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CHAPTER 8 PART 3
PRESENT DAY US ARMY FORTS/POST IN 1991 F-M
FAIRCHILD AFB WA:
Fairchild AFB is 12 Miles west of the city of Spokane. 92nd Air Refueling Wing, and the 336th Training
Group. and 141st Air National Guard Air refueling Wing. 3,434 active duty;
4,602 family members; 1,200 guard, and 531 civilians. Fairchild AFB,WA
http://public.fairchild.amc.af.mil
FARGO ARMED FORCES RESERVE CENTER
Fargo ND 351 Military
FITZSIMONS ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, COLO:
Established 1918, named for 1st Lt. William T. Fitzsimons, first American medical officer killed in World War I; site of Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Army Medical Equipment and Optical School, HQ, for an Army Readiness Group, World HQ, CHAMPUS; 1,700 mil, 1,800 civ, 525 acres at Aurora, 1 mile east of Denver.
Fitzsimons Army Garrison to close by July 13, 1999. OCHAMPUS to move to leased space in Aurora Colo. Optical Fabrication Laboratory function to transfer to Army and Navy labs around the country.
US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Direct Support Activity – West to move to Fort Lewis, Wash.
US Army Medical Equipment and Optical School to move to Sheppard AFB, Texas. US Army Readiness Group – Denver and Department of Defense Region 8, Lead Agent, to move to Fort Carson, Colo. An Army Reserve enclave will be established at Fitzsimons.
CAMP FOGARTY ANG TRAINING SITE
East Greenwich RI 565 Military
JOE FOSS FIELD, ANG
Sioux Falls SD 434 Military
E.J. GARN ANG AVIATION COMPLEX
West Jordan UT 660 Military
GEIGER FIELD, ANG
Spokane WA 506 Military
FORT GILLEM, GA:
Opened 1941, named for Lt. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem Jr., Third U.S. Army Commander, 1947-1950; sub-installation of Fort McPherson, site of HQ,
First U.S. Army, Forces Command headquarter activities, 2nd Recruiting Bde, HQ, 818th Hospital Center (USAR);
(figures include Fort McPherson) 2,245 mil, 2,359 reservists, 1,680 family
members; 4,574 civ, 1,500 acres at Forest Park, 10 miles south of Atlanta Georgia.
Fort Gillem GA is a satellite of Fort McPherson, which is 12 miles away. Headquarters, First US Army,
3rd Criminal Investigation Region, 2nd Recruiting Brigade, Army and Air Force Distribution Center.
FORT GILLEM, GA
www.mcpherson.army.mil/Fort-Gillem.htm
FORT GORDON GEORGIA:
Built in 1941, located near the city of Augusta, this 56,000 acre post, with a population of
12,351 mil, 3,337 family members; 5,222 civ, is the US Army Signal Center and the "Home of the Signal Corps" and Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center; Fort Gordon is located nine miles southwest of Augusta, Georgia, on the border with South Carolina. It is approximately 75 miles from Columbia, S.C. and 140 miles from the attractions of Atlanta Georgia.
Fort Gordon GA: 15th Regimental Signal Brigade, 3rd Criminal Investigation Region,, Army and Air Force
Exchange Distribution Region, Southeast Regional Dental Command and Dental
Activity, 2d Recruiting Brigade, Regimental Officer Academy, Regimental NCO Academy,
Fort Discover/National Science center, 93rd Signal Brigade; 63rd and 67th Signal Bn,
Battle Command Battle Laboratory, 73rd Ordnance Battalion, 513th Military Intelligence Brigade; 702nd Military Intel Group, a number of Military intelligence brigades and battalions.
Fort Gordon GA www.gordon.army.mil
GOWEN FIELD, IDAHO:
Accommodates brigade-sized or larger units for maneuver and specialized training at Boise, Idaho.
Gowen Field, Army National Guard. 1,200 military, 150 civilians
CAMP GRAFTON, ANG
Davils Lake ND Major Training Center 259 Military
GRANDE LEDGE ARMY AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITY, ANG
Grande Ledge MI 555 Military
GRAND PRAIRIE ANG
Grand Prairie TX 950 Military
CAMP GRAYLING MICH:
Accommodates brigade-sized or larger units for maneuver and specialized training at Grayling Michigan.
Grayling Army National Guard Airfield. 520 military.
FORT GREELY ALASKA:
Established 1942, named for Maj. Gen. Adolphus Washington Greely, Arctic explorer; site of Northern Warfare Training Center, Army Cold Regions Test Center, Arctic Test Center;
160 mil, 160 civilians, 500 contractors, 677,000 acres, located approximately 102 miles southeast of Fairbanks, the post is ideally suited for missions requiring rugged country and extreme weather temperatures. The nearest community is Dalta Junction, with 3,000 inhabitants, six miles from the post.
Fort Greeley Cold Region Test Activity and Northern Warfare Training Center will complete their moves to Fort Wainwright, Alaska in 2001
Fort Greely AL
CAMP GRUBER ANG TRAINING SITE, OK:
Accommodates brigade-sized or larger units for maneuver and specialized training at Briggs,
Ok Camp Gruber Army National Guard Training Site. 80 military.
CAMP GUERNSEY WY:
Accommodates brigade-sized or larger units for maneuver and specialized training at Guernsey WY.
Camp Guernsey, Army National Guard, 123 military.
SGT ERNEST VEUVE HALL/AMSA NO. 74, ANG
Missoula MT 171 Military
FORT HAMILTON NEW YORK:
The New York Area & Fort Hamilton command consists of two facilities, Fort Hamilton, located in Brooklyn in the shadows of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, and Fort Totten. Some 1,850 military and civilian personnel assigned to the two posts have as their mission the support of Army and Defense Department activities in the Metropolitan New York area. Established 1825, named after Alexander Hamilton, HQ New York Area Command, and HQ, 8th Medical Bde. (USAR);
US Army NYC Recruiting Battalion, NY Military Entrance Processing Station,
1179th Deployment control Group, 343rd Combat Support Hospital, North
Atlantic Division, US Army Corps of Engineers and 423rd Medical
Battalion, 2,346 mil, 1,400 reservists, 8,277 family members; 767 civ, 152 acres in Brooklyn. Fort Hamilton NJ and Fort Hamilton NJ
www.hamilton.army.mil
HANCOCK FIELD ARMORY, ANG
Syracuse NY 177 Military
HARRY DIAMOND LABORATORIES MD:
Established 1953, named for Harry Diamond, government scientist and aviation radio pioneer; HQ, Laboratory Command; 36 mil, 1,343 civ, 2,300 acres (includes sites at Woodbridge, VA, and Blossom Point, MD) at Adelphi, MD, near Washington D.C.
FOR HAYES MEMORIAL ARMY RESERVE CENTER
Columbus, OH 273 Military
HARRISBURG ANG
Harrisburg PA 684 Military
FORT WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, ANG
Helena MT 261 Military
CAMP HARTELL, ANG
Hartford CT 389 Military
HAWAII:
Army facilities in the Hawaiian Islands include three major posts and several satellites. Fort Shafter, established in 1907, named for Maj. Gen. William R. Shafter, Civil War hero and Spanish-American War corps commander; Located in
Honolulu, next to Tripler Army Medical Center, Fort Shafter is Headquarters for the US Army Pacific and Pacific Ocean Division; US Army Western Command, and US Army Support Command, Hawaii Pacific Ocean Division, Army Corps of
Engineers, Hq, US Army Installation Management Agency Pacific Region. 7,897 mil and
11,686 family members, 8,172 civ, (includes Schofield Barracks) 1,300 acres near Honolulu. Schofield Barracks, created one year later, named for Lt. Gen. John McAllister Schofield, commander in chief of the Army, 1888-1895, whose recommendations led to first US military presence in the islands; Located near the city of Wahiawa in the center of Hahu and 17 miles from Honolulu, Schofield Barracks in the home of 25th Infantry
Div. (Lt.) and Army Garrison, Hawaii. It provides most of the facilities, services and logistics function to the garrison, which
includes Fort Shafter and Tripler Army Medical Center; 45th Corps Spt Grp. (fwd). 703rd Mil Intel Bge, Hawaii National Guard; 16,278 mil, 12,005 active duty; 3,000 guard; 1,273 reserve; 11,380 family members; 2,673 civ, 15,000 acres, Near Wahiawa, in center of Oahu, 17 miles northwest of Honolulu, is the largest Army facility in the Islands. Joining them are Tripler Army Medical Center is the largest military medical treatment facility in the Pacific, located eight miles from Waikiki, established 1920, named for Bvt. Brig. Gen. Charles Stuart Tripler, medical director of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War; performs inpatient and outpatient medical services; 1,700 mil, 1,150 civ, 360 acres, 8 miles northwest of Honolulu, Aliamanu Military Reservation with 1,600 homes for Army, Navy and Marine Corps personnel, Fort Kemehameha, a small housing area, and Fort DeRussy, home of the famed Hale Koa Hotel and an Armed Forces Recreation Center of 72 acres on the beach at renowned Waikiki. Pohakloa Training Area established 1955, named for the Hawaiian for "many stones", supports training of active Army, reserve components, and joint/combined forces in pacific region, 55 mil, 59 civ, 108,863 acres 38 miles west of Hilo on the main Island of Hawaii. Altogether the Army family in Hawaii, including its retirees, exceeds 60,000, with some 20,000 active duty army serving at these installations. Hawaii is the surfing capital of the United States. Observes and participants line the shores to enjoy this spectacular sport. Swimming and boating, deep-sea fishing, hiking, bicycling, and tennis can be enjoyed the year round. On one end of Oahu, gliding is drawing increasing interest. With Hawaii's generally ideal weather, indoor recreation tends to become outdoor recreation, no matter what the activity. There are number of excellent golf courses available to personnel on Hawaii. The new Hale Koa Hotel offers top quality lodging, reasonable prices, and abundant recreational facilities.
Hawaii: Fort Shafter: US Army Pacific, Pacific Ocean Division, Army Corps of Engineers.
Schofield Barracks: Headquarters, 25th Infantry Division (Light); US Army Garrison, Hawaii, 703rd Military Intelligence Brigade, 45th Corps Support Group, and Hawaii National Guard.
Schofield Barracks and Fort Shafter HI and Tripler Army Medical Center HI and 25 Inf
Div www.usarpac.army.mil/history/shafter.asp
www.usarpac.army.mil www.25idl.army.mil/
www.tamc.amedd.army.mil
HAWKINS FIELD. ANG
Jackson MS 336 Military
HAWTHORNE ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, NV:
Hawthorne Army Ammunition Plant may gain industrial plant equipment storage from Seneca Army Deport Activity, NY by September 30, 2000.
CW2 KERRY P. HEIN ARMY RESERVE CENTER
New York NY 394 Military
HELENA ARMY NG ARMORY
Helena MT 2,471 Personnal
HILL AFB:
Hill AFB is five miles south of Ogden. Ogden Air Logistics Center; 75th Air Base Wing; 388th Fighter Wing; 419th Fighter Wing; 729th Air Control Squadron; 84th Radar Evaluation Squadron; Area Command Ogden 88th Fighter
Wing, Ogden Air Logistics Center, . 5,700 active duty, 1,600 reservists, 4,536 family members, and
13,000 civilians, 3,700
contractors.
Hill AFB UT
www.hill.af.mil
MAJ. D.W. HOLLEDER ARMY RESERVE CENTER
Webster NY 405 Military
HOLSTON ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
Kingsport TN 172 Military
FORT HOOD TEXAS:
Opened 1942 named for Gen. John Bell Hood, CSA; Located adjacent to Killeen in central Texas, 60 miles north of Austion, Fort Hood is home of HQ Command III Corps,3rd Signal Brigade, 2nd Armored Div., 1st Cavalry Division and 4th Infantry Division. 6th Cavalry (Air Combat) Bde, 3rd Signal Bde. Test and Experimentation Command, 13th Support Command, 504th MI Grp., 89th MP
Grp.; 45,000 active duty; 115,000 family members, 6,000 civ, 217,000 acres adjacent to Killeen, 60 miles north of Austin, 150 miles south of Dallas, and is the Army's largest tactical armor training base.
Fort Hood TX: 4th Inf Div (Mech.), 1st Cav Div, 13th Corps Support Command, 3rd Signal Brigade, 89th Military Police Brigade, 504th Military Intelligence Brigade, 21st Cavalry Brigade (Air Combat) 3rd Air Support Operations Group (USAF), 3rd Personnel Group,
Hq command III Armored Corps, 13th Finance Group, Test and Experimentation Command, Medical Activity.
Fort Hood TX and 1st Cav Div
www.hood.army.mil/fthood
SSG JOE R. HOOPER ARMY RESERVE CENTER
Bothell WA 194 Military
FORT HUACHUCA ARIZONA:
Situated close to the Arizona-Mexico border, Fort Huachuca is about 70 miles southeast of Tucson, in Sierra Vista at the base of
the Huachuca Mountains, off State Route 90. It accommodates 17,641 people (6,222 active duty, includes 1,248 students, 7,434 family members and 2,830 Civilians) on 73,000 acres and is the home of the US Army Communications Command, HQ, Army Information Systems Command and School, the US Army Electronic Proving Ground, the Army Intelligence Center, and School, 111th Military Intelligence Brigade; Army Signal Command; Joint Interoperability Test Command; 11th Signal Bde. Joint Test Element of Joint Tactical C3 Agency, Army Information Systems Engineering Command and several other activities. Fort Huachuca was founded in 1877 as a product of the Indian Was of the west. "Huachuca" is an Indian word meaning "place of thunder."
Fort Huachuca AZ: Army Garrison, 111th Military Intelligence Brigade, Department of Defense Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Center, Battle Command Battle Lab-Huachuca, Joint Interoperability Test Command, Army Signal Command, and Information Systems Engineering Command.
http://huachca-www.army.mil/
Fort Huachuca AZ and Fort Huachuca AZ
HOUSTON ARMY AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITY, ARMY RESERVE
Conroe TX 382 Military 168 Civilians
HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, GA:
Established 1941, named for Army Air Corps Maj. Gen. Frank O'Driscoll Hunter, a native of Savannah; Located in historic Savannah, Hunter Army Airfield is a former Air Force base that now supports 3rd Infantry Aviation Brigade, 1st Battalion 75 Ranger Regiment, 224th Military Intelligence Brigade, Coast Guard Air Station, 24th Inf. Div (Mech.) and a Ranger Battalion;
6,000 mil, 10,000 family members; 736 civ, 5,000 acres at Savannah.
Hunter Army Airfield: 1st Bn 75th Ranger Regiment, 3rd Inf Div Aviation Brigade, 3rd Bn 160 Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne); 224th Military Intelligence Bn, 260th QM Bn, 559th QM Bn, 603rd Support Bn,
117thAir Control Squadron, Det 1, Co F, 131st Aviation Regiment, Coast Guard Air Station Savannah
Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield GA
www.stewart.army.mil
FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, CA:
Fort Hunter Liggett, Active component to be eliminated; training area to be retained to support reserve components.
Fort Hunter Liggett, Army Reserve. 40 military, 127 civilians. www.liggett.army.mil
FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, PA:
Opened 1940 named after Indian communities formerly located at the gap in nearby Blue Mountain; sub-installation of Fort Meade supports active Army and reserve components training. 375 active-duty; 50 family members; 3,800 guard; 375 reserve, 250 civ, 18,000 acres, At Annville, PA, 25 miles east of Harrisburg and 10 miles northwest of Lebanon.
HQ, PA National Guard, Eastern Army National Guard Aviation Training Site; Medical Co. Training Site. Fort Indiantown Gap PA to close by September 30, 1998. Training areas to remain for Reserves. Fort Indiantown Gap PA
IOWA ARMY AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITY, ANG
Davenport IA 141 Military
FORT IRWIN, CA:
Established 1940, named for Lt. Gen. George LeRoy Irwin, noted World War I artillery commander; site of National Training Center;
4,523 military, 6,632 family members; 1,105 civ, 636,182 acres, Located in the High Mojave Desert, between Las Vagas and Los Angeles, and 37 miles northeast of Barstow CA.
Fort Irwin CA: 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Theater Support Command, Operations Group, 1st Squadron, 2nd Squadron, Support Squadron, Operations Group; Ravens Air Warriors US Air Force (Det 6, 57th WG Det), US Army Garrison, National Training Center,
Support Battalion; 577th Maintenance Company; 31st Maintenance Company; 247th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance); 759TH Ordnance Detachment; Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC); Dental Activity (DENTAC); C Detachment, 203rd Military Intelligence; US Army Criminal Investigation Department Company (USACIDC).
Fort Irwin CA www.irwin.army.mil
FORT JACKSON SOUTH, CAROLINA:
Established 1971, named for President Andrew Jackson; Located in the capital city of Columbia SC, Fort Jackson conducts basic combat training, home of the 1st Basic Combat Training Brigade, Noncommissioned Officer's Academy, soldier Support
Institute, Army chaplain School and the US Army Reserve Cmd; Here 4,000 active duty;
58 reservists, 11,000 family members, 4,000 civ, live and work on a 52,503 acres adjacent just east of Columbia.
Fort Jackson SC to gain Department of Defense Polygraph Institute from Fort McClellan Ala, by July 1999. Fort Jackson SC is at Columbia, SC, off I-77 exits 10 and 12.
Fort Jackson SC: 1st Basic Combat Training Brigade, 4th Training Brigade, Victory Brigade;
US Army Training Center Command, NCO Academy, US Army Chaplain Center and School, Soldier Support Institute, 120th Adjutant General Reception Bn.;
Department of Defense Polygraph Institute. www.jackson.army.mil
Fort Jackson SC and Fort Jackson SC
JACKSON ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
Jackson MI 367 Military
JEFFERSON PROVING GROUND, IN:
Established 1941, named for President Thomas Jefferson; performs testing of ammunition and components; 13 mil, 400 civ, 55,000 acres, 6 miles north of Madison 50 miles north of Louisville KY.
CAMP JOHNSON ANG TRAINING SITE
Colchester VT 478 Military
CHARLES E. KELLY SUPPORT CENTER PA:
Kelly Support Center To Dispose of Two of Six Parcels by September 30, 2000.
Charles E. Kelly Support Facility, Army Reserve. 310 military.
KENT ANG ARMORY
Kent WA 673 Military
SGT. J.W. JOYCE C.KILMER ARMY RESERVE CENTER
New Brunswick NJ 587 Military
KINGS MILLS MEMORIAL ARMY RESERVE CENTER
Kings Mills OH 350 Military
KINGSTON ANG ARMORY
Kingston NY 177 Military
KINGSPORT ANG
Kingsport TN 172 Military
KLIEVER MEMORIAL ANG ARMORY
Portland OR 431 Military
FORT KNOX, KENTUCKY:
Fort Knox, located near Radcliff, in north central Kentucky about 45 miles south of Louisville, is the home of the US Army Armor Center and School, 194th Armor Bde, HQ of an Army Readiness Group, US Bullion Depository and the Second ROTC Region. Some
6,100 active duty; 1,000 guard; 4,200 reserve, 6,800 family members; and
5,700 civilians make up the post's military and civilian population. The post itself was established in 1918, named for Maj. Gen. Henry Knox, Revolutionary War hero and first secretary of war. In 1936, it became the site for a Bullion Depository responsible for the security of several billion dollars in gold. In 1940 the Armored Center was activated here on 109,000 acres.
Fort Knox KY: HQ, First Army Forward (West), US Army Armor Center and Fort Knox; Army Armor Center and School; Headquarters, Army Recruiting Command; Second Region (ROTC) Army Cadet Command,
Unit of Action Maneuver Battle Lab, US Treasury Department Bullion Depository.
www.knox.army.mil
Fort Knox KY and Fort Knox KY
LANCASTER ANG
Lancaster SC 122 Military
LATHAM ANG COMPLEX
Latham NY 850 Military
LAWRENCEVILLE ANG COMPLEX
Jersey City, NJ 3484 Military
FORT LAWTON ARMY RESERVE COMPLEX
Seattle WA 675 Military
FORT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS:
Overlooking the Missouri River, on the border between Kansas and Missouri,situated about 30 miles northwest of Kansas City, on the west bank of the Missouri River, Fort Leavenworth is the Combined Arms Center for Tactical Doctrine Development and Instruction, and the Combined Army Combat Developments Activity, Combined Arms
Center Training Activity, HQ, TRADOC Analysis Command, HQ, 35th Inf Div (Mech.) of the Army National Guard. It houses the Army's only senior tactical school, the Command and General State College. Small as Army installation go – only 5,600 acres – the post has seen much activity since its founding in 1827, named for Bvt. Brig. Gen. Henry Leavenworth, commander of the 3rd Inf. When the post was built. Fort Leavenworth is also the home of the US Disciplinary
Barracks, Battle Command Battle Laboratory, US Army Command and General Staff College and the Combined Army Center. The post's has a
3,200 active duty; 40 guard; 13 reserve, 4,000 family members; and 2,200 civ work population.
Fort Leavenworth KS: Combined Army Center, Combined Army Training, Command and General Staff College, U.S. Disciplinary Barracks, National Simulation Center. Training and Doctrine Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Training, Foreign Military Studies Office, TRADOC Analysis
Center, TRADOC Program Integration Office-Battle Command. Fort Leavenworth KS
www.leavenworth.army.mil
FORT LEE, VIRGINIA:
Fort Lee is situated just 3 miles east outside
Petersburg, Virginia, on with a work population of 3,224 active duty, 5,182 family members; 145 reserve;
3,660 civ. It is the home of the Combined Army Support Command, Army Information Systems Software Development Center,
Facilities Engineer Systems Support Division Army Procurement Research and Analysis Office, Army Quartermaster Center and School, Army Logistics Center, Troop Support Agency. Considered part of the Fort Lee complex are nearby Camp A.P. Hill and Camp Pickett. Fort Lee is 130 miles south of Washington D.C. and about two hours' drive from the Atlantic Ocean. The original Camp Lee was founded in 1917. The present Fort Lee was built on the same site in 1941, named for Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA; and became a permanent installation in 1950.
Fort Lee VA: Combined Arms Support Command; Quartermaster Center and School, 23rd QM Brigade, Army Logistics Management College, Defense Commissary Agency, 49th QM
Group. Gerow Army Reserve Center, Readiness Group Lee, Army Information Systems Software Center Fort Lee.
Fort Lee VA
www.lee.army.mil
FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI:
Opened 1941 named for Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, Army chief of staff, 1910-1914; the mission of this modern, self-sufficient post is Engineer Center and School, Engineer Training Center, and Basic Training Center. It is located in the Ozark Mountains in south-central Missouri, at St. Robert, Missouri, 30 miles southwest of Rolla, 130 miles southwest of St. Louis. With a work population of
3,205 civ, 4,705 active duty; 100 guard; 200 reserve, 12,444 family members, and an area of over 63,000 acres. Fort Leonard Wood is one of the Army's largest training centers.
Fort Leonard Wood MO: Maneuver Support Center, The Maneuver Support Battle Lab, US Army Engineer School; 1st Engineer Brigade, 3rd Training Brigade, Garrison Command, Army Chemical School, Military Police School,
Army Publication Distribution Center St. Louis MO to gain Army Publication Distribution Center Baltimore MD, by September 30, 1998.
Fort Leonard Wood MO to gain Army Chemical School, Army Military Police School from Fort McClellan, Ala, by November 30, 1999.
Fort Leonard Wood MO
www.wood.army.mil
LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT, PA:
Opened 1942, named after Letterkenny Township, which the depot absorbed; performs storage, issue, rebuilding, testing, overhauling and demilitarization of general supplies;
2 mil, 1,265 civ, 19,500 acres, 5 miles north of Chambersburg, 50 miles southwest of Harrisburg. Tactical missile guidance workload to move to Tobyhanna Army Depot PA, or private-sector commercial activities by September 30, 2000. The towed and self-propelled combat vehicle mission to move to Anniston Army Deport, Ala, by September 30, 1999.
Letterkenny Army Depot
www.letterkenny.army.mil/
FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON:
Fort Lewis has been a major divisional post since World War I (1917), named for Capt. Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It became a permanent post in 1927. Fort Lewis is the result of the local citizens' passing a two million-dollar bond issue to purchase the land as a military installation. Located between Tacoma and Olympia, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest, Fort Lewis has a work population
26,252 active duty; 52,525 family members; 9,938 civ. Home 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, 1st Special Forces
Group (Abn), 2nd Bn of 75th Ranger Regiment, Fourth ROTC Region, and Madigan Army Medical Center. The post covers 86,754 acres with sub-installations of Yakima Firing Center, Vancouver Barracks, and Fort Lawton for a total of 353,970 acres.
Fort Lewis WA to gain US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, Direct Support Activity - West from Fitzsimons Army Medical Center by September 30, 1998.
Fort Lewis WA: 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, 1st Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, 2nd Bn (Ranger), 75th Inf, 555th Engineer Group, 1st Military Police Brigade,
2nd Cavalry Regiment, Madigan Army Medical Center, and 1st Special Forces Group.
Fort Lewis WA and Madigan Army Medical Center
www.lewis.army.mil
LEXINGTON ARMY AVIATION SUPPORT FACILITY, ANG
Lexington OK 254 Military
LEXINGTON-BLUEGRASS ARMY DEPOT, KY:
Opened 1942, performs general supply and maintenance function of communications security and electronics equipment and ammunition storage; 132 mil, 1,800 civ, total 15,280 acres (780 at Lexington, 14,500 at Richmond), with headquarters 13 miles east of Lexington.
MALMSTROM AFB MONTANA
Malmstrom AFB is two miles east of Great Falls MT. 341st Space Wing, 819th Red Horse Squadron and 341st Operational Group.
3,800 active duty; 4,200 family members, and 460 civilians, 1.400
Contractors. Malmstrom AFB MT
www.malmstrom.af.mil
LONDONDERRY ARMED FORCES RESERVE CENTER
Manchester NH 564 Military
LUBBOCK ANG
Lubbock TX 665 Military
LYELL ARMED FORCES RESERVE CENTER
Nashville, TN 894 Military
CAMP MABRY ANG TRAINING SITE
Austin TX1,792 Military
MADISON TRUAX FIELD, ANG
Madison WI 356 Military
MARTINDALE ANG AIRFIELD
San Antonio, TX 489 Military
CAMP MAXEY, ANG
Powderly TX 41 Military
MCALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT, OK:
McAlester Army Ammunition Plant to gain Army Defense Ammunition Center and School from Savanna Army Depot Activity, IL by September 30, 1999. http://mcalestr-www.army.mil
CAMP MCCAIN, ANG
Elliott MS 250 Military
MCCHORD AFB WA:
10 miles southwest of Tacoma, WA. 62nd Airlift Wing; 446th Airlift Wing (Reserve), Western Air Defense Sector, 22nd Special Tactics Squadron.
3,975 active duty; 6,405 family members; 2,245 Reserve and Guard, and 1,126 civilians. McChord AFB WA
www.http://mcchord.amc.af.mil
FORT MCCLELLAN, ALABAMA:
Home of the Chemical School, Military Police School, DOD Polygraph Institute, and basic combat training brigade. Fort McClellan is often called "The Military Showplace of the South". Fort McClellan is located about five miles north of Anniston, Alabama on State Highway 21. Anniston, Alabama population 33,000 is centrally located west of Atlanta (approx.90 miles) and east of Birmingham (approx. 60 Miles). Anniston is near the intersection of I-20 and State Highway 21 (just off the Oxford exit on I-20). Fort McClellan offers the most modern military facilities along with classic, historical architecture, mild climate, and warm, friendly community atmosphere. Fort McClellan was established 1917, named for Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, commander in chief of the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1862. 2,164 Active duty; 2,291 family members; 200 Guard; 550 Reserve; 1,688 civilians.
Fort McClellan to close by September 30, 1999, Army chemical School, Army Military Police School to move to Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Department of Defense Polygraph Institute to move to Fort Jackson, SC. Training areas to be retained for Army Reserves and Alabama National Guard.
FORT MCCLELLAN, ALABAMA
FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN:
Established 1909, named for Maj. Gen. Robert Bruce McCoy, Wisconsin Army National Guard; the Wisconsin Nation Guard Fort, Fort McCoy is the US Army Reserve Technician Training Center, and Army National Guard post, and supports active Army and reserve components training;
643 active duty; 305 family members; more than 120,000 guard and reserve trainees per year;
2,843 civ, 60,000 acres located between Tomah and Spata (7,000 Population), 35 miles east of
La Crosse Wisconsin. Fort McCoy is between the towns of Sparta and Tomah in rural west-central Wisconsin.
84th Army Reserve Readiness Training Center and Command; 788th Ordnance Company, Readiness Group; Wisconsin
National Guard Military Academy; Regional Training Site Maintenance and Medical; Wisconsin National Guard Mobilization and Equipment Site, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25; and Wisconsin State Police Academy
Fort McCoy WI: Army Reserve Readiness Training Center, 788th Ordnance Company, Readiness Group, Wisconsin Military Academy, Wisconsin State Police Academy, Regional Training Site Maintenance and Medical Wisconsin National Guard Mobilization and Equipment Site,
Fort McCoy WI: Army Reserve Readiness Training Center, 788th Ordnance Company, Readiness Group, Wisconsin Military Academy, Regional Training Site Maintenance and Medical Wisconsin National Guard Mobilization and Equipment Site, Naval Mobile Construction BN 25.
Fort McCoy WI www.mccoy.army.mil
FORT MCCOY, ARMY RESERVE
Fort McCoy WI 1,620 Military 958 Civilians
FORT LESKEY J. MCNAIR, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA:
Fort Lesley J. McNair is the oldest active military post in the nation, dated to 1790, named for Gen. Lesley J. McNair, Army Ground Forces commander killed at Normandy. Located
at the convergence of the Potomac and Anacostia river in the southwest corner of Washington DC it is the Headquarters post of the Military District of Washington D.C. and home of the National Defense/War University, Inter-American Defense College.
Center of Military History, Institute for National Strategic Studies, Army
Museum System Headquarters 2,400 mil, 60 family members, 390 civ, 89 acres at 4th and P Streets, Washington D.C.
Naval Mobile Construction BN 25.
Fort McNair DC: Military District of Washington National Defense University, Inter-American Defense College.
www.fmmc.army.mil Fort McNair Washington D.C. and Fort Myer VA and
Military District of Washington D.C. and Military District of Washington D.C.
FORT MCPHERSON, GEORGIA:
The post encompasses 483 acres of well-landscaped grounds located four-mile southwest of downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Its history is rich in Military tradition and its beginnings go back over a century to 1867. Fort McPherson, is the location of Headquarters US Army Forces Command,
Headquarter, Headquarters Third US Army-Army Forces Central Command, and is the "Home of the Combat Soldier." The FORSCOM mission, simply stated, is that of Combat Readiness – unit training and operational readiness of all deployable combat and supporting forces of the Active Army, US Army Reserve, and National Guard stationed in the Continental United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Established 1885, named for Maj. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson, Civil War commander of the Army of Tennessee, who was killed during the siege of Atlanta, July 1864.
Fort McPherson GA: Army Reserve Command Headquarters, US Army Forces Command Headquarters; US Army Forces Central command, and US Army Reserve
Command, South East Region Installation Management Agency. 2,245 active duty;
16,729 family members; 3,866 reserve; 4,574 civilians. www.mcpherson.army.mil
Fort McPherson and Fort Gillem GA
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, MARYLAND:
Fort George G. Meade was authorized by an Act of Congress in May, 1917, named for Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac, 1863-1865. Located midway between Washington
D.C., Baltimore MD and Annapolis, MD, it is the home of the HQ, First US Army, National Security Agency, Defense Information School, HQ 97th Army Reserve Cmd and Naval Security Group
Command; 10,000 active duty, 6,000 family members; 25,000 civ, 13,500 acres, Near Odenton, one-half mile east on Baltimore-Washington Parkway, and 15 miles northwest of Washington District of Columbia.
Fort Meade MD to gain Executive Systems Software Directorate – Washington DC by February 2001.
Fort Meade to gain Defense Investigative Service, Investigations Control and Automation Directorate from Fort Holabird, MD by February 2001.
Fort Meade MD: HQ US Army Garrison, National Security Agency; 694th Intelligence Group (Air Force), Naval Security Group Activity, Army Field Band, Defense Courier Service, 1st US Army Recruiting Brigade, and 704th Military Intelligence Brigade.
Executive Software Development Directorate and Software Development Center – Washington DC to move to Fort Meade, MD, by September 30, 1998.
Fort Meade MD and Fort Monmouth NJ
www.ftmeade.army.mil
MIDWEST CITY ARMY RESERVE
Okllahoma City OK 550 Military
MILAN ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
Milan TN 1 Military 19 Civilians
MILTARY OCEAN TERMINAL SUNNY POINT
Wilmington NC 108 Military, 236 Civilian
MINOT ARMED FORCES RESERVE CENTER
Minot ND 242 Military
FORT MISSOULA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
Missoula MT 143 Military
MITCHELL ANG TRAINING SITE
Mitchell, SD 316 Military
FORT MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
Located 40 milies south of Newark, Monmouth is home to US Army Communication and Electronics Command, US Army Military Academy Preparatory School, US Army Progam Executive Officers for Intelligence, Electonic Warfare and Sensors, for Command, Control and Communications-Tactical and for Enterprise Information Systems. 467 Military 5,085 Civilians, 2,500 contractors
FORT MONROE, VIRGINIA:
Founded in 1819 and garrisoned in 1823, Located near Hampton at the
tip of the Virginia Peninsula, Fort Monroe is Headquarters of the Army Training and Doctrine Command responsible for training, education and combat development of the ground forces of the continental United States, and the ROTC Cadet Command and the Joint Warfare Center. Fort Monroe and TRADOC are manned today by
1,154 mil, 3,296 family members, and 2,157 civ personnel. Nearby and sharing a number of services are Langley Air Force Base and Fort Eustis. Fort Monroe occupies 1,068 acres adjacent to Hampton, Virginia, at the mouth of Chesapeake Bay.
Fort Monroe VA: Headquarters Fort Monroe, Headquarters, Headquarters Army Training and Doctrine Command; Army Cadet Command, and Joint War Fighting Center, Naval Surface Warfare Center,
Northeast Region Installation Management Agency, TRADOC Futures Center Army
Contracting Agency-Northeast Region, Army Audit Field Office, School of
Cadet Command, Joint Task Force-Civil Support, Defense Contact Management
Agency, Joint War Fighting Center and Naval Surface Warfare Center
Detachment,
Norfolk, Fort Monroe VA
www.tradoc.army.mil/monroe
BG GEORGE MORRIS ARMY RESERVE CENTER
Vicksburg MS 228 Military
MORRISTOWN ANG ARMORY
Morristown, NJ 363 Military
MORRISVILLE ANGMorrisville, NC 635 Military
MOUNTAIN HOME AFB:
Mountain Home AFB outside the town of Mountain Home,49 miles southeast of Boise ID on a rural, high-desert plateau. Mountain Home AFB houses the 366th Wing, 389th, 390th, and 391st Fighter Squadrons, 22nd Air Refueling Squadron, 34th Bomb
Sqadrons, 22nd Air Wing; 289th, 390th, and 291st Fighter Squadrons; 34th Bomb Squadron, 726th Air control Squadron; AEF Battle Lab. 4,800 active duty;
5,500 family members; 2,600 guard; 533 civilians. Mountain Home AFB Idaho
www.mountainhome.af.mil
DENIS J. MURPHY ARMY RESERVE
338 Military
CAMP MURRAY, ANG
Tacoma WA 917 Military
MUSCATATUCK URBAN TRAINING CENTER
Butlerville IN Events For More Than 2,500 Individuals
FORT MYER, VA:
Fort Myer is part of the Military District of Washington and is located in Arlington, Virginia, adjacent to Arlington National cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington D.C. It is the home of the 3rd US Infantry, known as "The Old Guard." and the US Army Band. This is the oldest active infantry unit in the Army, with activities today that are largely official and ceremonial, including guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Established 1862, named for Brig. Gen. Albert J. Myer, first chief of the Army Signal Corps, work population 2,400 mil, 450 family members; and
360 civ, 256 acres.
Fort Myer VA: Headquarters Command, Fort Myer, Fort Myer Military Police Company, 3rd US Infantry (Old
Guard) and US Army Headquarters' Battalion; US Army Band, US Army Criminal Investigation Command, and 501st Military Police Company.
Fort McNair Washington D.C. and Fort Myer VA
www.fmmc.army.mil
The information on this page is as of 2004. If you know of any thing that
has changed since then, like any fort/post closure's, change of mission,
change of units please e-mail me at Lamar@ida.net
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