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At present, U.S. Army Fort Hamilton Garrison is the home of the New York City Recruiting Battalion, the Military Entrance Processing Station, the North Atlantic Division Headquarters of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the 1179th Transportation Brigade and the 722nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, the latter organization being a ...
It then was the site of the United States Army Chaplain school, while also hosting the Fort Wadsworth Museum within Fort Tompkins, which displayed free exhibits depicting the history of the fort and the U.S. Army. [14] The base was turned over to the United States Navy in 1979, which used it as the headquarters of Naval Station New York.
Fort Arlington, Arlington Heights, Illinois; Green River Ordnance Plant; Haley Army Airfield; Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, Joliet, Illinois; Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois; Savanna Army Depot, Savanna, Illinois (Closed circa 2000)
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Effective January 1, 1982, the Assistant Secretary of the Army changed the processing stations' names from Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations (AFEES) to MEPS. The command's motto is Freedom's Front Door , signifying that a service member's military career starts when they walk through the doors of the MEPS.
In 1921, the division was reconstituted in the National Guard, allotted to the state of New York in the Second Corps Area, and assigned to the II Corps. The division headquarters was reorganized and federally recognized at New York City on 23 December 1921. The 53rd Infantry Brigade initially consisted of the 105th and 106th Infantry Regiments.
The Fort Washington Avenue Armory, also known as the Fort Washington Armory, The Armory, and the 22nd Regiment Armory, is a historic 5,000-seat arena [3] and armory building located at 216 Fort Washington Avenue, between West 168th and 169th Streets, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
Bibliography of New York Army National Guard History compiled by the United States Army Center of Military History; The Civil War Archive; New York Army National Guard, accessed 22 Dec 2016; GlobalSecurity.org, New York Army National Guard, accessed 26 Nov 2006; Unit Designations in the Army Modular Force, accessed 23 Nov 2006