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Landmarks, Memorials, Buildings and Street Names of ... - CECOM

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Vail Hall (Building 1150)Vail Hall houses the Directorate <strong>of</strong>Information Management (DOIM) <strong>and</strong> theInformation Technology ServicesDirectorate (ITSD). The building wasconstructed in 1952 <strong>and</strong> per GeneralOrders Number 19, dated June 21, 1956,Vail Hall (Building 1150)memorializes Alfred Vail (1807-1859), thedistinguished New Jersey inventor whose great mechanical <strong>and</strong>financial contributions to wire communications substantiallyaccelerated the first experiments in telegraphy. Vail was a closeassociate <strong>of</strong> Samuel Morse. lxxxi1200 AreaThe 1200 Area features the barracks <strong>and</strong>classroom buildings originally constructedfor the Signal School in 1953. “Backfill”following the departure <strong>of</strong> the Signal Schoolincluded the Military Academy PreparatorySchool (1975), the Chaplain Center <strong>and</strong>School (1979-1996),1200 Areathe 513th MilitaryIntelligence Brigade, (1982-1993), <strong>and</strong> theFederal Bureau <strong>of</strong> Investigation’s regionalcomputer support center. The location was rehabilitatedin 1996 to house elements <strong>of</strong> the U.S.Military Academy Prep School Army Electronics Comm<strong>and</strong> (<strong>CECOM</strong>).Building 1200: Comm<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Control Systems- Avionics, LRCBuilding 1201: Intelligence, Electronic Warfare <strong>and</strong> Sensors, LRCBuilding 1202: Communications Directorate, LRCBuilding 1203: Federal Bureau <strong>of</strong> Investigation (FBI)Building 1204-05:United States Military Academy PreparatorySchool (USMAPS)Pruden Auditorium (Building 1206)Pruden Auditorium was dedicated in 1987 to LTCAldred A. Pruden, an Army Chaplain who fought forthe right to wear his rank insignia (which was againstArmy policy). Pruden also planned <strong>and</strong> organized theArmy’s first training school for chaplains. lxxxii<strong>L<strong>and</strong>marks</strong> <strong>and</strong> Place <strong>Names</strong> at Fort MonmouthLTC Aldred A. Pruden

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