article_snippet: In addition to the headquarters of the NSA, Fort Meade is home to 95 units from all branches of the armed forces and offices that report to several Defense Department agencies, according to the Army.
article_snippet: About 11,000 military employees and 29,000 civilians work there, according to the Army.
article_snippet: Some 6,000 people also live on the base, which began operations in 1917 as a garrison for World War I draftees, the Army the Army said.