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Fort Stewart is named for Brigadier General Daniel Stewart, a hero of the Revolutionary War and a political leader from Liberty County, Georgia. [9] It is the largest Army installation east of the Mississippi River, covering 280,000 acres (1,100 km 2), which include parts of Liberty, Long, Bryan, Evans and Tattnall Counties.
Stewart Airfield opened in 1934 at the direction of Douglas MacArthur as a training facility for the nearby United States Military Academy (West Point). The base is named in honor of a 19th-century Scottish-born sea captain, Lachlan Stewart, and his son, who donated the land it now occupies. [2] It was built out significantly during World War II.
In 1953, the training of armor units was added. In 1959, the Army made the post a permanent United States Army facility, designated it as an Armor and Artillery Training Center, renaming it Fort Stewart. Camp Stewart Army Airfield was renamed Wright Army Airfield and used as a military airport within the Fort Stewart facility.
Fort Carson, Colorado: 4th Infantry Division: Active 14th Air Support Operations Squadron: Pope Field, North Carolina: 82d Airborne Division: Active 15th Air Support Operations Squadron: Fort Stewart, Georgia: 3rd Infantry Division: Active 16th Air Support Operations Squadron: Fort Richardson, Alaska: 25th Infantry Division: Inactive 17th Air ...
Soldiers from the 92nd Engineer Battalion complete guard towers along Forward Operating Base Hammer's 14-kilometer, 10-foot-high perimeter berm in Iraq. 557th Expeditionary RED HORSE Airmen and Soldiers from the 92nd Engineer Battalion's "Black Diamonds" were tasked to bed down the Army's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, from ...
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As the number of Vietnamese flight students increased, flight training for U.S. Army officers and warrant officers at Hunter was gradually phased out, ending on 16 June 1970. In 1973, Hunter AAF was deactivated, but it was later reopened in 1975, serving as a support facility for the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized), at Fort Stewart. The ...
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