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Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park and Campground. The Larry and Penny Thompson Memorial Park is the largest park/campground in Miami-Dade County (Florida). [1] The park, adjacent to Zoo Miami, totals 270 acres (of which 60 acres is dedicated to camping). [2] It is located in southwest Miami, two miles west of the Florida Turnpike's Exit 13 ...
Camp Blanding is the primary training site for most of the Florida National Guard's military units and the main combat arms brigade, the 53rd Infantry Brigade of the Florida Army National Guard. It is also home to the headquarters and support companies of the 3- 20th Special Forces Group, the 211th Infantry Regiment, and the 2-111th Airfield ...
Fort Jefferson is a former U.S. military coastal fortress in the Dry Tortugas National Park of Florida. It is the largest brick masonry structure in the Americas, [ 2][ 3] covering 16 acres (6.5 ha) and made with over 16 million bricks. [ 4] Among United States forts, only Fort Monroe in Virginia and Fort Adams in Rhode Island are larger.
Naval Air Station Ellyson Field. Naval Air Station Jacksonville. Naval Air Station Lake City. Naval Air Station Melbourne. Naval Air Station Pensacola Corry Station. Naval Air Station Richmond. Naval Air Station Whiting Field. Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division. Naval Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce.
Engraving of wartime Fort Pickens. Fort Pickens is a pentagonal historic United States military fort on Santa Rosa Island in the Pensacola, Florida, area. It is named after American Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens. It is the largest of four forts built to defend Pensacola Bay and its navy yard. [ 2]
Naval Air Station Lee Field. Naval Air Station Lee Field was a United States Navy air base that opened on September 11, 1940, in Green Cove Springs, Florida to support the World War II efforts. The Air Station was on the St. Johns River in Clay County, Florida. The Air Station and Navy base was on 1,560 acres.
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]
American military history - Volume 1 - the United States Army and the forging of a nation, 1775 - 1917, second edition (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Center of Military History, United States Army. ISBN 0-16-072362-0 "Map 20" on page 170 of this book shows the location of Florida forts and battles during the Second Seminole War (1835 - 1842).