Olney Support Center Explained

The Olney Support Center, formerly the Olney Federal Support Center, is an underground facility of the Carderock Division of the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) located in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.[1] [2] The center occupies of property east of Laytonsville, Maryland, on the site of a former Nike missile base.[3] [4] The NSWC acquired the facility from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in March 2019.[5]

Prior to its acquisition by the NSWC, the center was a communications, satellite teleregistration and data network facility. It at one time housed the FEMA Alternate Operations Center (FAOC)[6] as a control center for the U.S. National Warning System.[7] [8] It was also part of the FEMA National Radio System (FNARS), a high-frequency radio network that links FEMA's emergency operations centers.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sterling . Kelley . Carderock Division Changes Command . July 10, 2020 . . February 18, 2021.
  2. Book: Lew, H.S. . Supporting Document for Rehabilitation Cost Estimates of FEMA Existing Buildings . NIST . . 1999 . March 24, 2013.
  3. News: Bunkers Beyond the Beltway: The Federal Government Backup System . The Lay of the Land . . Spring 2002 . March 21, 2013.
  4. Web site: Olney O&M Support . . July 25, 2010 . March 21, 2013.
  5. Web site: Carderock recognizes the best of the best . . September 16, 2020 . February 18, 2021.
  6. The Alternate National Warning Center (ANWC) was renamed the FEMA Alternate Operations Center (FAOC) in 1999. See Book: National Warning System Operations Manual . . 2001 . 1-3. The FAOC may have since relocated to the FEMA Regional Center in Thomasville, Georgia. See Web site: Rivera . The Government Underground: FEMA/Military Bases Itch to be Only Game in Town . Portland Independent Media Center . June 2, 2004 .
  7. Web site: Alternate Special Warning Facility: Olney Special Facility . . July 25, 1998 . March 21, 2013.
  8. News: Goodwin . Jacob . FEMA Needs Armed Guards at Secretive Federal Support Center in Gaithersburg, MD . Government Security News . August 7, 2010 . March 21, 2013.

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