& INSTALLATIONS U.S. ARMY POSTS October 2009 ARMY 309
This section includes posts and installations primarily supporting the active Army in the continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska and Puerto Rico. Army ammunition plants and Army installations in caretaker or inactive status have been excluded. Acreages reflect real estate under Department of the Army control in 2009. The DSN and commercial telephone numbers listed are for operator assistance. Data are current as of August 7 and are based on information supplied by each post or installation. Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005 and 21010. Opened 1917; home of 70 organizations, including Army Research, Development and Engineering Cmd.; Army Ordnance Museum and Ordnance Center and Schools; 20th Support Command (CBRNE); Army Developmental Test Command; Army Research Laboratory (Aberdeen site); Medical 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; Army Materiel Command Band; 4,312 mil., 8,598 civ., 3,899 contractors; 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; 59 mil., 6,825 civ. (including tenants and contractors); 15,000 acres adjacent to Pelham Range, 10 miles west of Anniston. DSN: 571-1110; (256) 235-7501. Fort A.P. Hill, VA 22427. Opened 1941; named for LTG Ambrose Powell Hill, CSA; winner 2008 Army Communities of Excellence Award; 76,000-acre regional training center used for active and reserve component training of all service branches and federal agencies; 27,000-acre live-fire range complex; 1,661 mil. and civ., 227 reserve components. DSN: 578-8760; (804) 633-8760. Fort Belvoir, VA 22060. An Army property since 1912; named for the manor house of Col. William Fairfax, 1736 1741, the ruins of which remain on the installation; provides logistical, intelligence and administrative support to more than 120 tenant and satellite organizations; major tenants are Defense Logistics Agency; Defense Contract Audit Agency; Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Defense Acquisition University; U.S. Army Intelligence and Security 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; 29th Inf. Div. (Lt.) (ARNG); approx. 6,400 mil., 17,200 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 BG 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.; 199th Infantry Bde.; 197th Infantry Bde.; 192nd Infantry Bde.; 198th Infantry Bde.; Martin Army Community Hospital; Medical Department Activity, Ranger Training Bde.; 30,638 mil., 9,026 civ.; 181,386 acres, 9 miles south of Columbus. DSN: 835-2011; (706) 545-2011. Fort Bliss, TX 79916. Established as the post opposite El Paso in 1848; named after LTC William Wallace Smith Bliss; home of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command; 11th Air Defense Artillery Brigade; the 4th, 1st and 3rd Brigade Combat Teams, 1st Armored Division; 5th Bde. Army Evaluation Task Force, 1st Armored Division; U.S. Sergeants Major Academy; Joint Task Force North; German Air Force Air Defense Center; 20,000 mil., 7,000 civ.; 1.2 million acres. DSN 978-0831; (915) 568-2121. Blue Grass Army Depot, KY 40475-5001. Established 1941; performs total life-cycle management for DoD conventional standard and nonstandard ammunition; the Army s primary provider for go-to-war chemical defense equipment; fabricates and manufactures specified components and parts; supports the security and storage of on-site chemical weapons stockpile; approximately 1,200 personnel; 14,500 acres, 6 miles south of Richmond. DSN: 745-6380; (859) 779-6380. Fort Bragg, NC 28310. Established as a field artillery site in 1918; named after MAJ Braxton Bragg, USA (he later served as a general in the CSA); as Home of the Airborne, houses the XVIII Abn. Corps; 82nd Abn. Div.; 1st Theater Sustainment Cmd.; 108th ADA Bde.; 44th Medical Cmd.; 16th Military Police Bde.; 507th Corps Support Grp.; and 525th Battlefield Surveillance Bde.; U.S. Army Spc. Ops. Cmd.; SF Cmd.; JFK Special Warfare Center and School; Civil Affairs and Psychological Ops. Cmd.; 55,066 mil., 10,618 civ.; 160,832 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 BG 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.); 30,865 mil., 4,569 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; Center for Strategic Leadership; Strategic Studies Institute; Army Physical Fitness Research Institute; Army Heritage and Education Center and Military History Institute archives; Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute; 540 mil., 760 civ.; 459 acres, 18 miles southwest of Harrisburg. DSN: 242-3131; (717) 245-3131. Fort Carson, CO 80913. Established 1942; named for BG Christopher (Kit) Carson; home of 4th Inf. Div.; 10th Spc. Forces Grp. (Abn.); 4th Engineer Battalion; 43rd Support Bde.; 10th Combat Spt. Hospital; 759th Military Police Battalion; 24,600 mil., 5,700 civ.; 137,403 acres adjacent to Colorado Springs and 235,330 acres at Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site near La Junta, Colo. DSN: 691-5811; (719) 526-5811. Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, NH 03755. Opened 1961; field operating agency of the Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC); conducts cold-weather civil works and military research and testing; 2 mil., 200 civ.; 31 acres at Hanover, N.H.; 1 mil., 5 civ. at Fairbanks, Alaska, and 3 civ. at Anchorage, Alaska, field offices. (603) 646-4100. Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, IL 61826-9005. Established 1968; one of seven labs in the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center; conducts research and development for Army Corps of Engineers programs in facilities construction, operations, maintenance and environmental quality, including pollution prevention, compliance and natural resource management; 330 civ.; 33 acres at Champaign. (217) 352-6511. 310 ARMY October 2009
Corpus Christi Army Depot, TX 78419-5260. Opened 1961; DoD Center for Industrial Technical Excellence for rotary-wing aircraft; performs overhaul, repair, modification, recapitalization, retrofit, testing and modernization of Army and DoD rotary-wing aircraft for all services and foreign military sales; serves as depot training base for active Army, National Guard, Reserve and foreign military personnel; provides worldwide on-site maintenance service; aircraft crash analysis; oil, chemical and metallurgical analysis; and training support; 3,761 civ.; 158 acres (leased from Naval Air Station-Corpus Christi), 12 miles southeast of Corpus Christi. DSN: 861-3627; (361) 961-3627. Deseret Chemical Depot, UT 84074-5000. Established 1942; Army-operated; responsible for the safe, secure and environmentally correct storage and destruction of chemical agents. Authorized strength: 2 mil., 400 govt. civilians, 1,000 contractors; 19,000 acres at Rush Valley, 40 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. (435) 833-4295. Fort Detrick, MD 21702. Established 1943; named for MAJ Frederick Louis Detrick, Maryland Army National Guard flight surgeon; community includes more than 40 tenant organizations representing five Cabinetlevel agencies and all armed services. The mission encompasses three major areas: medical research, strategic communication and defense medical logistics. 1,900 mil., 7,700 civ.; 1,341 acres at main post in Frederick and Forest Glen Annex in Silver Spring, Md. DSN: 343-8000; (301) 619-8000. Fort Drum, NY 13602. Established 1908; renamed for LTG Hugh A. Drum, commander, First Army, 1938 43; 10th Mtn. Div. (Lt. Inf.); 18,681 mil., 4,396 civ.; 107,265 acres, 8 miles north of Watertown and 78 miles north of Syracuse. DSN: 772-6011; (315) 772-6011. Dugway Proving Ground, UT 84022. Established 1942; performs test and evaluation of defensive chemical and biological materiel, environmental technology testing, meteorological and atmospheric transport modeling; 5 mil., 1,450 civ.; 798,218 acres, 85 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. DSN: 789-2116; (435) 831-2116. Fort Eustis, VA 23604. Established 1918; named for Bvt. BG Abraham Eustis, Virginia native and veteran of the War of 1812; home of Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Operations Center; Army Transportation Center and School; Army Training Support Center; Aviation Applied Technology Directorate; Army Aviation Logistics School; 8th Transportation Bde.; 7th Sustainment Bde.; 4,777 mil., 4,905 civ.; 8,248 acres adjacent to Newport News and 11 miles southeast of Williamsburg. DSN: 826-5215; (757) 878-5215. Fort Gillem, GA 30297. Opened 1941; named for LTG Alvan C. Gillem Jr., Third Army commander, 1947 50; subinstallation of Fort McPherson, Ga.; site of First Army; 3rd Medical Cmd.; Army Criminal Investigation Laboratory; 3rd MP Group, Army Criminal Investigation Cmd.; 2nd Recruiting Bde.; Military Entrance Processing Station; 467 active Army mil., 1,752 reservists, 1,443 civ.; 1,427 acres at Forest Park, 18 miles southeast of Atlanta. DSN: 797-5000; (404) 469-5000. Fort Gordon, GA 30905. Opened 1941; named for LTG John Brown Gordon, CSA; home of the Army Signal Center and School; Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center; 15,976 mil., 7,828 civ.; 56,506 acres, 12 miles southwest of Augusta. DSN: 780-0110; (706) 791-0110. Fort Hamilton, NY 11252. Established 1825 as part of the New York harbor battery defense system; named for Alexander Hamilton; home to the New York City Recruiting Bn.; Corps of Engineers, North Atlantic Div. headquarters; New York Military Entrance Processing Station; 1179th Deployment Support Bde.; New York National Guard Task Force Empire Shield; provides administrative and logistical support for the Army and other DoD agencies in the metropolitan area. DSN: 232-4101; (718) 630-4101. Fort Hood, TX 76544. Opened 1942; named for GEN John Bell Hood, CSA; site of III Corps; 1st Cav. Div.; 4th Inf. Div. (Mech.); 13th Sustainment Cmd. (Expeditionary); 3rd Arm. Cav. Reg.; 89th MP Bde.; 504th Battlefield Surveillance Bde.; 36th Eng. Bde.; 21st Cav. Bde. (Air Combat); 41st Fires Bde.; 4th Bn., 5th ADA Bde.; 13th Finance Grp.; 53,000 mil., 4,900 civ.; 209,486 acres adjacent to Killeen, 60 miles north of Austin and 150 miles south of Dallas. DSN: 737-1110; (254) 287-1110. Fort Huachuca, AZ 85613. Opened 1877; home of Army Intelligence Center and School; Network Enterprise Technology Cmd./9th Army Sig. Cmd.; Army Electronic Proving Ground; Information Systems Engineering Cmd.; 11th Sig. Bde.; Joint Interoperability Test Cmd.; 7,240 mil., 2,842 civ.; 73,242 acres, 75 miles southeast of Tucson. DSN: 821-7111; (520) 538-7111. Hunter Army Airfield, GA 31409. Established 1940; named for Army Air Corps MG Frank O Driscoll Hunter, a native of Savannah; supports 3rd Inf. Div., Combat Avn. Bde. and 1st Bn., 75th Ranger Rgt.; 3rd Bn., 160th Spc. Ops. Aviation Rgt.; 224th MI Bn.; USMC Reserve Center; 260th Quartermaster Bn.; 6th ROTC Bde.; USCG Air Station Savannah; 7,000 mil., 600 civ.; 5,370 acres at Savannah. DSN: 729-5617; (912) 315-5617. October 2009 ARMY 311
Fort Irwin, CA 92310. Established 1940; named for MG George LeRoy Irwin, noted World War I artillery commander; site of National Training Center; home of 11th Cav. Rgt.; National Training Center Support Bde.; Operations Group; U.S. Army Garrison; 6,590 mil., 3,640 civ.; 768,000 acres, 37 miles northeast of Barstow. DSN: 470-4111; (760) 380-4111. Fort Jackson, SC 29207. Established 1917; named for President Andrew Jackson; Basic Combat Training Ctr. of Excellence: conducts basic combat training and combat support advanced individual training; site of 157th, 165th, 171st and 193rd Infantry Bdes.; 81st Regional Readiness Cmd.; Soldier Support Institute; Army Chaplain Center and School; Defense Academy for Credibility Assessment; Army Drill Sergeant School; Moncrief Army Community Hospital; 3,900 mil., 5,200 civ.; 52,301 acres adjacent to Columbia. DSN: 734-1110; (803) 751-1110. Fort Knox, KY 40121. Opened 1918; named for MG Henry Knox, Revolutionary War hero and first Secretary of War; home of the U.S. Army Armor Center and School, including 194th Armored Bde., 16th Cavalry Rgt. and U.S. Army NCO Academy; Army Recruiting Cmd. and the Third U.S. Army Recruiting Bde.; 4th Bde., 85th Div. (Training Support); ROTC Eastern Region Cadet Cmd.; the Patton Museum of Cavalry and Armor; III Corps Support Cmd.; 17,889 mil., 5,774 civ.; 109,054 acres, 35 miles southwest of Louisville. DSN: 464-1181; (502) 624-1181. Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027. Established 1827; named for COL Henry Leavenworth, commander of the 3rd Inf. Rgt. when the post was founded; home of the Combined Arms Center; Command and General Staff College; Army Training and Doctrine Cmd. Analysis Center; 35th Inf. Div. (ARNG); U.S. Disciplinary Barracks; 3,597 mil., 3,624 civ.; 5,600 acres adjacent to Leavenworth, 32 miles northwest of Kansas City. DSN: 552-4021; (913) 684-4021. Fort Lee, VA 23801. Opened in 1917 as Camp Lee; named for GEN Robert E. Lee, CSA; home to the Sustainment Center of Excellence and U.S. Army Logistics, which includes the Combined Arms Support Command, Army Quartermaster Center & School, Army Logistics University, Defense Commissary Agency and 25 tenant/agency partners; 6,878 mil., 2,625 civ., 1,478 contractors; 5,907 acres, located approximately 3 miles east of Petersburg. DSN: 539-3000; (804) 765-3000. Fort Leonard Wood, MO 65473. Opened 1941; named for MG Leonard Wood, Army Chief of Staff, 1910 14; home of the U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center; responsible for training chemical, engineer and military police specialists in the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard; responsible for Basic Combat Training and motor transport training; 15,426 mil., 13,565 civ.; 63,410 acres, 88 miles northeast of Springfield, 135 miles southwest of St. Louis. (573) 596-0131. Letterkenny Army Depot, PA 17201-4150. Opened 1942; named after Letterkenny Township, which the depot absorbed; home of the Army s Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for Air Defense and Tactical Missile Systems and Mobile Electronic Power Generation Equipment; Humvee Recapitalization; Force Provider reset operations; conducts storage, issue, rebuilding, testing, overhauling and demilitarization of equipment, tactical missiles and ammunition; 3 mil., more than 2,500 civ. and 861 contract employees; 18,861 acres, 5 miles north of Chambersburg and 50 miles southwest of Harrisburg. DSN: 570-8111; (717) 267-8111. Fort Lewis, WA 98433. Established 1917; named for CPT Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition; home of I Corps; 3rd Bde., 2nd Inf. Div.; 4th Bde., 2nd Inf. Div.; 5th Bde., 2nd Inf. Div.; 17th Fires Bde.; 555th Engineer Bde.; 593rd Sustainment Bde.; 201st Battlefield Surveillance Bde.; 191st Infantry Bde.; 42nd MP Bde. and Directorate of Emergency Services; 1st Special Forces Group (Abn.); 2nd Bn., 75th Ranger Regt.; U.S. Army Cadet Command s 8th Brigade; Western Regional Medical Command; Madigan Army Medical Center; Yakima Training Center; 30,800 mil., 11,372 civ.; 86,041 acres, 10 miles southeast of Tacoma. DSN: 351-1110; 253-967-1110. (Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base are scheduled to consolidate as a Joint base in January 2010. The Army will operate the Joint base supporting all units on the former Fort Lewis and McChord AFB.) Fort McPherson, GA 30330. Established 1885; named for MG James Birdseye McPherson, Civil War commander of the Army of the Tennessee, killed during the Battle of Atlanta, 1864; site of Army Forces Cmd.; U.S. Army Central; Army Reserve Cmd. and Installation Management Command Southeast; 1,757 mil., 1,124 reservists, 2,204 civ.; 487 acres, on the south side of Atlanta. DSN: 367-3113; (404) 464-3113. Fort Meade, MD 20755. Established 1917; named for MG George Gordon Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac, 1863 65; home of National Security Agency; Defense Information School; 89 other installation partners; 9,000 mil., 26,000 civ.; 5,067 acres, 15 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. DSN: 622-6261; (301) 677-6261. Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703. Established 1917; named for Revolutionary War battle, 1778; Army center for research, development, acquisition, fielding, sustainment and integration of superior command and control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C 4 ISR) technologies and systems for the joint warfighter; Army CECOM Life Cycle Mgmt. Cmd.; Program Executive Office (PEO)-Command, Control, Communications- Tactical; PEO-Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors; PEO-Enterprise Information Systems; Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center; U.S. Military Academy Prep. School; 423 mil., 5,518 civ.; 1,125 acres, 50 miles south of New York City. DSN: 992-9110; (732) 532-9000. Fort Monroe, VA 23651. Established 1819; named for President James Monroe; home of Army Training and Doctrine Cmd.; Army Accessions Cmd.; Headquarters Cadet Cmd.; Joint Task Force-Civil Support; Defense Contract Management Agency; Installation Management Cmd., Northeast Region; Army Contracting Agency, Northeast Region; School of Cadet Cmd.; Army Capabilities and Integration Center; Army Audit Field Office; Naval Surface Warfare Center Detachment Norfolk; 1,029 mil., 2,642 civ.; 570 acres, adjacent to Hampton. DSN: 680-2112; (757) 788-2112. Fort Myer, VA 22211 (including Fort McNair). 312 ARMY October 2009
Established 1862 as Fort Whipple, renamed Fort Myer in 1887 for BG Albert J. Myer, first chief of the Army Signal Corps; on 1 October 2009 Fort Myer becomes Joint Base Myer- Henderson Hall as it merges with adjacent Henderson Hall Marine Corps Base as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure decision to gain efficiencies as a joint military operation; home of the 3rd U.S. Infantry (The Old Guard); The U.S. Army Band (Pershing s Own); 7,800 mil., 1,374 civ.; 243.43 acres adjacent to the Arlington National Cemetery across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. DSN 426-4979; (703) 696-4979. Garrison command includes Fort McNair. Fort McNair, Washington DC 20319, is part of the Fort Myer military community. Established in 1791; named for GEN Lesley J. McNair, Army ground forces commander killed in Normandy, 1944; home of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington; Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region; National Defense University; Center of Military History; Inter-American Defense College; the Commander-in-Chief s Guard (Company A, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard); 89 acres in southwest Washington. DSN: 325-3720; (202) 685-3720. Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000. Established 1880; researches and develops advanced technology armament and munitions systems for joint military services and provides life-cycle engineering support for munition systems; houses the Joint Munitions and Lethality Life Cycle Mgmt. Cmd.; Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center; Program Executive Office, Ammunition; and elements of PM-Soldier Weapons and PEO Ground Combat Systems; 3,400 civilian and military personnel; 6,500 acres, located 32 miles west of New York City. DSN: 880-4021; Operator: (973) 724-4021. Pine Bluff Arsenal, AR 71602-9500. Established 1941; produces, stores and demilitarizes conventional ammunitions; center for illuminating and infrared munitions; produces smoke munitions; Army Center for Industrial and Technical Excellence; produces, repairs and stores chemical/biological defense products; supports storage and destruction of the second-largest chemical weapons stockpile in the United States; approx. 5 mil., 1,400 civ.; 13,500 acres, 8 miles northwest of Pine Bluff. DSN: 966-3000; (870) 540-3000. Pohakuloa Training Area, HI 96720-4607. Established 1955; named for the Hawaiian word for long stone ; supports training of active Army, Marine Corps, reserve component Fort Myer, Va. and joint/combined forces in the Pacific region; 4 mil., 190 civ.; 134,000 acres, 36 miles northwest of Hilo on the island of Hawaii. DSN: 469-7110; (808) 969-7110. Joint Readiness Training Center & Fort Polk, LA 71459. Established 1941; named for Confederate LTG Leonidas Polk, who was killed in action at Kennesaw Mountain, Ga., in 1864; home of the Joint Readiness Training Center; 4th BCT, 10th Mountain Div., 1st Maneuver Enhancement Bde.; 162nd Infantry Bde., 115th Combat Support Hospital and Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital; 9,309 mil., 6,473 civ. (including 4,511 contractors); 198,555 acres, 2 miles south of Leesville. DSN: 863-1110; (337) 531-2911. Presidio of Monterey, CA 93944-5006. Established 1847; site of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center; 392 acres in Monterey and more than 800 acres in the Ord Military Community, formerly Fort Ord, which borders Seaside Marina, Del Rey Oaks and Monterey County; 75 miles south of the San Jose International Airport. DSN: 768-5104; (831) 242-5119. Pueblo Chemical Depot, CO 81006-9330. Established 1942; stores chemical munitions; 23,000 acres at Pueblo. DSN: 749-4135; (719) 549-4135. Red River Army Depot, TX 75507-5000. Established 1941; repairs, overhauls, remanufactures and converts combat/tactical wheeled vehicles; operates DoD s only roadwheel and track-shoe rebuild/manufacturing facility; monitors and certifies the readiness of Hawk and Patriot missiles; 3 mil., 5,000 civ.; 19,000 acres, 18 miles west of Texarkana and 80 miles northwest of Shreveport, La. DSN: 829-2141; (903) 334-2141. Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5020. Established 1941; named for the red soil of the region; home to more than 50 different international, federal and DoD organizations; core Army missions of the arsenal revolve around aviation and missile systems development and sustainment; U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Cmd.; U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Mgmt. Cmd.; Program Executive Office (PEO)-Missiles and Space; PEO-Aviation; U.S. Army Ordnance Munitions and Electronics Maintenance School; FBI Hazardous Devices School; NATO Medium Extended Air Defense System Management Agency; NASA s Marshall Space Flight Center; Missile Defense Agency; 2,000 mil., 28,000 civ.; approx. 38,000 acres adjacent to southwest Huntsville. DSN: 746-2151; (256) 876-2151. Fort Richardson, AK 99505. Established 1940; named for BG Wilds P. Richardson, pioneer explorer of Alaska; U.S. Army Alaska; 4th BCT (Abn.), 25th Inf. Div.; 5,800 mil., 917 civ.; 63,000 acres adjacent to Anchorage. DSN: (317) 384-1110; (907) 384-1110. (Fort Richardson will join with Elmendorf Air Force Base in January 2010.) Fort Riley, KS 66442. Established 1853; named for MG Bennett Riley, who led the first military escort along the Santa Fe Trail; home of the 1st Inf. Div. and its 1st Bde., 2nd HBCT, 4th IBCT, Combat Avn. Bde. and Sustainment Bde.; more than 16,000 mil., 8,350 civ. (includes temp. construction workers); 100,656 acres just north of Junction City; 120 miles west of Kansas City. DSN: 856-3911; (785) 239-3911. Rock Island Arsenal, IL 61299. Established 1862; home to Headquarters, Army Sustainment Cmd.; TACOM Life Cycle Mgmt. Command Rock Island; Rock Island Arsenal Civilian Personnel Advisory Center for the East Region and North Central Area; Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Rock Island Site; Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (RIA-JMTC); 317 mil., 7,000 civ.; 946-acre island in the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Ill., and Davenport, Iowa. DSN: 793-6001; (309) 782-6001. Rocky Mountain Arsenal, CO 80022. Established 1942; responsible for contamination cleanup; 19 civ.; 3,700 acres in Commerce City, 10 miles northeast of Denver. DSN: 749-2300; (303) 289-0300. Fort Rucker, AL 36362-5000. Established 1942; named for COL Edmund W. Rucker, October 2009 ARMY 313
CSA, Confederate cavalry leader; home of U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence; Army Aviation Museum; Army Aviation Technical Test Center; Army Warrant Officer Career College; U.S. Army Combat Readiness/Safety Center; Army Aeromedical Center; Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory; Army School of Aviation Medicine; 5,584 mil., 7,496 civ.; 63,072 acres, 75 miles south of Montgomery. DSN: 558-1110; (334) 255-1110. Fort Sam Houston, TX 78234. Established 1876; named for the first elected president of the Republic of Texas; headquarters to Army Medical Cmd., U.S. Army North/Fifth Army, U.S. Army South; 5th Recruiting Bde.; 12th ROTC Bde.; San Antonio Military Entrance Processing and Procession Station; Army Medical Department Center and School; Brooke Army Medical Center; Great Plains Regional Medical Cmd.; Headquarters, Dental Command; Headquarters, Veterinary Cmd.; the Institute for Surgical Research (trauma/burn center), the Defense Medical Readiness Training Institute; the Army Medical Department NCO Academy; U.S. Medical Information Technology Center, Forces Cmd., 519th & 418th Med. Logistics Cos. and 79th Ord. Bn. (EOD); 470th Military Intelligence Bde.; 106th Signal Bde.; 410th Contracting Bde.; Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine; U.S.Army Reserve Center, 208th Regional Readiness Group, 5501st U.S. Army Hospital & 2nd Bde., 75th Div.; and Headquarters, Southwest Region, Installation Management Agency; 18,264 mil., 10,202 civ., including 2,796 contractors; 3,105 acres at San Antonio, 27,994 acres at subinstallation Camp Bullis, 35 miles northwest. DSN: 471-1211; (210) 221-1211. Schofield Barracks, HI 96857. Established 1909; named for LTG John McAllister Schofield, commander in chief of the Army, 1888 95, whose recommendations led to the first U.S. military presence in the islands; home of the 25th Inf. Div.; U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii, located at Wheeler Army Airfield, which supports 22 installations and various tenant units; approx. 13,000 mil., 5,000 civ.; more than 14,000 acres, 17 miles northwest of Honolulu. DSN: 456-7110; (808) 449-7110. Fort Shafter, HI 96858. Established 1907; named for MG William R. Shafter, Civil War hero and Spanish-American War corps commander; home of U.S. Army Pacific; 8th Theater Sustainment Cmd.; 311th Signal Cmd. (Theater); 9th Mission Support Cmd.; 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Cmd.; Installation Management Cmd. Pacific Region; Army Corps of Engineers Pacific Div.; and various tenant units; 2,438 mil., 1,316 civ.; 588 acres near Honolulu. DSN: 456-7110; (808) 449-7110. Sierra Army Depot, CA 96113-5000. Established 1942; provides worldwide expeditionary logistics support for the defenders of our nation through long-term storage; maintenance; care of supplies in storage; reset; and container management while embracing Army values; to become a modern, relevant, fully utilized military logistics installation that attracts and retains a highly skilled and diverse workforce; 820 civ.; 37,000 acres at Herlong, 55 miles north/northwest of Reno, Nev. DSN: 855-4343; (530) 827-4343. Fort Sill, OK 73503. Established 1869; named for BG Joshua W. Sill, Union commander; home of the Fires Center of Excellence; Field Artillery School; 434th Field Artillery Bde.; 479th Field Artillery Bde.; 214th Fires Bde.; 75th Fires Bde.; 4th Bn., 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment (to be activated by October 2010); 16,600 mil., 7,400 civ.; 94,000 acres, adjacent to Lawton. DSN: 639-8111; (580) 442-8111. Fort Stewart, GA 31314. Established 1940; named for BG Daniel Stewart, Georgia militia officer in the Revolutionary War; home of 3rd Infantry Division; approx. 19,000 mil., approx. 3,500 civ.; 279,000 acres at Hinesville, 40 miles southwest of Savannah. (912) 767-1411. Fort Story, VA 23459. Established 1914; named for MG John Patton Story, former chief of the Artillery School; joined with Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in 2009 under joint basing to create Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Fort Story; amphibious and logisticsover-the-shore training site for active and reserve Army, Marine Corps and Navy components; 1,117 mil., 403 civ.; 1,451 acres, Virginia Beach. DSN: 438-7101; (757) 422-7101. Sunny Point Military Ocean Terminal-Southport, NC 28461. Established 1955; plans, coordinates and executes the safe movement of munitions, explosives and other hazardous cargo through common-user ammunition terminals and seaports in the United States; provides technical assistance to commercial strategic seaports and expeditionary ammunition terminal operations; 3 mil., 280 civ.; 16,319 acres. DSN: 488-8556; (910) 457-8556. Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA 18466-5000. Established 1953; DoD s largest facility for the repair, modification, test, design, fabrication and integration of the full spectrum of command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C 4 ISR) systems, and missile guidance and control and other specialized systems; designated the Army Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence for C 4 ISR, and Electronics, Avionics and Missile Guidance and Control Systems; manages and operates 70 forward repair activities worldwide; approx. 24 mil., 4,000 gov. civ., 1,200 contractors, 390 tenants; 1,300 acres at Tobyhanna, 20 miles southeast of Scranton. DSN: 795-7000; (570) 895-7000. Tooele Army Depot, UT 84074-5000. Established 1942; stores and demilitarizes conventional weapons; designs and fabricates ammunition equipment; 1 mil., 529 civ.; 23,000 acres near Tooele (pronounced too-ella ), 35 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. DSN: 790-2211; (435) 833-2211. Tripler Army Medical Center, HI 96859. Established 1920; named for BG Charles Stuart Tripler, medical director of the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War; largest military medical treatment facility in the Pacific Basin; performs inpatient and outpatient medical services; more than 4,000 military, civilian and contractor personnel; 360 acres, near Honolulu. (808) 433-6661/6662. Umatilla Chemical Depot, OR 97838-9544. Established 1941; named for an American Indian tribe; destroys chemical munitions stored at the depot; 1,200 employees; 20,000 acres, 11 miles west of Hermiston. (541) 564-8632. U.S. Army Garrison-Detroit Arsenal, Warren, MI 48397-5000 (formerly listed as U.S. Army Garrison-Michigan). Established 1940; under the Installation Management Command Northeast Region; supports the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Cmd.; Program Executive Office (PEO) Ground Combat Systems; PEO Combat Support and Combat Service Support; Tank Automotive Research Development and Engineering Center; Program Manager Unit of action; and other government agencies within Michigan; 170 mil., 5,031 U.S. civilians and 817 contractors; 169 acres at Warren, 20 miles north of downtown Detroit and 20 miles south of the Selfridge Air National Guard Base. DSN: 786-5000; (586) 574-5000. U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center, Natick, MA 01760. Commonly known as Natick Labs, this facility performs research and development in core technologies for all the services textile technology, interactive textiles, nanotechnology, biotechnology, airdrop technology, food science, human physiology and warrior sys- 314 ARMY October 2009
Waterways Experiment Station, Miss. tems integration and develops, manages, of Cadets), 2,600 civ.; 16,000 acres on the fields and sustains products and systems to west bank of the Hudson River, 55 miles support all military services; 20 miles west of north of New York City. DSN 688-4011; (845) Boston. DSN 256-4000; (508) 233-4000. 938-4011. Fort Wainwright, AK 99703. Established White Sands Missile Range, NM 88002. Established 1945; national test range; 1,380 mil., 1961; named for GEN Jonathan M. Wainwright, hero of Bataan; home of 1st Stryker Brigade 2,475 civ., 2,906 contractor personnel; 3,200 Combat Team, 25th Inf. Div., and Task Force 49 square miles with main facilities 27 miles east (a brigade-sized aviation unit); 7,200 mil., of Las Cruces, 40 miles north of El Paso, 1,300 civ.; 1,599,738 acres adjacent to Fairbanks. DSN: (317) 353-1110; (907) 353-1110. Yakima Training Center, WA 98901. Estab- Texas. DSN: 258-2121; (575) 678-2121. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307. Established 1909; named Wash.; supporting joint and combined arms lished 1941; subinstallation of Fort Lewis, for MAJ Walter Reed, conqueror of yellow maneuver training and ranges for active and fever; site of Walter Reed Army Medical Center; Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. 400 civ.; 327,000 acres, 8 miles northeast of reserve component units and allies; 150 mil., DSN: 662-3501; (202) 782-3501. Yakima, 168 miles southeast of Tacoma. Watervliet Arsenal, NY 12189-4000. Established 1813; oldest continuously active arse- Yuma Proving Ground, AZ 85365. Estab- DSN: 638-3205; (509) 577-3205. nal in the United States. Became nation s lished 1943; performs multipurpose testing cannon factory in 1887. Conducts research, for many types of weapon systems and munitions; 175 mil., 2,400 civ.; 1.3 million acres development and manufacture of artillery weapons with its partner, the U.S. Army s with main facilities 26 miles northeast of Benét Laboratories; 1 mil., 862 civ. with arsenal and Benét Laboratories; 161 mil., 302 civ. Yuma. DSN: 899-2151; (928) 328-2151. in 30 other tenant organizations; 143 acres at Major Reserve Component Training Sites Watervliet, 7 miles north of Albany. DSN: 974- This listing does not include active posts 5111; (518) 266-5111. maintained by the Army primarily for reserve Waterways Experiment Station, MS 39180. component training; these will be found in the Established 1929 by Army Corps of Engineers; headquarters of the Army Engineer component units also conduct a portion of directory of active Army installations. Reserve Research and Development Center. Conducts their annual training on federal posts that are research supporting the warfighter and engineering and environmental sciences support- Commercial telephone numbers are for oper- continuously occupied by active Army units. ing our nation; 2 mil., 1,600 civ.; 673 acres in ator assistance at the sites listed; DSN numbers are for military points of contact. Vicksburg. (601) 634-3111. West Point, NY 10996. Oldest continuously Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training garrisoned military installation in the United Center, Edinburgh, IN 46124. DSN: 569- States; first garrisoned by the Continental 2433; (812) 526-1499. Army in January 1778; home of the U.S. Military Academy since March 16, 1802, and the Starke, FL 32091-9703. DSN: 822-3421; Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, U.S. Army Center of Excellence for the Professional Military Ethic; more than 5,500 mil. Camp Bowie MTC Complex, Brownwood, (904) 682-3421. (including 4,400 members of the U.S. Corps TX 76801. (512) 782-7635. Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico 00934. DSN: 740-3403; (787) 707-3403. Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center, Fort Chaffee, AR 72905. (479) 484-2934. U.S. Army Garrison-Fort Devens, Devens, MA 01434-4424. DSN: 256-2126; (978) 796-2126. Fort Dix, NJ 08640. DSN: 562-1011; (609) 562-1011. Camp Edwards, Mass. Mil. Res., MA 02542-5003. DSN: 557-5885; (508) 968-5885. Gowen Field, Boise, ID 83705. DSN: 422-5755; (208) 272-5755. Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center (Heavy), MI 49739-0001. DSN: 623-3100; (989) 344-6100. Camp Gruber, Braggs, OK 74423-0029. (918) 549-6001. Camp Guernsey Joint Training Center, Guernsey, WY 82214-0399. DSN: 344-7786; (307) 836-7786. Fort Hunter Liggett U.S. Army Combat Training Center, CA 93928. (831) 386-2505. Fort Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA 17003-5002. DSN: 491-2000; (717) 861-2000. Los Alamitos Army Airfield, Los Alamitos, CA 90720-5146. DSN: 972-2571; (562) 795-2571. Fort McCoy, WI 54656-5000. DSN: 280-1110; (608) 388-2222. Camp Parks U.S. Army Combat Support Training Center, Camp Parks, CA 94568. (925) 875-4650. Camp Perry Joint Training Center, Port Clinton, OH 43452. (419) 635-4021. Fort Pickett-Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center, Blackstone, VA 23824-9000. DSN: 438-8621; (434) 292-8621. Camp Rilea, Warrenton, OR 97146-9711. DSN: 355-4000; (503) 861-4000. Camp Ripley, Little Falls, MN 56345-4173. DSN: 871-2726; (320) 616-2726. Headquarters Camp Roberts, San Miguel, CA 93451-5000. DSN: 949-8000; (805) 238-3100. Camp Joseph T. Robinson, North Little Rock, AR 72199-9600. DSN: 962-5100; (501) 212-5100. Camp Santiago, Salinas, Puerto Rico 00751-1166. (787) 824-7400. Camp Shelby, MS 39407-5500. DSN: 286-2000; (601) 558-2000. Camp Swift, Bastrop, TX 78602-9737. (512) 782-7114. Camp W.G. Williams, Riverton, UT 84065-4999. DSN: 766-5400; (801) 878-5400. 316 ARMY October 2009