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McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base (IATA: TYS, ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a joint military facility located at McGhee Tyson Airport. [1] It is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) south of the central business district of Knoxville, near Alcoa, Tennessee. It was the site of McGhee Tyson Air Force Base from 1952 until 1960.
Naval Support Activity Mid-South (NSA Mid-South, NAVSUPPACT Mid-South, NSAMS), in Millington, Tennessee, is a base of the United States Navy.A part of the Navy Region Southeast and the Navy Installations Command, NSA Mid-South serves as the Navy’s Human Resources Center of Excellence.
Tennessee's 45th General Assembly in 1887 established the Tennessee National Guard, as it is known today. [10] State lawmakers set up the basic conditions under which the force would operate. Tennessee was among the first states to offer her full quota of soldiers for the Spanish–American War. The equipped Tennessee Guard units were mobilized.
The Military Department headquarters is located in Nashville, Tennessee. Guard units and state armories are located in each county. TEMA has staff and facilities located across the state. The military department, through the National Guard, runs the Tennessee National Guard Volunteer ChalleNGe Academy. [2]
The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA), headquartered at Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia, is an agency of the United States Department of Defense (DoD) that operates nearly 240 commissaries worldwide. American military commissaries sell groceries and household goods to active-duty, Guard, Reserve, and retired members of all eight uniformed services of ...
Camp Peay was named after 1920s Tennessee Governor Austin Peay and built east of Tullahoma as a National Guard Camp in 1926. Camp Peay covered 1,040 acres (4.2 km 2). Camp Forrest covered 85,000 acres (340 km 2) located just beyond the old Camp Peay. The camp was a training area for infantry, artillery, engineer, and signal organizations.
A secondary benefit of US military Commissaries is the opportunity for employment of family members. [6] This is especially significant in overseas locations where acquiring a job could prove difficult for U.S. citizens. A U.S. military commissary offers food and household items sold at cost plus five percent surcharge, eliminating sales tax. [7]
McGhee Tyson Airport (IATA: TYS [3], ICAO: KTYS, FAA LID: TYS) is a public/military airport 12 miles (19 km) south of Knoxville, [4] in Alcoa, Tennessee.It is named for United States Navy pilot Charles McGhee Tyson, who was killed in World War I.