Military Installations

The list below provides an overview of Maryland's primary military installations. Personnel numbers below are estimates which include military and civilian employees as of 2008, but exclude contractors. They do not reflect the changes to the number of personnel that are expected as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process.

Aberdeen Proving Ground

Located on 72,516 acres in Harford County with 12,200 personnel. Primary tenants include:

Army Research, Development & Engineering Command
Army Research Laboratory (APG Site)
Edgewood Chemical Biological Center
Army Material Systems Analysis Activity
Army Chemical Materials Agency
Army Developmental Test Command
Aberdeen Test Center
Army Evaluation Center
Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
Army Ordnance Center and School / Ordnance Mechanical Maintenance School
Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District

Adelphi Laboratory Center

Located on 207 acres in Montgomery and Prince George's counties, with 911 personnel. Primary tenants include:

Army Research Laboratory
Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
Robert Morris Acquisition Center

Andrews Air Force Base

Located on 6,853 acres in Prince George's County with 15,000 personnel. Primary tenants include:

Air Force District of Washington
Air Force 316th Wing
Air Force 79th Medical Wing
Air National Guard Readiness Center
D.C. Air National Guard
Naval Air Facility

Coast Guard Yard

Located on 112 acres in Anne Arundel County, with 1,200 personnel. Primary tenants include:

Coast Guard Sector Baltimore
Electronic Support Detachment, Baltimore
Engineering Logistics Center

Fort Detrick

Located on 1,211 acres in Frederick County with 4,436 personnel. Primary tenants include:

National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research
Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Army Center for Environmental Health Research
Army Medical Materiel Agency
Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
National Center for Medical Intelligence
National Cancer Institute - Frederick
National Interagency Biodefense Campus
Secret Service
21st Signal Brigade

Fort George G. Meade

Located on 5,415 acres in Anne Arundel County with 30,225 personnel. Primary tenants include:

Defense Information School
National Security Agency
902^nd Military Intelligence Group
99^th Regional Readiness Command
70^th Intelligence Wing
704^th Military Intelligence Brigade
Asymmetric Warfare Group
First Army Training Support Division East
Navy Information Operations Command Maryland
Army Medical Activity Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center

Naval Support Facility Indian Head

Located on 3,228 acres in Charles County, with 2,800 personnel. Primary tenants include:

Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center
Marine Corps Chemical Biological Incident Response Force
Naval Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division
Joint Interoperability Test Command
Naval Ordnance Safety and Security Division
Naval Sea Logistics Center, Detachment Indian Head

Naval Surface Warfare Center - Carderock

Located on 185 acres in Montgomery County, with 1,450 personnel. Primary tenant is:

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA Carderock Division)

National Naval Medical Center

Located on 243 acres in Montgomery County, with 4,959 personnel. Primary tenants include:

Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
National Naval Dental Center
Naval Health Sciences Education and Training Command
Naval Medical Information Management Center
Naval Medical Research and Development Command
Naval Medical Research Center
Naval School of Health Sciences
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Naval Air Station Patuxent River

Located on 8,000 acres in St. Mary's County, with 10,500 personnel. Primary tenants include:

Naval Air Systems Command
Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division

U.S. Naval Academy

Located on 338 acres in Anne Arundel County , with 2,052 personnel and an enrollment of approximately 4,000. A separate installation, the Naval Station Annapolis, is located adjacent to the Academy.

Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Located on 164 acres in Montgomery County, with 1,600 personnel. Primary tenants include:

Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Patient Simulation Center

Over the next several years, the number of personnel will increase significantly at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) and Fort George G. Meade. In addition, the National Naval Medical Center, to be renamed the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as a result of BRAC, will experience significant increases in patient load and numbers of visitors through 2011. All BRAC recommendations must be implemented by 2011.

New activities moving to Maryland by 2011 as a result of BRAC

Installation	Tenants
Aberdeen Proving Ground	Army Team C4ISR Center of Excellence Army Communications-Electronics Command Life Cycle Management Center Army Communications Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications Tactical Program Executive Officer for Intelligence Electronic Warfare and Sensors Army Test & Evaluation Center Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical-Biological Defense
Fort George G. Meade	Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Joint Task Force - Global Network Operations Defense Media Activity
National Naval Medical Center	Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC)

Source: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, 2008.