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Hohenfels (literally High Cliffs) is a municipality in the district of Neumarkt in the region of Upper Palatinate (‹See Tfd› German: Oberpfalz) in Bavaria, Germany.The town is host to the United States Army Garrison Hohenfels, which operates the Joint Multinational Readiness Center for training of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) armed forces.
U.S. Army Garrison Bavaria Installations in Bavaria, Germany. The United States Army Garrison Bavaria is a Army garrison of the United States Army headquartered in Grafenwöhr, Germany, with four locations, which include Grafenwöhr (Tower Barracks), Vilseck (Rose Barracks), Hohenfels (Hohenfels Training Area) and Garmisch (George C. Marshall Center and NATO School), along with Grafenwöhr ...
2,188. 667. Asphalt. Source: DoD FLIP [1] Hohenfels Army Airfield (ICAO: ETIH) is a military airport near Hohenfels, a small town in Bavaria, Germany. It is part of the Hohenfels Training Area, which hosts the U.S. Army's Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC). As part of JMRC, the airfield is used by helicopters in support of exercises ...
In 1948, the Grafenwoehr Training Area was assigned to the 7th Army and designated a tank training center. In 1959, Grafenwoehr becomes headquarters of the Seventh Army Training Center, incorporating the Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas to become the largest training complex in Germany.
The military training area was established in 1907 by clearing at least 58 smaller villages, [3] and used to train troops for the III Royal Bavarian Corps. [1] [4] Undergoing a major expansion from 96 to 230 square kilometres (37 to 89 square miles) in 1938 and forcibly evicting more than 3,500 people from their villages, [3] the base was used by the Wehrmacht to practice blitzkrieg tactics.
Grafenwöhr Training Area: Germany: ETIC [8] Hohenfels Army Airfield: Hohenfels Training Area: Germany: ETIH [8] Illesheim Army Heliport: Storck Barracks: Germany: ETIK [8] Kastner Army Heliport: Camp Zama: Japan: RJTR [9] Patton Army Heliport: Camp Arifjan: Kuwait: OK2A [a] [8] Stuttgart Army Airfield Germany: EDDS [b] [8] Udairi Landing Zone ...
The German Army founded a training area near Hohenfels, Bavaria in 1938. A troop camp for trainees, located in a high valley surrounded by dense woodland and hills at a homestead called 'Polnrich', was commandeered for use as a Prisoner of War camp in 1939. At first it was used for Allied NCOs and named Oflag IIIC but was later renamed Stalag ...
The battalion deployed to Hohenfels Training Area in Germany in October 1976 as part of the rotations in place at the time, and redeployed in March 1977, remaining at Fort Hood until inactivation on 31 May 1981. On 28 August 1987, the unit was activated at Fort Moore, Georgia as part of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.