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Fort Ord is a former United States Army post on Monterey Bay on the Pacific Ocean coast in California, which closed in 1994 due to Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) action. . Most of the fort's land now makes up the Fort Ord National Monument, managed by the United States Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Conservation Lands, while a small portion remains an active military ...
Civilian Conservation Corps: Camp Cap Eele: Drum Barracks Camp Drum: Wilmington: Los Angeles: 1861: 1871: Union Army Fort Emory: Coronado: San Diego: 1942: 1947: United States Army Cantonment Far West [6] Camp Far West Fort Far West: Marysville : Yuba: September 28, 1849: May 4, 1852: United States Army Fort Funston: Lake Merced Military ...
Military facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area (41 P) Pages in category "Military installations in California" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
In its 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) recommendations, the Department of Defense recommended relocating the 91st Division from Parks Reserve Forces Training Area to Hunter Liggett. In 2007, the Army created the Combat Support Training Center at Fort Hunter Liggett and ramped up training from roughly 300,000 man-days per year ...
The base hosts half of the Edwards & Sanborn Solar and Energy Storage Project, with 875 megawatts of solar power and 3,287 megawatt-hours of battery storage. [29] [30] The base receives $75m during 35 years from the plant. [31] [32] As a military airbase, civilian access is severely restricted. There are three lighted, paved runways:
Civilian agency flight activities include a permanently based U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air Unit, as well as a California Department of Forestry air unit that uses the base on an intermittent basis. Dragon Flight is a civilian formation flight demonstration team, based at March, sponsored by the March Field Aero Club.
The California State Guard is authorized under the provisions of the Title 32, United States Code, Section 109(c) [12] and the California State Military Reserve Act (codified in the California Military and Veterans Code). [13] It has legal standing as part of California's Active Militia. [14]
The base was designed for blimp operations in support of the Navy's coastal patrol efforts during World War II. It was commissioned on 1 October 1942 by its commandant, Capt. Howard N. Coulter. [ 3 ] As of July 1947, the facility, under command of Capt. Benjamin May, had personnel consisting of 100 officers, 500 enlisted men and 180 civilian ...