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The US Army, aside from being one of
the largest armies in the world, may also be home to one of the
world's strangest offices. All one has to do is go to Fort
Belvoir, Virginia where you will find that the headquarters of the US
Army Intelligence and Security Command looks oddly like the starship
Enterprise.
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“Data mining factor 5, engage!”
And that's because that's exactly what its supposed to look like. The Army even went as far as hiring a hollywood set set designer to help with the plans for the office.
It has been nicknamed the “Information Dominance Center” by former commander General Keith Alexander, presumably because it
wasn't already obvious that it was his evil lair. When he wasn't
using it as his office, Gen. Alexander would often give tours to
various politicians and VIPs in order to gain their favor; the
highlight of the tour being when everyone got their turn to sit in
the captains chair.
Because of course there is one.
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Still all made in China.
And that was just the start of the
features of the office, which also included chrome plated panels,
automatic doors that made a “whooshing” sound, and a whopping 22'
television screen because why the hell not? It's not like the Army
had better things to spend money on.
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“-Iraq what now?”
The brochure released by the
architecture firm that designed the 10,740 square foot office even
duly notes that that captains chair is strategically placed to allow
an uninterrupted view of the 22' television screen; as everyone knows, a huge impediment to US intelligence gathering in the
past has been the size of available television screens.
No word on how much time is spent gathering intelligence in between reenactments of Star Trek
scenes.
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“If he says 'Make it so number one'
again, I'll kill him.”
And the Army isn't alone in
their Star Trek fandom. The IRS once spent $50,000 making a Star Trek
spoof themselves.
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