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After the War of 1812, the U.S. Congress realized coastal cities did not have adequate defenses, so they prescribed the Federal Fortifications Act.The Act, signed by Congress on July 19, 1832, provided over $180,000 (~$6.05 million in 2023) (USD) for the acquisition of lands, the building of barracks to house U.S. Troops, and the establishment of command and control centers. [3]
The camp was opened in 1942 as the New Orleans Army Air Base. The site was across the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal from the New Orleans Municipal Airport . In 1947 a formal ceremony was held at the New Orleans Port of Embarkation Personnel Center to rename the base after World War II Medal of Honor recipient Leroy Johnson . [ 1 ]
Robert F. Broussard, United States Senator from Louisiana, urged Quartermaster General of the United States Army Henry Granville Sharpe to consider New Orleans as a location for a new supply depot to equip Gulf Coast military regiments that had formed in response to the 1917 outbreak of World War I. [2] Construction was completed in 1919, making it one of thirteen Army supply depots in the ...
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Fort Liberty is one of the Army’s biggest installations in the US, with more than 50,000 military service members assigned to the base, and tens of thousands more civilians and military family ...
The United States Military Entrance Processing Command (USMEPCOM) is a Major Command of the U.S. Department of Defense. The organization screens and processes enlisted recruits into the United States Armed Forces in the 65 Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS) it operates throughout the United States.
(Reuters) -Shamsud-Din Jabbar, the 42-year-old Texas man accused of crashing a truck into New Year's Day revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 and injuring dozens of people, served in the U.S. Army ...
The 141st Field Artillery is an historic American military unit that is currently part of the Louisiana Army National Guard [2] headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. [3] It traces its lineage to a militia artillery battery back to 1838, and its heritage includes substantial combat service in several major wars.