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Sahl Sinjar Air Base (Abandoned 1991) US Military Designations: Camp Sinjar United States Army facility closed 2004, now abandoned. Samarra East Air Base (Al Bakr Airfield) Former Iraqi Air Force hardened "Super Base" US Military Designations: FOB McKenzie, FOB Pacesetter Active United States Army facility. Shaykh Mazhar Air Base (Abandoned 2003)
Fort Yuma. Oakland Army Base. Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Mather Air Force Base. McClellan Air Force Base. Presidio of San Francisco. Sacramento Army Depot. San Carlos War Dog Training Center. Colorado.
November 21, 1978. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island (often abbreviated as MCRD PI) is an 8,095-acre (32.76 km 2) military installation located within Port Royal, South Carolina, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Beaufort, the community that is typically associated with the installation. MCRD Parris Island is used for United States ...
Built. 1940-1944. In use. 1940-present. During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in South Carolina for antisubmarine defense in the Gulf of Mexico and for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army ...
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3]
First and Thirteenth S, North Charleston, South Carolina. / 32.86056°N 79.96472°W / 32.86056; -79.96472. Charleston Naval Shipyard (formerly known as the Charleston Navy Yard) was a U.S. Navy ship building and repair facility located along the west bank of the Cooper River, in North Charleston, South Carolina and part of Naval Base ...
Location. Former Charleston Navy Base including portions of Turnbull Avenue, Hobby Street, Avenue F, Avenue G, Avenue H, Avenue I, Truxton Avenue, and Marine Avenue, North Charleston, South Carolina. Coordinates. 32°51′55″N 79°58′33″W. / 32.86528°N 79.97583°W / 32.86528; -79.97583. Area.
Fort Sumter is a sea fort built on an artificial island near Charleston, South Carolina to defend the region from a naval invasion. It was built after British forces captured and occupied Washington during the War of 1812 via a naval attack. The fort was still incomplete in 1861 when the Battle of Fort Sumter occurred from April 12 to 13 ...