The Pentagon- Zack Perskin

The Pentagon is the five-sided office building that houses our government's Department of Defense. It includes all the branches of the military. At a briefing with a colonel in Iraq, the Georgetown Journalism summer workshop got to hear and see the colonel talk about how his troops are helping to rebuild the Iraqi government. The videoconference was entertaining to the students because several probably have never taken part in a videoconference before. The Pentagon also houses several stores for the many people who work there, which allowed some of the journalism students to ask the tour guide, “Do people who work here live here as well?” Walking around the five-sided office structure is not that hard, especially when you can walk a mile in about two minutes inside that building. There is an air of safety in the Pentagon, but with a visit to the 9/11 memorial a reality sinks in that anything can happen. The world as we know it is changing drastically and America’s defense department is changing with us. Hopefully the Pentagon will stand through 60 more years of war and continue to serve as the hub of America’s defense.