The history of Fort Monmouth\, NJ begins i n May 1917 when\, as part of its wartime mobilization\, the Army authorize d four training camps for signal troops. One camp would be located in cent ral NJ - that which would eventually be known as "Fort Monmouth\," in hono r of the soldiers of the American Revolution who fought and died at the ne arby Battle of Monmouth. The Army Signal Corps trained thousands of men fo r war there\, and built laboratories that worked on pioneering technologie s like air to ground radio. Though the base was supposed to be temporary\, it wound up outliving the war. It was for decades known as the "Home of t he Signal Corps\," and\, until its closure in 2011\, the base was still in novating some of the most significant communications and electronics advan ces in military history - many of which would save lives on the battlefiel d and also be adapted for civilian use. By Monmouth University Professor M elissa Ziobro\, the last Command Historian at Fort Monmouth prior to the b ase's closure in 2011\, and author of Fort Monmouth: The Army's House of M agic (2024). \;
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