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What Is The U.S. Army’s “Treasure Room?”

What Is The U.S. Army’s “Treasure Room?”

The Army has a large stockpile of outdated, outmoded weapons stored at Virginia’s Ft. Belvoir – but not because it expects to ever use these old weapons. The firearms, and thousands of other military artifacts, are in a storage facility awaiting the completion of The Center of Military History. (See our October 2014 post about this museum.)

The storage facility, fondly referred to as the Treasure Room, contains some very unusual items in addition to old weapons, and Business Insider lists some of the most exceptional, including:

  • Uniform items belonging to the Buffalo Soldiers, the legendary African American soldiers who served on the American frontier immediately after the Civil War.
  • Enemy flags and propaganda captured in wartime.
  • Paintings created by active-duty soldiers, depicting their interpretations of war and military life.

Business Insider’s story includes a video showing some of the historic artifacts in their current storage racks, with commentary from some of the dedicated historians and artists who work in the facility – an inspiring preview of the collections which will eventually be available for public viewing.

 

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No Country For Old Soldiers

No Country For Old Soldiers

The nation was shocked when an investigation into claims delays in the Department of Veterans Affairs brought to light the VA’s dysfunctional management of its records. One office was near to collapse from the weight of paper files stacked floor to the ceiling, and clerks had to climb ladders to reach files that, as often as not, weren’t the ones they needed. The average claim took nearly nine months to process.

Now there’s good news. Thanks in part to a new high-density filing system that allowed files to be stored in less space and in a more organized manner, VA employees no longer have to climb ladders, and they know exactly where to look for any particular file. The VA’s stated goal is to reduce the nine-month wait to three months by the end of 2015. Along with new electronic claims forms instituted last year, the VA’s high-density filing system is making a molehill out of a mountain. See the before-and-after video here: http://bit.ly/VRjdWp

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When Military Insignia Meets RFID Technology

When Military Insignia Meets RFID Technology

Throughout military history, insignia has been used to identify the wearer’s status and honors. The U.S. Department of Defense’s Institute of Heraldry, housed at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, is charged with keeping track of some 15,000 items of insignia – medals, badges, ribbons, and flags that identify the bearer. For years, the Institute had a manual tracking system in place that was cumbersome, inefficient, and error-prone. In a remarkably self-referential solution, the Institute moved to an RFID system to ID their identifying insignia. Read the full story here: http://bit.ly/1lGTnwP

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Repurpose, Re-Use, Recycle: Transforming The Atchison Military Storage Facility

Repurpose, Re-Use, Recycle: Transforming The Atchison Military Storage Facility

When we think of high-density storage, a limestone cave in Kansas is probably not the first thing that springs to mind. Yet for more than 60 years the U.S. Army’s go-to storage facility was the 127-acre Atchison Cave, housing everything from emergency food supplies to production machine tools to vital documents, all in a climate-controlled underground environment. The cave began as a limestone quarry in 1886. During World War II, the Army repurposed it as a strategic storage facility: http://bit.ly/1i8JnuS.  Now it’s being reinvented yet again, this time as an underground entertainment attraction. Add it to your road-trip itinerary!

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