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59-487: Decatur was founded in 1823, before neighboring Atlanta. The MAK neighborhood was Decatur's first residential subdivision, developed by John Mason and Poleman Weekes who purchased the property in 1907. Local architect Leila Ross Wilburn designed many of the homes for Mason and Weekes. The MAK neighborhood offers examples of the American Craftsman style homes that were popular during the first three decades of

118-497: A central reservoir composed of both active and reserve units based throughout the United States from which it may draw forces tailored to specific situations. In short, USARCENT continually customizes packages geared to sustain operation in the region 365 days a year in support of our national security objectives and obligations, filling a vital defense need and complementing USARCENT's rich heritage and proud traditions. Under

177-703: A civilian for the War Department in 1918 at Fort McPherson , in southwest Atlanta, and in World War II she served as an engineering draftsman. Wilburn practiced as an architect until her death in 1967. She is buried in Decatur Cemetery . According to architectural historian Robert Craig, Wilburn is Georgia's most prolific architect. She designed at least eighty houses, twenty apartment buildings and twenty-four duplexes in Atlanta. Many of

236-551: A direct reporting unit. U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) is the largest command in the U.S. Army and the Army's Force Provider to combatant commanders worldwide. FORSCOM combines the contributions of more than 750,000 Army National Guard, Army Reserve and active component Soldiers with those of more than 2,400 Army civilians to form a seamless, winning force that operates as a team across services, components and units. FORSCOM provides relevant and ready land power worldwide, in defense of

295-511: A firm specializing in residences. She received most of her training with Padgett and became the South's second female architect (the first was Henrietta Dozier ). Her first commission at Padgett was a three-story building that became the YMCA gymnasium at Georgia Military Academy (now Woodward Academy ). In 1909, Wilburn opened her own firm. She focused on home design which was considered

354-658: A full range of other combat, combat support and combat service support units. First Army at Fort Gillem reports to FORSCOM. It is responsible for the training, readiness, mobilization and deployment support for Army National Guard and Army Reserve units in FORSCOM. It also executes FORSCOM missions within the continental United States and Puerto Rico. Army Reserve units are part of the federal force and make their primary contribution to FORSCOM's combat power by providing support specialties such as medical, civil affairs, public affairs, transportation, maintenance and supply. As such,

413-428: A woman, writing: “Being a woman I feel that I may know the little things that should go in it to make living in the house a pleasure to the entire family.” However, Wilburn did not necessarily encourage other women to enter the field. She felt that the long training and low initial pay meant that architecture was only a good choice for women committed to a long professional career. During World War I Wilburn worked as

472-492: Is about 350,000 Soldiers. Mobilizing the Army National Guard into active federal service would bring the total strength of FORSCOM to nearly two-thirds of the Army's combat ground forces. The U.S. Army Reserve Command (USARC) has approximately 191,000 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers and 10,000 DA civilian employees. It commands all U.S. Army Reserve conventional forces in the continental U.S. and Puerto Rico. Units in

531-611: Is located in Forest Park, Georgia , approximately 11 miles to the southeast. Fort Gillem was a logistical support base, housing some Army, Department of Defense, and other government agencies. Those units include the First Army , the U.S. Army and Air Force Exchange Distribution Center , the Military Entrance Processing Station , and the U.S. Army Second Recruiting Brigade. Fort Gillem was also

590-469: Is located in Building 171 at Fort McPherson and has the function of managing Army installations in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico. IMCOM-SE provides all base operations, public works and family support programs, ensuring the readiness of Soldiers, Families and military units. It has more than 15,000 employees across the southeast and manages a $ 2.2 billion annual operating budget. The region

649-564: Is now located. During the Reconstruction Era , between 1867 and 1881, it was named the "McPherson Barracks", and served as a post for U.S. troops in Atlanta, garrisoning elements of the 2nd , 16th and 18th U.S. Infantry Regiments and the 5th Artillery during their mission to enforce U.S. regulations after the American Civil War . With the end of Reconstruction, the barracks were closed and sold off in 1881, though

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708-575: Is one of six regions under the Installation Management Command , which is headquartered at Arlington, Va. IMCOM was first organized as the Installation Management Agency in 2002. In 2006, IMCOM was activated as a three-star command that includes the former Installation Management Agency, the former Community and Family Support Center and the former Army Environmental Center under a single command as

767-847: Is responsible for, delivering to standard, all facets of installation support, including care of Soldiers and Families; morale, welfare and recreation; education services, food and laundry; religious support; force protection; fire and emergency services; public works; environmental; residential housing; and execution of DoD base realignment. The IMCOM-SE team includes Anniston Army Depot , Ala.; Blue Grass Army Depot , Ky.; Fort Moore , Ga.; Fort Liberty , N.C.; Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico ; Fort Campbell , Ky.; Fort Eisenhower , Ga.; Fort Jackson, S.C. ; Fort Knox , Ky.; Fort McPherson, Ga.; Fort Novosel , Ala.; Fort Stewart , Ga.; Holston Army Ammunition Plant , Tenn.; Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Tenn.; Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant, Miss.; Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point , N.C.; Redstone Arsenal , Ala.; and

826-537: Is the only female architect known to have published plan books. In her first plan book, Wilburn emphasized "homes suitable for the climatic conditions of the Southeast" featuring porches, verandas, sun porches and sleeping porches. Stock plans cost $ 25 to $ 40, while custom plans cost upwards of $ 100. Wilburn is most associated with Craftsman style homes, but she also created plan books of brick, ranch and colonial homes. Wilburn touted her home making expertise as

885-454: The Battle of Monterrey , Mexico, the band captured and turned an artillery battery against the enemy. To commemorate this distinguished service, President Zachary Taylor authorized the band to wear red piping on the uniform, making it the only Army band to receive a combat distinction from a president of the United States. The band fought with the victorious Third Division , which spearheaded

944-798: The Battle of the Marne in July 1918. Having served in Alaska during World War II, the band participated in the Aleutian Islands operation in May 1943. Following World War II, the 4th Infantry Regiment Band was re-designated the 214th Army Band. Since 1945, this organization has been stationed in Fort Lewis , Washington; Fort Hood , Texas; Fort Meade , Maryland; Fort Richardson , Arkansas; Fort McPherson, Georgia; and Fort Bragg , North Carolina. The unit

1003-749: The Federal Emergency Management Agency will move off the installation. Fort Gillem became a contiguous enclave for the Georgia Army National Guard , the remainder of the 81st RRC units, the Criminal Investigation Division Forensics Laboratory and the Navy's Reserve Intelligence Area 14, which relocated from Naval Air Station Atlanta . Units have requested discretionary moves into the enclave, included

1062-537: The Headquarters of the U.S. Army Forces Command and the Headquarters of the U.S. Army Reserve Command , were moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina . The Headquarters, U.S. Army Central , was moved to Shaw Air Force Base , Sumter, South Carolina . The Installation Management Command , Southeast Region and the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, Southeastern Region were moved to Fort Eustis , Virginia. The Army Contracting Agency, Southern Region Office,

1121-534: The Persian Gulf in 1990 and 1991. The headquarters developed the initial defensive plan for Saudi Arabia, and later the offensive ground plan. Following the war, Third Army supervised the relief effort to restore life support facilities in Kuwait and provided protection for Iraqi refugees in southern Iraq. USARCENT plans and executes an intensive schedule of joint and combined exercises in countries throughout

1180-471: The U.S. Army Forces Command ; the U.S. Army Reserve Command ; the U.S. Army Central . Situated on 487 acres (1.97 km ) and located four miles (6 km) southwest of the center of Atlanta, Fort McPherson has history as an army post dating back to 1867. Named after Major General James Birdseye McPherson , the fort was founded by the U.S. Army in September 1867 on the grounds where Spelman College

1239-565: The "Musical Ambassador of the American Combat Soldier." The mission of the Army Ground Forces Band is to fulfill the requirements of U.S. Army Forces Command at local, national, and international events by providing musical support for military, state, recruiting and civil functions, formal concerts, and recreational activities. The Army Ground Forces Band consists of a variety of musical ensembles, including

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1298-549: The 20th century. The neighborhood sought listing as Decatur's first local historic district in order to establish design guidelines and a design review to protect its unique character. It is the site of many movie and television filming locations, most recently the television series " October Road " starring Tom Beringer , Geoff Stults and Laura Prepon and the 2007 movie " Stomp the Yard " starring Columbus Short . Leila Ross Wilburn Leila Ross Wilburn (1885–1967)

1357-634: The Army Reserve has mobilized approximately 185,000 Soldiers in support of the Global War on Terrorism . Missions throughout the world where Army Reserve Soldiers are currently providing support include Afghanistan , Iraq , Kuwait , the Balkans and Africa . The Chief, Army Reserve, Washington, D.C., also serves as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve Command. Since 2003, the Army Reserve has taken an aggressive approach to transitioning

1416-626: The Army Reserve have a warfight focus on combat support and combat service support missions for the Total Army and include medical, legal, civil affairs, chemical warfare, transportation, engineering and military police. The USARC was established in October 1990 as a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM). In September 1998, the USARC moved from leased facilities into their headquarters building on Fort McPherson. In 2007,

1475-830: The Atlanta Fraud Residence Agency, the Southeastern Fraud Field Office, the South East Regional Storage Management Office and the Civil Support Readiness Group-East. The Forest Park/Fort Gillem Local Redevelopment Authority (LRA) primary development objectives were to stimulate economic growth, create a high-value redevelopment plan; improve education, quality of life, and the perception of the area and ensure one community. The redevelopment plan adopted

1534-488: The Atlanta Historical Society document over 300 sets of house plans drawn by Wilburn. In 2018, Sarah J. Boykin and Susan M. Hunter published a survey of the southern homes built from Wilburn’s plan books, examining Wilburn’s architectural legacy and her achievements as a plan book architect. The University of Georgia Press described Wilburn's work as "appealing, historic homes and represent some of

1593-659: The Mayor of Atlanta, the Fulton County Commission or the Governor. In June 2015, 330 acres of Fort McPherson was purchased by actor/producer Tyler Perry to be the new home of Tyler Perry Studios . As a result of the BRAC 2005 recommendation, Fort McPherson was closed down September 15, 2011, and Fort Gillem reduced to a military enclave. The following units were relocated in the late 2010s from Fort McPherson:

1652-496: The Reserve accounts for about 45 percent of the Army's total combat service support strength and about 30 percent of the total combat support units. Many Reserve units are designated to deploy early for contingency operations worldwide. The Army National Guard provides FORSCOM a balanced force of eight National Guard combat divisions, 32 separate brigades and extensive supporting units. The current FORSCOM Army National Guard strength

1711-744: The Third Army in 1918, it has played major roles in America's military history, serving in World Wars I and II , the Persian Gulf War and now the war on terrorism in Afghanistan, Iraq and other parts of the region. Over and over, USARCENT has demonstrated its determination, capabilities and flexibility to deter aggression in different parts of the world. USARCENT does not have a fixed force structure of assigned units. Instead, it has

1770-439: The U.S. Army Garrison, Miami, Fla. The region supports the senior mission commander on each installation by relieving him or her of the requirement to oversee day-to-day garrison operations. The region exercises installation management, provides for public safety, provides for sound stewardship of resources, executes community and Family support services and programs and maintains and improves installation infrastructure. IMCOM-SE

1829-502: The USARC transferred from reporting to FORSCOM to reporting directly to DA. Approximately 900 civilians, contractors and Soldiers work at the headquarters. The USARC provides command, control and support for all Army Reserve troop units in the continental United States. The USARC also ensures the readiness of its force and prepares more than 2,000 Troop Program Units under its command to mobilize in support of joint war-fighting contingencies and operations other than war. Since Sept. 11, 2001,

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1888-407: The United States, Army Reserve Soldiers are actively involved in the homeland defense antiterrorism effort while continuing to provide support to military and federal agencies following natural and man-made disasters. USARC's focus is on training, readiness, mobilization support and providing federal military assistance to other federal agencies. U.S. Army Central (USARCENT) is committed to supporting

1947-504: The active duty military and Department of the Army civilian employees lived in civilian housing in the surrounding Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, Fayette, and Henry Counties. Other important users of the fort facilities were the 98,700 or more Atlanta area military and naval retirees and their family members. These residents live mostly in Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Clayton, Fayette, Gwinnett, and Henry counties. For urban mass transit, Fort McPherson

2006-456: The base closure. It bought the land for about $ 30 million. The MPLRA executive board approved a reuse plan in September 2007 with a science and technology park and a mix of shops, residences and office space: In August 2014, a plan to sell a large portion of McPherson to filmmaker Tyler Perry became public. State Senator Vincent Fort and residents called for more transparency. The Installation Management Command, Southeast Region (IMCOM-SE),

2065-434: The force from a strategic environment to an operational force. With BRAC initiatives and transformation, proposed changes will make the Army Reserve more deployable and functional in order to serve America's military needs in the 21st century. Units will be functionally aligned forces that will not only benefit the Army Reserve, but the total military in terms of readiness and responsiveness to operational requirements. Within

2124-818: The homes in the MAK Historic District in Decatur were also designed by Wilburn. Wilburn homes can also be seen in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi, and Michigan. Every May, the City of Decatur and the Decatur Preservation Commission hand out the Leila Ross Wilburn Award for individuals or organizations that promote preservation and/or excellence in design. The Leila Ross Wilburn Papers at

2183-609: The host to the only crime lab of the U.S. Army. Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem shared most common services. Since the closure of Fort McPherson, Fort Gillem has been reduced to the Gillem Enclave partnership with Fort Gordon, both due to the 2005 BRAC commission. In 2007, 2,453 active duty soldiers and 3,784 civilian employees were at both forts, with a total active duty and civilian employee payroll of $ 529,874,972. With only 102 family quarters and 272 single soldier billets at Fort McPherson, and 10 family quarters at Fort Gillem,

2242-436: The joint war fight. FORSCOM units also participate in multinational exercises to build confidence among U.S. allies and friends. The active component of FORSCOM has nearly 200,000 Soldiers stationed nationwide. This number includes three Army corps— I Corps at Fort Lewis, Wash.; III Corps at Fort Cavazos, Texas; and XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort Liberty, N.C. FORSCOM also has eight divisions, multiple brigade combat teams and

2301-507: The leadership of Gen. George S. Patton Jr. , the 3rd Army participated in eight major operations in World War II, fighting through France , Belgium , Luxembourg , Germany , Czechoslovakia and Austria . After performing Army-of-occupation duty following Germany's surrender, Third Army returned to Atlanta in March 1947. Later that year, it moved to Fort McPherson, where it remained until it inactivated Oct. 1, 1973. In December 1982, Third Army

2360-636: The local Civil War entrenchments parallel to the railroad along Utoy Creek to learn about trench warfare. During the General Textile Workers Strike in 1934, the fort was used as a detention center to hold picketers who had been arrested while striking at a cotton mill in Newnan, Georgia . Fort McPherson's nearest Army neighbor, and its sub-post, was Fort Gillem , previously established as the Atlanta Army Depot in 1941,

2419-774: The marching band, the concert band, the Jazz Guardians, the Old Flint River Dixieland Band, the rock band "The Loose Cannons," and various ceremonial and chamber ensembles. First Army is the senior military activity at Fort Gillem . First Army is one of two Continental U.S. Armies in U.S. Army Forces Command. Headquarters, First Army, is staffed by a specialized team of active Army, active Guard and Reserve Soldiers and DA civilian employees. It has an integrated command structure that includes more than 10,000 Active and Reserve Component (RC) Soldiers. First Army's area of operations includes 27 states east of

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2478-477: The midst of the economic depression of 1895 , her family moved to Atlanta. From 1902 to 1904, Wilburn attended Agnes Scott Institute where she studied liberal arts and science. She also took private lessons in architectural drawing. After graduating college, Wilburn traveled around the country to study the emerging Arts and Crafts movement and created a library of 5,000 photographs of inspiring homes. In 1906-1907, she apprenticed with B. R. Padgett and Son,

2537-575: The most appropriate field of architecture for a woman. Fittingly, she opened her office not in the Candler Building, where architects' offices were concentrated, but in the Peters Building, occupied by realtors and developers. Rather than catering to wealthy clients, Wilburn marketed her residential designs to the middle class through a series of plan books. This was a propitious choice as Atlanta's suburbs were expanding and there

2596-571: The nation, at home and abroad. Headquartered at Fort McPherson, FORSCOM trains, mobilizes, deploys, sustains, transforms and reconstitutes combat-ready Army forces capable of responding rapidly to crises worldwide. Using the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) process, FORSCOM tailors the resources and training of its units to meet the specific and ever-changing requirements of combatant commanders and, when directed, those of U.S. civil authorities. These requirements can range from fighting

2655-460: The objectives of US Central Command (CENTCOM) in some of the most volatile regions of the globe-the Middle East and South and Central Asia. In 1998, CENTCOM assumed responsibility for Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan , in turn broadening USARCENT's mission in this very important region of the world. Assigned as the Army component to CENTCOM, USARCENT is

2714-729: The only Army-level headquarters in the force structure today manned and ready to provide the CENTCOM with a fully deployable, warfighting command and control headquarters anywhere in the world. USARCENT is capable of commanding ground combat forces operating as a joint task force, a coalition joint task force or as an army echelon-above-corps headquarters. During wartime, USARCENT becomes the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC), responsible for commanding all forces involved in ground operations in its area of responsibility. Since USARCENT beginning as

2773-498: The pioneering women architects in the United States". Fort McPherson 33°42′22″N 84°26′00″W  /  33.7062055°N 84.433279°W  / 33.7062055; -84.433279 Fort McPherson was a U.S. Army military base located in Atlanta, Georgia , bordering the northern edge of the city of East Point, Georgia . It was the headquarters for the U.S. Army Installation Management Command , Southeast Region;

2832-738: The region, including the "Intrinsic Action" series in Kuwait and the "Bright Star" series in Egypt. Also, the headquarters manages the pre-positioned equipment program in this region to sustain a rapid response to future crisis. Immediately following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in September 2001, USARCENT began preparing for future operations - the United States invasion of Afghanistan . The command

2891-495: The richest examples of southern vernacular architecture to emerge from the plan book tradition." Works include (attribution): In 1961, Wilburn was welcomed into the Society of American Registered Architects , an honor which is reflected in the fact that the membership certificate at the time still read, “Having given evidence of his qualifications....” Wilburn was inducted as a Georgia Woman of Achievement in 2003 as "one of

2950-529: The site continued to be used during summers by U.S. troops stationed in Florida. In 1885, the land was again purchased by the Army at which to station ten Army companies. During World War I , Fort McPherson was used as a camp for Imperial German Navy prisoners of war and as a training site for the Active Army and Georgia National Guard . A rifle range was operated along the ridge where current Stanton road now exists. The deploying officers and NCOs surveyed

3009-486: The war on terrorism to providing relief to natural disaster victims. FORSCOM reports through two chains of command; as an army command responsible directly to the chief of staff of the Army for the readiness, manning, equipping, training, mobilization and deployment of assigned forces, and as an Army Service Component Command, reporting to Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Va. In this role, FORSCOM provides Army forces to

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3068-483: Was a need for new apartment buildings in the city. Thanks to her location in the Peters Building, she developed close ties with contractors, builders, and developers, who bought her plan books and her plans and built her houses by the hundreds. Her plan books allowed middle class buyers to benefit from her expertise without having to pay the fees of a professional architect. Beginning with Southern Homes and Bungalows in 1914, Wilburn’s published nine plan books. She

3127-740: Was also heavily involved in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the following Iraq War . The 214th Army Band (The Army Ground Forces Band) was organized in 1845 in Texas as the 4th Infantry Regiment Band. Its heritage, which includes 26 campaign streamers and two awards of the French Croix de Guerre , spans the Mexican War , the American Civil War , the Spanish–American War , the Philippine–American War and both World Wars. During

3186-628: Was an early 20th-century architect , one of the first women in Georgia to enter that profession. Leila Ross Wilburn was born in Macon, Georgia . She was the first of five children of Joseph Gustavus Wilburn and Leila Ada Ross. Her father was a bookkeeper while her mother was a graduate of Wesleyan Female College in Macon who had studied at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts . In

3245-564: Was mostly served by the Lakewood/Fort McPherson MARTA ( Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority ) station. On June 26, 2015, Fort Mac LRA became the owner of 145 acres of property on the former Fort McPherson in Southwest Atlanta, Georgia. Fort Mac LRA is responsible for ensuring quality reuse and redevelopment of 145 acres on the former Army post. The Fort Mac LRA board of directors are nominated by

3304-534: Was moved to Fort Sam Houston , Texas. The following Fort Gillem units were relocated in the late 2010s: Headquarters, First Army , to Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.; 2nd Recruiting Brigade to Redstone Arsenal, Ala.; the 52nd Ordnance Group (EOD) to Fort Campbell, Ky.; the 81st Regional Readiness Command Equipment Concentration Site to Fort Benning, Ga.; and the U.S. Army Central Headquarters support office to Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service Atlanta Distribution Center will cease operations and

3363-467: Was primarily light industrial and logistical, with a smattering of commercial, residential, and retail space. The McPherson Planning Local Redevelopment Authority (MPLRA) was the entity authorized by the Department of Defense after 2005 to develop a plan for what was to become of Fort McPherson after the base was closed. It was a multijurisdictional body representing surrounding communities impacted by

3422-439: Was reactivated in Atlanta and assumed its current mission. Third Army deployed to Saudi Arabia in August 1990 to assume its role as the senior Army headquarters under CENTCOM. At the peak of the build-up, the Third Army command oversaw more than 338,000 coalition forces, including 303,000 U.S. Army soldiers plus British and French ground forces. It was responsible for deploying, receiving and sustaining all Army forces deployed to

3481-401: Was reassigned as the band for Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, in 1973. Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr . conferred the special designation "The Army Ground Forces Band" in 1985. It was inactivated in 2016. U.S. Army Forces Command is charged with the combat readiness of active and reserve component Army units and the Army Ground Forces Band has been designated as

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