Forces as well as regional law enforcement agencies. 325:
The Fort's siting was due primarily to its location at a major hub of the rail network in New England. Construction, by the largest labor force assembled in the United States, to build an entire city for 10,000 requiring barracks, training buildings, water and sewer systems, raced at the rate of 10.4
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and iron at the 84-acre Shepley's Hill landfill site out of the groundwater remediation. As of 2022, there is ongoing groundwater remediation at the former Moore Army Airfield and the former Shepley's Hill Landfill in addition to long-term groundwater monitoring at four petroleum contaminated sites.
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Fort Devens has a cemetery which has the graves of U.S. military personnel, their dependents and about 20 German and Italian prisoners of war who died there either during or shortly after World War II. A number of graves predate the fort's establishment as they were relocated after the closure of
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In 2011, the fort had a population of 306 enlisted personnel, 2,151 reservists, 348 civilians, and 1,399 family members, and maintained 25 ranges, 21 training areas, and 15 maneuver areas on nearly 5,000 acres (20 km) of land. It was home to the United States Army
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Since the closing of the military base, many of the existing buildings have been renovated or reconstructed; housing developments now exist, along with a growing business park, a new hotel, restaurants, several public and private schools, a disc golf course, and a
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in 1863. He was originally buried at Fort Warren but his remains were moved to Deer Island and Governors Island in Boston Harbor before being moved to Fort Devens in 1939. In 2002 his remains were finally returned to his home state of Florida.
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established a 47-acre commercial site within the former Fort Devens. This facility is to be used for development and manufacture of fusion power equipment and plants, none of which were yet in commercial use anywhere worldwide as of 2021.
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new buildings every day. It was a reception center for war selectees and became a demobilization center after the war. As one of 16 temporary cantonments, Camp Devens processed and trained more than 100,000 soldiers. Three divisions (the
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was located at Fort Devens from 1946 to 1950. Already at reduced strength, the regiment was further decimated when a battalion from Fort Devens was reflagged as the 3d Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and sent to Korea to join the
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presence. In 2007 the headquarters of the 94th Regional Readiness Command, which was responsible for the command and control of Army Reserve units throughout New England, as well as providing Army Reserve support for
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In 1918, it became a separation center for over 150,000 troops upon their return from France. Put on inactive status, it served next as a summer training camp for National Guardsmen, Reservists and ROTC cadets.
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to acquire the land. The bulk of the land was purchased by MassDevelopment for $ 17 million with the aim of turning Devens into a residential and business community. The Bureau of Prisons used its land for the
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operations in the New England region, was disbanded under the consolidation of forces and buildings within the area came under the control of the 99th Regional Support Command, which is located at
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In 1920, following years of debate regarding preparedness for another global war, passage of the National Defense Act established an important role for the citizen army.
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Fort Devens was the home of the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), less 1st Battalion based in (West) Germany, from 1968 until the Group's move to
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by the federal government. Some was fine farmland along the Nashua River and other was "sprout" land where trees had been cut leaving stumps.
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In 1927, appropriations were made for permanent construction of buildings, but the stock market crash nearly called a halt. Congresswoman
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have also expressed interest in building a museum there as Fort Devens was their principal training facility for nearly 25 years.
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Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620–1988; Deaths Registered in the Town of Harvard, 1918; entries No. 113-976, pp. 6–44.
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site in 1989. Most of the fort's land was sold off in 1996, but the cantonment area of the post was retained by the Army as the
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The 2d Infantry Brigade was inactivated on 19 February 1963 at Fort Devens; in 1962 when it was reflagged as 2d Brigade,
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The Army announced in 2008 that it would build a new training center in the area. This was dedicated in 2011 as the
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In 1931, through her efforts, Camp Devens became Fort Devens, a permanent US Army post in 1931. However, during the
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In January 2011 a group of Devens residents filed a citizens' petition for Devens to become a legally incorporated
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Training Center & School (ASATC&S) from April 1951 to 1996. In the 1950s or 1960s the fort was home to the
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at the fort during World War II who went on strike after facing prejudicial treatment, and were subsequently
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3rd Battalion (Logistical Support Battalion), 313th Regiment, 174th Infantry Brigade, FIRST ARMY EAST
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for German and Italian prisoners from 1944 to 1946. It was designated as early as 1942 for detaining
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2nd Battalion (Training Support Battalion), 310th Regiment, 174th Infantry Brigade, FIRST ARMY EAST
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post which resided at Fort Devens was officially closed in 1996 after 79 years of service.
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The Boys of Benning: Stories from the Lives of Fourteen Infantry OCS Class 2–62 Graduates
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process for land distribution for all parcels on the former Fort Devens allowed the
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for male inmates requiring specialized or long-term medical or mental health care.
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Detachment 1 J2/JT, United States Central Command, Army Reserve Element (ARE)
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On 15 February 1958 the 2d Infantry Brigade was reactivated at Fort Devens,
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On December 21, 1989, Fort Devens was listed as superfund because historic
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Historic US Army post in Middlesex and Worcester counties, Massachusetts
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The fort is the setting for the play "Court-Martial at Fort Devens" by
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community members were concerned about PFAs making their way into the
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Resting places: the burial sites of more than 14,000 famous persons
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The oldest grave is that of 1st Lieutenant Robert F. Massie of the
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several coast defense forts in Boston Harbor after World War II.
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broadcast on December 20, 1942 was recorded at Fort Devens.
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Part of the former area of the military base is now home to
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Buildings and structures in Worcester County, Massachusetts
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Buildings and structures in Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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USNSCC Recruit Training Command New England (Summer only)
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The following military units are based at this location:
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World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United States
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Headquarters and Service Company & Weapons Company
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trained at Devens during the war. Devens also housed a
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Camp Devens, named after jurist and Civil War general
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Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center
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Barracks as seen from the air in 1995, now demolished
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In 1918, Camp Devens, was afflicted by the late 1918
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United States Coast Guard Buoy Depot, South Weymouth
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