Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, United States

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Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, is a former U.S. Army installation known for its role in military communications and electronics research and development.

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instanceOf former United States Army installation
area approximately 1,126 acres
closedOn 2011
closureProcess 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) decision
controlledBy United States Army
country United States
dateOpened 1917
dateRenamedFortMonmouth 1925
establishedDuring World War I
garrison Army Materiel Command activities
U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School
U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM)
U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC)
U.S. Army Signal Corps
U.S. Army Signal School
U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School
hasHeritage major center of U.S. military communications innovation in the 20th century
hosted Army Communications-Electronics Command headquarters
Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center headquarters
Army Electronics Command
Evans Signal Laboratory
Signal Corps Laboratories
U.S. Army Signal School headquarters
U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School campus
locatedIn Borough of Eatontown, New Jersey
Borough of Oceanport, New Jersey
Borough of Tinton Falls, New Jersey
Eastern United States
Monmouth County, New Jersey
New Jersey
locatedNear Atlantic Ocean coast of New Jersey
Shrewsbury River
namedAfter Major General John Adams Dix Monmouth (Monmouth County)
notableFor advances in radio communications
development of early weather radar
development of radar technologies
development of satellite communications technologies
research in electronic warfare
support to U.S. Army communications worldwide
originalName Camp Alfred Vail
Camp Little Silver
ownedBy United States Department of the Army
partOf United States Army installation network
linked to: U.S. Army bases
postClosureAuthority Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA)
postClosureUse redevelopment for mixed civilian uses
renamed Fort Monmouth
usedFor electronics research and development
military communications research
signal communications training

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Herman Edwards placeOfBirth Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center formerlyLocatedAt Fort Monmouth
linked to: Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Eatontown, New Jersey hasLandmark Fort Monmouth
linked to: Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
Fort Monmouth renamed Fort Monmouth
linked to: Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, United States