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Carlisle Barracks is a United States Army facility located in Pennsylvania, with a Carlisle post office address and with a portion in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The site of the U.S. Army War College, it is the nation's second-oldest active military base.
The installation is an active National Guard Training Center and serves as headquarters for the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs and the Pennsylvania National Guard. [3] The post includes about 18,000 acres (73 km 2 ) of land, with numerous ranges and training areas for the Pennsylvania National Guard and other active ...
Pages in category "Military facilities in Pennsylvania" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Letterkenny Army Depot (originally Letterkenny Ordnance Depot), the Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for Air Defense and Tactical Missile Systems, was established in early 1942. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its leadership began recruiting civilian personnel in July 1942.
The Susquehanna River forms the base's eastern boundary. The depot covers 851 acres (344 ha) and includes the Administrative Support Center East and DLA Distribution. It employs about 3,000 civilian and 100 military personnel. The Quartermaster Corps originally built the depot at New Cumberland in 1918, naming it the Marsh Run Storage Depot. [1]
The Pennsylvania Army National Guard, abbreviated PAARNG, is part of the United States Army National Guard and is based in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Together with the Pennsylvania Air National Guard , it is directed by the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs .
In April 1949, most of the military reservation was returned to Pennsylvania, and converted into Game Land 127, Gouldsboro State Park, and Tobyhanna State Park, while 1,400 acres (5.7 km²), after briefly being transferred to Pennsylvania, were reacquired by the Army Signal Corps in 1951 as the Tobyhanna Army Depot.
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Pennsylvania (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Military installations in Pennsylvania" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.