13th United States Army Security Agency Field Station
Menwith Hill Station
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
1958 -1966
Thirteen years after the end of the Second World War, the United States Army returned to the United Kingdom to participate in what was known as the " The Cold War ". One facet of this War involved the "capture" of electronic signals rather than men, and the weapons employed were the best of the communications and computer equipment of the time. The men who fought this war were selected from the top ten per cent of the US Army enlistees and officer corps, and were members of the super-secret and elite, United Sates Army Security Agency (ASA).
The ASA operated both from fixed installations, known as field stations, and were also assigned to combat unit support throughout the world. The ASA was the leading intelligence gathering agency in the Vietnam conflict. The 13th USASA Field Station, now known as RAF Menwith Hill , located in Yorkshire England, was established in 1960 and operated as an ASA military base until 1966, when it became a facility operated by the National Security Agency . It remains today, as RAF Menwith Hill, a major component of the world wide intelligence gathering community, over forty years after its establishment.
Those members of the ASA who served at Menwith Hill formed an association and hold reunions every two years . The WEB Site is down but you can write them at: 13th USASA Field Station Association, 609 South Main Street, Red Springs, NC 28377-1805 or email at WGarner440@aol.com. Learn about the ASA at this web site http://nasaa-home.org/ and the National Security Agency at; www.nsa.go Want to locate a ASA buddy? Go the ASA LIVES .
Click the Above to visit INSCOM - Successor To The ASA
Menwith Hill Station in the 1960s
RAF Menwith Hill - 2005
13th USASA Coat-0f Arms
This once hung in the NCO Club at Menwith Hill. It now resides at the headquarters of the US Army Intelligence and Security Command, (INSCOM) Fort Belvoir, VA.
