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Camp Bragg was established in 1918 as an artillery training ground. The Chief of Field Artillery, General William J. Snow, was seeking an area having suitable terrain, adequate water, rail facilities, and a climate suitable for year-round training, and he decided that the area now known as Fort Liberty met all of the desired criteria. [5]
After five years, Camp Bragg became a permanent Army post renamed Fort Bragg, now known as Fort Liberty. Original operations included photographing terrain for mapping, carrying the mail, and spotting for artillery and forest fires. Observation planes and observation balloons occupied Pope Field for the first eight years.
Camp Mackall is an active U.S. Army training facility located in eastern Richmond County and northern Scotland County, North Carolina, south of the town of Southern Pines.The facility is in close proximity to and is a subinstallation of Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) (home to the XVIII Airborne Corps, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the U.S. Army Special Operations Command headquarters).
King was also responsible as a young officer during World War I for surveying local land for a new artillery post in the North Carolina Sandhills that’d later be known as Camp Bragg, Fort Bragg ...
Former President Trump on Friday vowed to revert North Carolina’s Fort Liberty back to Fort Bragg if he’s elected this fall, a little over a year after the military installation was ...
Established in 1918, the North Carolina base was originally named for General Braxton Bragg, who s North Carolina's Fort Bragg sheds Confederate name, becomes Fort Liberty Skip to main content
From August 2009 through October 2014, the 18th Fires Brigade wore the "All American" patch of the 82nd Airborne Division. The 18th Fires Brigade became a general support field artillery brigade in July 2008 and was under the Training Readiness Oversight of the 82d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. [9]
Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort Liberty in a ceremony some veterans said was a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and ...