Fort Monmouth
Fort Monmouth (pronounced mon-mith) is located on the "Jersey Shore" just ten minutes West (20-30 minutes on a sunny weekend day in July and August) of the Atlantic Ocean. It is one and one-half hours South (three hours on a weekday at 7:00 am) of New York City, one and one-half hours North (remember the weekends and holidays) of Atlantic City, and one and one-half hours (holidays are the busiest time here) East of Philadelphia.

Fort Monmouth is home to the Army Materiel Command's (AMC) Communication and Electronics Command (CECOM). The shopping center, commissary, and exchange facilities also serve Earle Naval Weapon Station and the Coast Guard at Sandy Hook. The front portion of the commissary collapsed during the storm of January 1996. A new facility was constructed with a completion date of May 1998. The Fort Monmouth community is comprised of active duty Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, Reserve Components, retired military, Department of Defense appropriated and non-appropriated fund employees, contractors, and family members.

Strategically located throughout Fort Monmouth, tenats include U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM), Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications Systems, Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, and the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School. Within this framework, is the Garrison?s responsibility for Base Operations/Contractor Support, Real Property that includes main post and the Charles Wood Area, as well as various programs and services to enhance the Well-Being for soldiers and civilians at Fort Monmouth.

The mission of the US Army Communications-Electronics Command is to research, develop, acquire, field and sustain technologically superior integrated Communications, Command and Control, Computer, Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensor (C4IEWS) capabilities for America's Warfighter. CECOM provides the architectural framework and systems engineering to ensure joint interoperability and horizontal technology integration across the battlespace. CECOM executes its mission throughout the life cycle of warfighting systems and platforms through an integrated process of technology generation and application, acquisition excellence and logistics power projection.

Army Installations continue to undergo enormous changes in order to achieve its mission and vision. Limited funding and dwindling resources remains the number one problem among installations throughout the United States and abroad. As the proprietor for installation management at Fort Monmouth, the Garrison provides support to CECOM elements, and tenants organizations on post and at locations throughout the world.

The realignment of CECOM to the Main Post and the Charles Wood Area (CWA) is underway. This effort consists of vacating the COB, closing the Evans Area and VHFS, and divesting of 246 Olmstead AFH units in CWA. Programmed amount for construction is $47M, affecting the movement of 3,500 personnel. Resulting environmental studies and remediation for closures is $21M. BRAC construction completed includes converted barracks and buildings gutted to an open office space environment. Major cost involved in providing handicapped accessibility: ramps and elevators. The 1200 area will also house a 240 seat cafeteria along with a facility for NJ Blind Commission concession sales in this area. IEWD, relocating from VHFS, VA, has a new home. The primary facility is built to top secret standards and includes a secure compound containing pre-engineered storage warehouses.

Fort Monmouth is home to the USMAPS, who train approximately 250 students per year to enter as freshman at West Point. The FBI Information Processing Center is located in Bldg 1203. They employ about 135 people.

The Fort Monmouth Police Department, under the Office of the Provost Marshal, provides a full array of law enforcement services to the entire Fort Monmouth community. The police department is comprised of both Military Police and Department of Defense Officers. The Physical Security Division (PSD) conducts security inspections for vulnerability, badging and access to restricted areas through Visitor Control. PSD also conducts various crime prevention programs: National Night Out, Operation Ident-A-Kid, and McGruff, "The Crime Fighting Dog". Fort Monmouth sponsors the Military Affiliate Radio Station (MARS). Message traffic and Phone Patch support for US Army personnel & families continue to be provided. Classes are provided annually for the community to obtain amateur licenses.

The new Child Development Center (CDC) opened in August 1996, at a contract cost of $3.57M. It is centrally located in the Charles Wood Housing Area, near the Youth Services and School Age Services (YS&SAS) and the outdoor pool. This facility will accommodate approx. 244 children (infant through kindergarten), not including double functioning spaces, i.e. AM & PM Part-Day Preschool). The old CDC facility was turned back to the command for use as an administrative facility. The 18-hole golf course has a recently completed new pro shop, golf cart storage area and renovation of locker rooms. A new irrigation system was also installed to eliminate use of city water and use surface water on the course. We are also upgrading tees/greens, cart paths, and constructing a golf maintenance building. A full array of modern Morale, Welfare and Recreation activities are available including: a 900 seat movie theater, Centralized Hospitality and Catering Office (Bldg 801) renovated Auto Craft Center with new car wash, 20-lane bowling center with new lounge area, Officers' Club Dining/Meeting Room upgrades, Lane Hall's new Atrium addition, the completion of a Deli Section and an Atrium addition. Remote food service annexes are also provided.

Fort Monmouth is considered a leader among Army installations in providing infrastructure development and support. Following the goals, objectives and strategy outlined in Army Vision 2010 and Joint Vision 2010, the Garrison (through the Directorate for Public Works) is moving forward with the Army vision for future. Future development plans include proposed construction at Olmstead Gardens. The area will be set up to accommodate mission essential requirements and to support the creation of a parks recreation or playground area for children. It should be noted that there was extensive research and analysis (i.e. manpower/resource requirements, time, cost and material estimates) conducted to determine the best possible solution for the housing situation at Fort Monmouth. The decision to modernize existing structures through renovation, revitalization and construction provided the best fit for the requirements, our soldiers, their families and the entire Fort Monmouth community.