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18 hrs ago | The Frederick News Post

Efforts to cap Area B landfill sites to be completed in September

U.S. Sen. Benjamin L. Cardin, D-Md., toured Fort Detricka s Area B on Monday. He is shown here being briefed by Robert Craig, Fort Detrick chief, environmental management office.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Benjamin Cardin, Democrat, US Senate, US Military, US Army, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Frederick, MD

Tue Jul 07, 2009

WFMD-AM Frederick

Senator Benjamin Cardin Visits Ft. Detrick

A briefing and tour of efforts to clean up contaminated landfill sites was held.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Maryland Government, Maryland

Mon Jul 06, 2009

WMAR

Environmental Clean Up Begins At Ft. Detrick

Since 1946, a whole lot of nastiness has been buried under ground in the 14 acres that make up Fort Detrick's Area B. Primarily it's been heavy solvents but barrels of military grade chemical waste were also found in this one time test area.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military

Fri Jul 03, 2009

The Frederick News Post

Reporter's Notebook: Military Intelligence - Goodbye

I'm taking a few inches in this week's column to say goodbye. This will be my last Military Intelligence column for The Frederick News-Post, and one of my last pieces to appear in the paper overall.

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Related Topix: Frederick, MD, US Military, US Army, Frederick County, MD, Mount Airy, MD, Fort Meade, Fort Meade, MD

Wed Jul 01, 2009

American Reporter

Pandemic!Hini Swine Flu Has Infected 1,000,000 Americans, and Spread to at Least 105 Nations

From Antigua and Barbuda in the Caribbean to Vanuatu in the Western Pacific, from the sweltering heat of Ethiopa's deserts to the storm-tossed island of Guernsey in the North Sea, the H1NI "swine flu" virus continues to spread, long ago leaving behind any hpe that will not be with us for years, decades and even centuries to come.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, US Military, US Army, Mexico

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Wired News

Pentagon: Stop Biothreats Before They Spread

Viruses are spreading faster than ever - it took the Swine Flu less than a month to infect over 1,800 people in 72 countries.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, US Military, US Army, Medicine, Influenza

Sat Jun 27, 2009

DC Military

Summer celebration, summer safety

I hope you will join us at Baker Park this Saturday for the Twilight Tattoo performance by the Old Guard and the Army Fife and Drum Corps.

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Related Topix: US Army, Frederick, MD, 4th of July

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Science

Untracked Pathogen Vials at Army Lab Spark Concern

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee More than 9200 unlisted vials of dangerous pathogens and toxins have turned up in an inventory of biological materials at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Maryland.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military

WMDT-TV Salisbury

MDE--Summary

A U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum security guard who was forced to fire last Wednesday at a white supremacist says he intends to return to his job.

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Related Topix: Prison, New Carrollton, MD, Hagerstown, MD, Roxbury Correctional Institution, State Prisons, US Military, US Army

Tue Jun 23, 2009

The Frederick News Post

Reporter's Notebook: Military Intelligence - Law protects military when rented homes are foreclosed

Roughly 75 percent of military service members rent their homes. Under a law signed by President Barack Obama last month, those service members now have additional protections if the home they're renting goes into foreclosure.

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Related Topix: US Army, US National Guard

Sun Jun 21, 2009

War on Terrorism

CBR Weapons and WMD Terrorism News-June 17, 2009

USAMRIID finds more than 9,200 unrecorded disease samples [Frederick, MD] "An inventory completed last month showed researchers at Fort Detrick had more than 9,200 more vials of disease samples than they had on record.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, US Army, US Military, Umatilla Chemical Depot, Oregon

Fri Jun 19, 2009

City of Frederick County

City, Fort Detrick & Fort Detrick Alliance to Sponsor Twilight Tattoo

The hour-long military pageant at Baker Park on Saturday, June 27, at 6 pm will feature soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment and the U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own." [Additional info...] News Flash - All View Archived View Archived News Flash - About Frederick - Home Citizens Encouraged to Review & Comment on Comprehensive Plan Update The ...

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Frederick, MD, Frederick County, MD, Hood College

Wed Jun 17, 2009

ABC News

Surprise Military Find: 9,200 Vials of Germs

A sign at the Veterans Gate at Fort Detrick Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases... A sign at the Veterans Gate at Fort Detrick Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases is shown in this August 2008 file photo in Frederick, Md.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military, Frederick, MD

SF Gate

9,200 uncounted vials found at Army biodefense lab

Officials of an Army biodefense lab in Frederick say an inventory of deadly germs and toxins found more than 9,200 vials of material that had been unaccounted for in laboratory records.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military

Tue Jun 16, 2009

wjz.com

Army Biodefense Lab Completes Germ Inventory

The Army says workers at a military biodefense laboratory in Frederick have finished an inventory of dangerous germs and toxins.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military

Baltimore Business Journal

Maryland Tecnology Development Corp. awards tech transfer grants

Five Baltimore companies are among 12 across the state receiving $600,000 in grant money from the Maryland Technology Development Corp.

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Related Topix: Baltimore Metro, US Army, US Military, Catonsville, MD

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Washington Business Journal

Tedco awards $600K to tech firms

The Maryland Technology Development Corp. , known as Tedco, has awarded a total of $599,934 to help fund 12 local technology companies.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Roscoe Bartlett, US Senate, Democrat, Barbara Mikulski, US Military, US Army, Frederick County, MD, Ijamsville, MD

Fri Jun 12, 2009

The Frederick News Post

New general takes command of Fort Detrick

Maj. Gen. James Gilman took command of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command from Col.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Brooke Army Medical Center

Wed Jun 10, 2009

NewsChannel 8

Security at Ft. Detrick Questioned

A Defense Science Board report on military biolab safety says insider threats are the labs' biggest security problem.

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Related Topix: US Army, US Military

The Frederick News Post

GRSI gets $20M deal with Army agency

Grove Resource Solutions Inc. has received a $20 million contract with USAMMA at Fort Detrick.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Frederick, MD, Department of Defense, US News, Hood College

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