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Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown.It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository (also known as Fort Knox), which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold reserves, and with which it is often conflated.
The Kentucky Army National Guard was mobilized to Washington, D.C. when supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Two people died during the riots, including a U.S. Capitol police officer who died of a heart attack and an unarmed female protester who was shot by the police. [18] [19]
Since the onset of the Israel–Hamas war on 7 October 2023, militia groups supported by Iran have executed more than 170 attacks on US bases in Iraq, Jordan and Syria. [10] These attacks have resulted in injuries to dozens of troops.
Fort Campbell is home to many major military divisions, including the 101st Airborne Division, and has an active military population of more than 27,000 as of 2021, according to the military.
Command and control facility for 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell Lyndon B. Johnson and Major General Ben Sternberg at Fort Campbell on July 23, 1966.. The site for Fort Campbell was selected on September 9, 1941, and the Title I Survey was completed November 15, 1941, coincidentally the same time the Japanese Imperial Fleet was leaving Japanese home waters for the attack on Pearl Harbor.
All 91 achieved that rank while on active duty in the U.S. Army. Lieutenant generals entered the Army via several paths: 50 were commissioned via Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) at a civilian university, 26 via the U.S. Military Academy (USMA), eight via ROTC at a senior military college, five via Officer Candidate School (OCS), one via ...
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3]
On 10 January 2024, the Islamic Resistance of Iraq claimed responsibility for an attack on Hemo base in north of Hasakah province. As a result of this attack, the US withdrew from the base, evacuating 350 US soldiers and relocating them to Tal Baidar base. [68] Tal Baidar base was previously targeted by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq in ...