From the Pentagon the President and the secretary of defense have exercised worldwide command and control of the country’s armed forces. A symbol to the nation and the world since its beginning, the Pentagon above all is a metaphor of American power and influence with all the good and bad images such a symbol suggests.
The Welcome to the Pentagon Handbook provides all Pentagon employees with a detailed reference guide to the services found within the 200-acre complex. The chapters provided will help you become familiar with the basic information about the following services: Transportation Pentagon Access Navigating the Pentagon Services for People with Disabilities Pentagon Security Services and Amenities ...
The center courtyard of the Pentagon is 5.5 acres and is used quite a bit by the people who work here. It is one of the largest no-hat, no-salute zones within the continental United States. The Pentagon originally was designed with four floors, but if you look up from the courtyard, you can see the ledge defining where the fifth floor was ...
THE PENTAGON Conceived in the summer of 1941, and completed at breakneck speed in only 16 months, the Pentagon initially fulfilled a seemingly conventional task. Covering nearly 29 acres, it provided much-needed office space for thousands of War Department employees scattered in buildings and temporary structures in Washington, D.C. and the surrounding region. On any given day in the years ...
The prompt response and subsequent performance of federal, state, and especially local agencies, in particular their coordination and cooperation with each other and with Pentagon authorities, provided invaluable lessons for dealing with other large-scale emergencies in the future. Dr. Alfred Goldberg, Former OSD Historian Pentagon 9/11 .