U.S. ARMY POSTS & INSTALLATIONS
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005. Opened 1917; home of Army Research, Development and Engineering Cmd.; Army Ordnance Museum and Ordnance Center and Schools; Army Developmental Test Command; Army Environmental Center; Army Research Laboratory (Aberdeen site); Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense; Aberdeen Test Center; Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity; Northeast Civilian Personnel Operations Center; Army Evaluation Center; Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine; 389th Army Band; 5,504 mil., 11,599 civ.; 72,229 acres, 35 miles northeast of Baltimore. DSN: 298-5201 ; (410) 278-5201.
Anniston Army Depot, AL 36201-4199. Opened 1941; repairs and retrofits combat tracked vehicles, artillery and small arms; receives and stores general supplies, ammunition, missiles, small arms and strategic materiel; 45 mil., 6,500 civ. (including tenants and contractors); 15,000 acres adjacent to Pelham Range, 10 miles west of Anniston. DSN: 571 -1110; (256) 235-7501.
Fort Belvoir, VA 22060. An Army property since 1912; named for the manor house of CoI. William Fairfax, 1736-41, the ruins of which remain on the installation; provides logistical and administrative support to more than 100 tenant and satellite organizations; major tenants are Defense Logistics Agency; Defense Contract Audit Agency; Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Defense Acquisition University; U.S. Army Materiel Cmd.; U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Cmd.; U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Cmd.; U.S. Army Security and Assistance Cmd.; DeWitt Army Community Hospital; Night-Vision and Electronics Sensors Directorate; CECOM IEWSD Projects Division; CECOM Software Center-Belvoir; National Geospatial Intelligence School; Army Management Staff College; 9th Theater Support Cmd. (Army Reserve); 29th Inf. Div. (Lt.), (ARNG); 5,183 mil., 17,885 civ. (including tenants and DoD contractors); 8,656 acres, 11 miles southwest of Alexandria and 17 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. DSN: 685-2052; (703) 805-2052.
Fort Benning, GA 31905. Established 1918; named after Brig. Gen. Henry L. Benning, CSA; home of Army Infantry Center and School; Army Marksmanship Unit; 3rd Bde., 3rd Inf. Div. (Mech.); Western Hemisphere Institute for security Cooperation; 75th Ranger Rgt.; 36th Engr. Grp.; 11th Infantry Rgt; 29th Infantry Rgt.; Basic Combat Training Bde.; Infantry Training Bde.; Medical Department Activity, Ranger Training Bde.; 29,138 mil., 7,646 civ.; 184,090 acres, 9 miles south of Columbus. DSN: 835-2211 ; (706) 545-2211.
Fort Bliss, TX 79916. Established as the post opposite El Paso, Texas, and New Mexico in 1848; named for Bvt. Lt. CoI. William Wallace Smith Bliss, Mexican War hero; home of Army Air Defense Artillery Center and School; Army Air and Missile Defense Cmd.; William Beaumont Army Medical Center; 6th, 11th, 31st, 35th and 108th ADA Bdes.; 204th Ml Bn.; Army Sergeants Major Academy; Joint Task Force 6; German Air Force Air Defense Center; 17,000 mil., 7,000 civ.; 1.2 million acres. DSN: 978-0831; (915) 568-2121.
Blue Grass Army Depot, KY 40475-5001. Opened 1942; performs conventional ammunition receipt, storage, maintenance and shipment; provides logistical support for special operations forces; stores and monitors portion of nation's chemical stockpile and chemical defense equipment; 3 mil., 919 civ.; 14,500 acres six miles south of Richmond. DSN: 745-6221 ; (859) 625-6221.
Fort Bragg, NC 28310. Established as a Field Artillery site in 1918; named for Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, decorated Mexican War Artillery officer; as "Home of the Airborne," houses the XVIII Abn. Corps; 82nd Abn. Div.; 1st Corps Support Cmd.; XVIII Airborne Corps Artillery; 44th Medical Cmd.; 16th Military Police Bde.; 18th Aviation Bde.; 20th Engineer Bde.; 35th Sig. Bde.; and 525th Military Intelligence Bde.; U.S. Army Spc. Ops. Cmd.; SF Cmd.; JFK Special Warfare Center & School; Civil Affairs and Psychological Ops. Cmd.; Spc. Ops. Support Cmd.; 52,280 mil., 8,757 civ.; 160,770 acres, 10 miles northwest of Fayetteville, 50 miles south of Raleigh. DSN: 236-0011 ; (910) 396-0011.
Fort Campbell, KY 42223. Opened 1942; named for Brig. Gen. William B. Campbell, a Tennessee hero of the Mexican War and governor of Tennessee; home of 101st Abn. Div. (Air Assault); 5th Spc. Forces Grp. (Abn.); 160th Spc. Ops. Aviation Rgt. (Abn.); 32,400 mil., 4,111 civ.; 105,068 acres, 15 miles south of Hopkinsville, Ky., 10 miles northwest of downtown Clarksville, Tenn., and 50 miles northwest of Nashville. DSN: 635-1110; (270) 798-2151.
Carlisle Barracks, PA 17013. Established 1757; site of U.S. Army War College; Army Heritage and Education Center; Strategic Studies Institute; Army Physical Fitness Research Institute; Center for Strategic Leadership; 550 mil., 850 civ.; 459 acres, 18 miles southwest of Harrisburg. DSN: 242-4141; (717)245-3131.
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