Asking everyone here to keep all operators presently working in classified/compartmentalized positions in their thoughts and prayers.
They are carrying the very heavy burden of saving the republic in some lonely circumstances.
As some anons, most of whom are now deceased, did decades ago.
Spouseanon found the Q-related material just this week during a genealogy dig. A family member spent his youth in a Q area. He never uttered a word, rarely spoke of his Air Force time, then went on to a career in a company where that clearance level was of use for many more years. We knew that he did, at times, have to work with people from the agency, a "necessity" that was not particularly the highlight of a workday of anyone with the company. These things have all been declassified now. She was moved to tears while reading this; he passed away a few years ago.
The men and women with whom he served and worked were anons like ourselves. The Cold War was something like this Silent War today in that regard.
At least one of the Q areas, the first, has been closed for years, with fences and paved areas removed. Nature and wildlife have reclaimed it.
http://www.all-hazards.com/loring/legends/q_areas.pdf
We have both enjoyed learning about this period of the nation's history and thought some anons would as well.