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made the installation less accessible. Despite these changes, Fort Kuhn Hall - Education and Resiliency Center
Meade continues to hold job fairs and other major events to which At Fort Meade
the public is welcomed. In addition, Fort Meade Soldiers, Sailors,
Airmen, Marines and Guardians are deployed to support U.S. Fort Meade, as well as many Army installations around the country,
priorities around the globe. has developed a resiliency campus to promote the concept of
Comprehensive Soldier Fitness and provide hands-on training and
Community Partnerships support to Soldiers, family members and DA civilians.

As Maryland’s largest employer, standing at 64,000 strong, Fort It took 11 years of planning, a $5.1 million fundraising campaign,
Meade is an economic engine and with it, comes an impact on not meticulous processing of an 800-item requirements list and extensive
only the state and region – but the communities in which our service collaboration with six garrison commanders, numerous on-post
members, civilians and families live. agencies and innumerable community members to transform Fort
George G. Meade’s historic Kuhn Hall into a modern Education and
Fort Meade and our friends in the community outside of the fence line Resiliency Center.
work together for the betterment of our service members, families and
civilians who live and/or work on the installation. One key relationship The Fort Meade Alliance, Fort Meade Alliance Foundation, the
is the Fort Meade Community Covenant Council, which focuses on U.S. Army, and the Fort George G. Meade Garrison embarked on
collaborating and combining resources to fill the gaps so service a significant partnership to establish a Resiliency Campus for the
members, civilians and families have a supportive community. service personnel, their families, and civilians at the Installation.
The plan included the renovation of Kuhn Hall and its conversion
In addition to Fort Meade’s local and federally elected officials, into the Education and Resiliency Center, which will serve as the
including the governor of Maryland, the Community Covenant hub of information, programming, and services, providing a much-
Council is made up of many supportive civic and business needed resource for the Fort Meade community.
organizations including: Anne Arundel Community College, Anne
Arundel Public Library, The BWI Business Partnership, the Fort “The partnership and fortitude of the Garrison, the Fort Meade
Meade Alliance, and the Central Maryland Chamber of Commerce. Alliance, the FMA Foundation and the community — which began
in 2011 — could not have been stronger as we progressed through
Fort Meade and the Fort Meade Alliance, a member of the requirements, design, fundraising, construction and now the official
Community Covenant Council, won the 2019 Army Community opening of this vital center,” said Deon Viergutz, FMA Foundation
Partnership award for the Kuhn Hall project. The FMA is gifting President. “The Education and Resiliency Center will connect and
Fort Meade the more than $3 million renovation of Kuhn Hall into enrich the Fort Meade Installation by providing an integrated system
an education and resiliency center. This center puts resources of care that will help our greatest resource – our people.”
and services in one place and provides access to mental health
professionals in a setting we hope will help erase the stigma of The DoD community has long known that its most important
seeking help. asset is its people – service members, military family members,
military retirees, veterans and DoD civilians. As the Nation’s center
Currently, the covenant continues to focus on bringing the for intelligence, information and cyber operations, Fort George G.
community together around the newly complete $120M Meade leadership is acutely aware that mission readiness is only
renovation project that provides a state-of-the-art facility to possible with a superior team of people who can endure the rigors
highlight the great programs and opportunities available within and challenges of a demanding profession and who are supported
the entire Meade cluster. by their families and community.

For more information on Fort Meade’s community programs and The goal of Fort Meade’s resiliency campus is building strong,
resources, contact the Community Relations Chief at 301-677-6806. healthy service members, families, and civilians.

That mission is accomplished through a combination of military
and civilian agencies that work together to enhance the strength
of all things spiritual, emotional, social, family, and physical within
individuals.
The Fort Meade Resiliency Shield was designed by the Fort Meade
Alliance, in partnership with the Fort Meade Community Health
Promotion Council. The logo was created as part of an effort
to assist the Fort Meade community in identifying resiliency
programs and facilities throughout the Installation. The Fort
Meade Resiliency Shield is a combination of individual shields
that support the five pillars of resiliency – Family, Emotional,
Physical, Spiritual and Social.

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