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1946: Vint Hill Farms School Renamed

Friday, October 15, 2021

15 October 1946: The School at Vint Hill Farms was renamed ASA School.

But first, let's step back ..... The year is 1942 and the Army has just purchased a farm in Warrenton, Virginia, not far from the Army Signals Intelligence Service headquarters, Arlington Hall. The farm, known as Vint Hill since 1803, had exchanged hands a few times over the years but was set to be the home of the Army’s Signal Security Agency Cryptographic Division School which was making the four-hour journey south from Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey.

Here, thousands of men and women, including Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), were trained throughout WWII and beyond until the site closed in June 1997. The school at Vint Hill Farms presented a formidable curriculum for cryptanalysts, traffic analysts, and related technicians.

You can learn more about Vint Hill Farms via the link to an NSA pdf located below.

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  • The first hire at SIS was Annie Louise Newkirk, hired as a cryptographic clerk. Interesting note, when a phone call came in for someone working in the vault room, Ms. Newkirk would buzz the back room using a Morse code equivalent for the first initial of the individual's name. In honor of Women's History Month - click to learn about more female cryptologic pioneers!

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Educate citizens to be cyber smart individuals, 

Develop pathways for the future cyber and cryptologic workforce, 

Engage and convene partners to address emerging cyber and cryptologic issues and, 

Commemorate our cryptologic history and those who served. 

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