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Barracks are buildings used to accommodate military personnel and quasi-military personnel such as police. The English word originates from the 17th century via French and Italian from an old Spanish word barraca 'soldier's tent', [1] but today barracks are usually permanent buildings.
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 ]
Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. ... Marine Corps USA, USMC Military Base Overviews This page was last edited on 30 August 2024, at 09:52 ...
Barracks on the National Register of Historic Places (17 P) Pages in category "Barracks in the United States" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Northern Branch, Milwaukee, Wisconsin (closed 1950) United States Disciplinary Barracks, Northwestern Branch at Fort Missoula, Montana (closed 1947) United States Disciplinary Barracks, Pacific Branch on Alcatraz Island, San Francisco Bay, California (closed 1933)
The United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB), colloquially known as Leavenworth, is a military correctional facility [2] located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas. It is one of two major prisons built on Fort Leavenworth property, the other is the military Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility , which opened on 5 ...
Military installations of the United States by state (55 C) Military facilities in Washington, D.C. (3 C, 18 P) Former military installations of the United States in the United States (2 C, 9 P)
Jefferson Barracks became a major military post during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) when it served as a rest and supply station for most U.S. troops deploying to Mexico. Jefferson Barracks was the recruiting center for outfitting and training most of the regiments organized for the Mexican War in 1846, and upon the return of the ...