48 | May/June 2019
Honoring Our
Hometown Heroes
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But the following year brought the 9/11 attacks and the
start of U.S. military actions now known collectively as the
Global War on Terror.
A small portion of the museum was devoted in the early
2000s to the start of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. But
so much more has happened. To create more space for that
history, the museum will have to reshape some of its other
exhibits. e incorporation of more digital technology
should help with that, Mileshko said.
She said the plan is to incorporate the recent history of
the airborne and special operations units without diluting or
diminishing their earlier history.
"We have to strike a balance," she said.
All proposed changes must be approved first by the Army
Museum System.
New technology should also help keep visitors engaged.
Virtual reality technology will likely be incorporated in
various ways, including in the museum's simulator rides,
which are on the other side of the lobby from the main
exhibit hall.
e museum is a major tourist attraction, drawing
about 130,000 visitors a year. Not surprisingly, many, if not
most, are connected with the military. Fort Bragg is home
to the 82nd Airborne Division and the U.S. Army Special
Operations Command.
Military families oen go to the museum aer a special
