Arlington Hall Station, Virginia

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Arlington Hall Station, Virginia, is a former U.S. Army installation in Arlington that served as a major center for military intelligence and cryptographic operations during and after World War II.

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Arlington Hall Station, Virginia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former U.S. Army installation
military intelligence facility
signals intelligence site
affiliation United States Armed Forces
category Cryptography in the United States
Former military installations of the United States
Military facilities in Virginia
Signals intelligence
controlledBy Department of Defense
surface form: United States Department of Defense

United States Department of War
surface form: United States War Department
country United States of America
surface form: United States
function intercepting and analyzing enemy communications
training intelligence and cryptologic personnel
garrison U.S. Army intelligence personnel
laterUsedBy Defense Intelligence Agency
National Security Agency
locatedIn Arlington County
surface form: Arlington County, Virginia

Arlington, Virginia
Virginia
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Washington metropolitan area
surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
namedAfter Arlington Hall
near Pentagon
Washington, D.C.
notableFor U.S. Army codebreaking against Japanese codes
central role in U.S. military cryptanalysis
hosting major U.S. signals intelligence organizations
operatedBy United States Army
ownedBy United States government
surface form: United States federal government
partOf U.S. Army Security Agency infrastructure
United States Army Security Agency
surface form: U.S. Army Signals Intelligence Service operations
significance major center of U.S. wartime codebreaking
precursor site to later U.S. national cryptologic infrastructure
status decommissioned military installation
timePeriod 20th century
usedDuring Cold War
World War II
usedFor codebreaking
communications intelligence
cryptographic operations
military intelligence operations
signals intelligence

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United States Army Security Agency headquartersLocation Arlington Hall Station, Virginia