AUTHOR'S NOTES

Some interesting items related to locations and technologies used in The Forge of Mars.

Located in Raven Rock Mountain just over the Pennsylvania State Line near Waynesboro, Pa, this is the underground Pentagon.

After the Soviet Union detonated its first nuclear weapon in 1949, a high priority was established for the Joint Command Post to be placed in a protected location with close proximity to Washington, D.C. for swift relocation of the National Command Authorities and the Joint Communications Service.

In 1950, President Truman approved Raven Rock Mountain, Pennsylvania, as part of Camp Albert Ritchie, Maryland. This new site was named the Alternate Joint Communications Center (AJCC) Site R (R for Raven Rock). In 1951, construction of the facility began, and in 1953, the AJCC Site R became operational.

Fort Ritchie was officially shut down in 1998. Or was it?