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This is a list of installations used by the United States Marine Corps, organized by type and state. Most US states do not have active Marine Corps bases; however, many do have reserve bases and centers. In addition, the Marine Corps Security Force Regiment maintains Marines permanently at numerous naval installations across the United States ...
Fort Crockett is a government reservation on Galveston Island overlooking the Gulf of Mexico originally built as a defense installation to protect the city and harbor of Galveston and to secure the entrance to Galveston Bay, thus protecting the commercial and industrial ports of Galveston and Houston and the extensive oil refineries in the bay area.
The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary ( FGBNMS) is a United States National Marine Sanctuary located 100 nautical miles (190 km) offshore of Galveston, Texas, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. It contains the northernmost coral reefs in the United States. Underlying salt domes forced the seafloor upward in various areas of the ...
Ellington Field was officially inactivated by the Air Force in 1976 and all Air Force Reserve squadrons were transferred to other military facilities; however, the Texas Air National Guard, the Texas Army National Guard, the U.S. Army Reserve, U.S. Navy Reserve, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, the U.S. Coast Guard (Coast Guard Air Station Houston ...
Hurricane Allen (1980) near landfall. August 10, 1980 – Hurricane Allen makes landfall near Brownsville as a Category 3 hurricane. A wind gust of 140 mph (230 km/h) is reported in Port Mansfield. Heavy rainfall is reported across South Texas, with a peak of 20.2 in (510 mm) in Kingsville.
San Antonio. Dyess Air Force Base. Abilene. Goodfellow Air Force Base. San Angelo. Laughlin Air Force Base. Del Rio. Sheppard Air Force Base. Wichita Falls.
Tropical Storm Beryl became "better organized" as it approached the U.S. Gulf Coast on Sunday, still working to reach hurricane status again before making landfall, forecasters predicted.
Number built. 9 – Lockheed Martin 420K. 2 – Lockheed Martin 275K. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. The Tethered Aerostat Radar System ( TARS) [ 2] is an American low-level airborne ground surveillance system that uses aerostats ( moored balloons) as radar platforms. Similar systems include the EL/M-2083 and JLENS.