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Fort Hunter Liggett is a United States Army post in Jolon, California, in southern Monterey County, California. The fort, named in 1941 after General Hunter Liggett , is primarily used as a training facility, where activities such as field maneuvers and live fire exercises are performed.
Jolon (/ h oʊ ˈ l oʊ n /; Spanish: Jolón; [2] Salinan: Xolon) [3] is a small unincorporated village in southern Monterey County, California. [1] Jolon is located on the San Antonio River Valley, west of Salinas Valley and is entirely surrounded by Fort Hunter Liggett.
Camp Roberts is roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) southeast of Fort Hunter Liggett. Camp Roberts is host to annual training for California Army National Guard units and the British Army [citation needed]. As of 2014, Camp Roberts is undergoing major renovations, including demolition of World War II-era barracks.
British forces also train at California’s Camp Roberts and Fort Hunter Liggett, and the RAF’s No. 39 Squadron—which operated the RAF’s unmanned aircraft program—was based out of Creech ...
Its headquarters was at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area (PRFTA), Dublin, California, [16] when the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended the Department of Defense relocate the 91st Division to Fort Hunter Liggett. [4] The four brigades of the 91st Division were redesignated as separate brigades: [citation needed]
Cueva Pintada is located southwest of King City, California, in southern Monterey County on the Fort Hunter Liggett reservation. [1] The cave is situated to the north of the Mission San Antonio de Padua by about five miles, and east of the San Antonio River. [2] It is archaeological site CA-MNT-256. [citation needed]
In his honor, the United States Army named a base on California's central coast, Fort Hunter Liggett. [7] [8] Liggett Hall is a regimental-sized barracks building constructed at Fort Jay on Governors Island in New York Harbor. Completed in 1930, it was thought to be the largest building constructed by the U.S. Army and was the largest structure ...
The 10-day “Klan Fiesta” at the Fresno fairgrounds drew 50,000 attendees from throughout California and the Southwest. ... Fresno was a prime location to hold the congregation for two ...