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Fort Bragg is a city along the North Coast of California in Mendocino County. The city is 24 miles (39 km) west of Willits, [12] at an elevation of 85 feet (26 m). [4] Its population was 6,983 at the 2020 census. Fort Bragg is a tourist destination because of its views of the Pacific Ocean.
The 97th Civil Affairs Battalion (Special Operations) (Airborne) is a civil affairs battalion of the 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne) based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. It is a member of the only active duty Special Operations Civil Affairs unit in the United States Department of Defense .
The Ten Mile State Marine Reserve, Ten Mile Beach State Marine Conservation Area and Ten Mile Estuary State Marine Conservation Area are located between Westport and Fort Bragg along the California coast north of San Francisco. The Ten Mile State Marine Reserve encompasses 12 square miles, while the Marine Conservation Area totals 3.5 square miles.
Westport (formerly Beall's Landing) is an unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California, United States. [1] It is located on California State Route 1, near the Pacific Ocean, [2] 13 miles (21 km) north of Fort Bragg, [3] and at an elevation of 125 feet (38 m).
Fort Bragg (formerly Fort Liberty from 2023 to 2025), is a U.S. Army military installation located in North Carolina. It ranks among the largest military bases in the world by population, with more than 52,000 military personnel. [ 2 ]
Trains brought logs from the Ten Mile River to the Fort Bragg sawmill until the rails were replaced by a haul road for logging trucks in 1949, [6] when descendants of Duncan and Jessie MacKerricher sold the MacKerricher property to the state of California, which made it a state park. [1]
The command originated in 1950, when the U.S. Army developed the Psychological Warfare (PSYWAR) Division of the Army General School at Fort Riley, Kansas.The U.S. Army Psychological Warfare Center and School, which included operational tactical units and a school under the same umbrella, moved to Fort Bragg in 1952.
One notable feature of the school was the “MATA Mile” – a running course through the woods alongside Gruber Road at Fort Bragg. Students were provided with ST 31-179, MATA Handbook for Vietnam (January 1966). [citation needed] The SFABs carry on the FID mission of conventional foreign forces today.