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MCB Camp Blaz is named after Guam local, Brigadier General Vicente T. "Ben" Blaz. Blaz was the first person of an ethnic minority to reach general rank in the USMC and the highest ranking Chamorro ever, as well as Guam's delegate to Congress from 1985 to 1993. [3] The base officially opened on January 25, 2023, with a ceremony on January 26.
This is a list of installations used by the United States Marine Corps, organized by type and state. Most US states do not have active Marine Corps bases; however, many do have reserve bases and centers. In addition, the Marine Corps Security Force Regiment maintains Marines permanently at numerous naval installations across the United States ...
Camp: Anah COP Ocotal: Anah: Al Anbar: 1/4 TF Highlander in '07 w/1st LAR, 3/4 in '06/'07, and many others over years. Large SVBIED at TCP Alpha 20070507. Camp: Andaluz (Spanish Camp) Kufa: Najaf: Used by Spanish troops [citation needed] Camp: Anderson: Diwaniya: Al-QÄdisiyyah: 35 miles south of Baghdad Camp: Camp Apache Camp Gunner Main ...
Construction has begun on Texas' military base camp in Eagle Pass, near the Texas-Mexico border, which is expected to house about 1,800 Texas National Guard troops as part of the state's border ...
Joint Base San Antonio – located 8 kilometers (5 miles) north of San Antonio, Texas; Joint Base Langley-Eustis – located 12 kilometers (8 miles) east of Newport News, Virginia; Joint Region Marianas – combines Naval Base Guam, Andersen Air Force Base and Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz
Gov. Abbott announces plan for permanent military 'base camp' at Texas-Mexico border. Gannett. John C. Moritz, Austin American-Statesman. February 16, 2024 at 6:15 PM.
As part of that drawdown, the establishment of a Marine Corps Base Guam was planned. In 2018, the Secretary of the Navy approved the renaming of Marine Corps Base Guam in honor of the late Brigadier General Blaz. On 30 September 2020 the new base was activated as Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz.
The location where the Córdova crossing was situated (which used to be the only Texas-Mexico border crossing not at the Rio Grande) now lies on Mexican land, on the campus of the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez. The crossing closed in 1967 when the new Bridge of the Americas crossing opened, where the new Rio Grande channel and new ...