I-Pentagon, indlunkulu yoMnyango Wezokuvikela, ingenye yezakhiwo ezinkulu zehhovisi zomhlaba ezinama-6 500,000 sq ft. Inikeza indawo yehhovisi kanye nezinsiza kwabasebenzi abangaphezu kuka-23,000, kokubili ezempi kanye nezomphakathi. Isakhiwo sinamacala amahlanu, amahlanu aphansi ngaphezu komhlaba, amazinga amabili angaphansi komhlaba, kanye namakhilomitha angu-17.5 wamakhilomitha. Ukuvakasha okuqondiswayo kunikezwa izisebenzi zempi futhi kuyatholakala ngokubhuka kuphela.
I-Pentagon izivakashi zihlala cishe cishe ihora elilodwa futhi zinikeze umbono obhekene nomsebenzi woMnyango Wezokuvikela kanye namagatsha amane ezempi (iNavy, Air Force, Army and Marine Corps).
Ukuhlela Ukuvakasha
Ukuze uthathe uhambo oluqondisiwe lwe-Pentagon, kufanele wenze ukubhuka kusengaphambili. Ukuvakasha kuqhutshwa ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu kusukela ngo-9 ekuseni kuya ku-3: 00. Ukubhuka kufanele kubhaliswe kusukela ezinsukwini ezingu-14 kuya kwezingu-90 kusengaphambili. Izakhamizi zase-US zingaba nokuvakasha ku-intanethi noma ngokuxhumana nommeli wabo we-Congressional and Senate. Izakhamuzi zakwamanye amazwe kumele zithintane ne-embassy yazo ukugcina uhambo. Zonke izivakashi kufanele zidlule kudivayisi yokuskena yokuphepha. Ayikho izithombe ezivunyelwe.
Ukufika e-Pentagon
I-Pentagon itholakala ku-I-395 engxenyeni yaseVirginia eMfuleni wasePotomac. Bona ibalazwe nezikhombisi-ndlela . Indlela engcono kakhulu yokufinyelela e-Pentagon yi- Metrorail . I-Visitor Centre itholakala eduze kwe-Pentagon Metro Station.
Akukho ukupaka komphakathi ePentagon. Izivakashi zingase zipake ePentagon City Mall bese zihamba ziya emnyango ongena emgwaqweni wokuhamba ngezinyawo. Uma ungajwayele indawo, kudideka, ngakho-ke qiniseka ukuthi ushiye isikhathi esiningi ukuthola indlela yakho eya kwi-Visitor Center. Kufanele ufike okungenani amaminithi angu-15 ngaphambi kokuvakasha kwakho okuhleliwe.
Umhubhe ukhona ngaphesheya komgwaqo kusuka ku-Macy ohlangothini olude lwe-Lot Reserved Parking. Ngesinye isikhathi emhubheni, hamba uye ngakwesokudla uze ubone izibonakaliso zeMetro Station kanye noMnyango Wezivakashi. (Uma ushiya, phawula ukuthi umhubhe usekupheleni kokupaka iLane 7). Kumelwe ulethe i-ID yesithombe kanye nencwadi yakho yokuqinisekisa.
Amaphuzu Amakhulu Okuthandayo kwi-Pentagon Tour
- IHholo lamaHighes - lihlanganisa amagama abo bonke abamukeli beMedal of Honor, umhlobiso ophakeme kakhulu wezempi owawunikezwa uhulumeni wase-United States
- Ukuhlobisa kwe-Overlord - ama-tapestries angu-34 adalwe nguSandra Lawrence abonisa indaba ye-Allied yokuhlasela yaseNormandy ngoJuni 6, 1944
- Izibuko zeSikhumbuzo Esisiwe - umbukiso uveza izithombe ezihlukahlukene zokuhlonipha amadoda nabesifazane abasebenza e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq
- Umzila we-POW-MIA - umbukiso ubona izisebenzi zezempi zase-United States ezithathwe njengeziboshwa zempi (i-POWs) noma zibalwe njengezingekho esenzweni (MIA)
- Amasosha Nezibonakaliso Zomthethosisekelo Umdwebo - imidwebo eminingi ekhumbula ukushicilelwa kweSimemezelo Sokuzimela nokuveza obaba basunguli besizwe sethu
- I-9/11 ISikhumbuzo neSahluko - sikhumbuza labo ababulewe ekuhlaselweni kwamaphekula ePentagon ngoSeptemba 11, 2001. Isikhumbuzo sangaphakathi sibheka amagama abantu abangu-184. Isonto lihlinzeka isikhala somkhuleko kanye nokukhunjulwa. (I-Pentagon Memorial yangaphandle ivulekile emphakathini ngaphandle kokubhuka okudingekayo. Akufakiwe kuhambo oluqondisiwe)
- I-9/11 Quilts yeSikhumbuzo - iphrojekthi eqaliswe nguJeannie Ammermann ukuhlonipha labo ababulewe ngoSeptember 11, 2001, yaba ngumkhankaso we-multi-quilt owafaka ama-voluntary quilters kuzo zonke izingxenye zase-US
- I-Pentagon Centre Courtyard - 5.5 amahektha angaphandle kwendawo yangaphakathi kwakhiwo kubandakanya ukunikezwa kokudla kanye nezindawo zokuhlala ezivamile
Amathiphu okuvakasha
- Fika amaminithi angu-30 ngaphambi kokuvakasha kwakho okuhleliwe ukuvumela isikhathi ukuhamba ngokuphepha kokwakhiwa.
- Isikhathi esihle kakhulu sokuthatha uhambo phakathi nosuku lapho ukuhamba kungenasiphelo.
- Gqoka izingubo ezihlelekile nezicathulo. Lolu hambo luhlanganisa ukuhamba ibanga elingamakhilomitha angaba nguhhafu phakathi kwe-Pentagon corridors nezitebhisi.
- Qinisekisa ukuvakashela i- Pentagon Memorial ngemva kokuvakasha kwakho kwe-Pentagon.
- Jabulela isidlo sasemini ePentagon City Mall ngaphambi noma ngemva kokuvakasha kwakho. Isitolo sinomunye wezinkantolo zokudla ezinhle kunazo zonke endaweni kanye nezitolo ezingaphezu kuka-170 ezikhethekile.
Ulwazi lokuxhumana:
I-Pentagon Tours Office
Ihhovisi likaMnumzane uNobhala Wezokuvikela
Izindaba Zomphakathi
1400 i-Pentagon yokuvikela
Washington, DC 20301-1400
Ifoni: (703) 697-1776
Imeyili: tourschd.pa@osd.mil
Iwebhusayithi: pentagontours.osd.mil