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Pentagon Tours - U.S. Department of Defense
Each year, about 100,000 visitors explore displays and memorials in the Pentagon's halls with the help of tour guides, all of whom are active U.S. military service members.
Pentagon History: 7 Big Things to Know - U.S. Department of Defense
The Pentagon is a universal symbol of U.S. strength and security known around the world, but do you know the history behind it?
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The institutional status of the Pentagon derives from its role as nerve center of the country’s armed forces—the largest of U.S. government institutions. From 1942 to 1947 it housed the War Department and since then the major elements of the Department of Defense: the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the ...
10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About the Pentagon
Why is the Pentagon actually a pentagon? And is it the biggest office building in the world? Find these answers and more in the 10 things you probably didn't know about the Pentagon.
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Pentagon Tours. To take a guided tour of the Pentagon, you must make a reservation using the Pentagon Tour Reservation Portal. Each adult member of your tour group must then register as a Pentagon ...
News - U.S. Department of Defense
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder confirmed in a press briefing that North Korea dispatched approximately 10,000 soldiers to Russia's Far Eastern Federal District. The ...
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Pentagon Self Guided Tour Brochure 2023 -Final - U.S. Department of Defense
PENTAGON TOURS PROGRAM Hours of Operation: Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–3 p.m.; closed Saturday, Sunday and federal holidays Email: osd.pentagon.pa.mbx.pentagon-tours-office@mail.mil Website: www.defense.gov/Pentagon-Tours Go down one floor at the end of corridor 4 and enter set of wooden double doors along the E Ring.
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