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Fort Irwin National Training Center (Fort Irwin NTC) is a major training area for the United States military in the Mojave Desert in northern San Bernardino County, California. Fort Irwin is at an average elevation of 2,454 feet (748 m). [ 1 ]
A United States Uniformed Services Privilege and Identification Card (also known as U.S. military ID, Geneva Conventions Identification Card, or less commonly abbreviated USPIC) is an identity document issued by the United States Department of Defense to identify a person as a member of the Armed Forces or a member's dependent, such as a child ...
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A California Historical Landmark, [11] Fort Bragg was founded in 1857 prior to the American Civil War as a military garrison rather than a fortification. [13] It was named after army officer Braxton Bragg , who at the time had served the U.S. in the Mexican–American War (and would later serve in the Confederate Army during the Civil War).
Camp Roberts is a California National Guard post in central California, located on both sides of the Salinas River in Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties, [1] now run by the California Army National Guard. It was opened in 1941 and is named after Corporal Harold W. Roberts, a World War I Medal of Honor recipient. [1]
Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW, FAA LID: EDW) is a United States Air Force installation in California.Most of the base sits in Kern County, but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County.
Training Center Petaluma is a Coast Guard training facility in the northern California counties of Sonoma and Marin. Formerly the installation was the United States Army "Two Rock Station" . [ 1 ] Approximately 4,000 military students train there each year. [ 1 ]
The Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge is a 920-acre (370 ha) salt marsh located within the boundaries of the Weapons Station.. Marsh wetlands of the Wildlife Refuge. An Installation Restoration (IR) project is underway at the base to clean up environmental hazards and restore damaged areas.