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Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, also known as Fort Chaffee, is an Arkansas Army National Guard installation located in western Arkansas, adjacent to the city of Fort Smith. Established as Camp Chaffee in 1941, renamed to Fort Chaffee in 1956, it has served as a U.S. Army base, training camp, prisoner-of-war camp , and refugee camp .
The Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center had previously been used as a detention center for Vietnamese refugees and Carter negotiated with Arkansas governor Bill Clinton for the use of the center to process Cuban refugees. At first Clinton feared the plan, and instead requested that they be processed on an aircraft carrier.
FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — According to a National Guard release, a new era has officially arrived at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith. Monday, the first pair of F-35A Lightning ...
Arkansas Army National Guard units are trained and equipped as part of the United States Army. The same ranks and insignia are used and National Guardsmen are eligible to receive all United States military awards. The Arkansas National Guard also bestows a number of state awards for local services rendered in or to the State of Arkansas.
5.1.4 Arkansas air force bases. ... 5.2.19 Singapore air force bases. ... Robinson Maneuver Training Center (ARNG) Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center ...
The Arkansas National Guard assisted with processing over 10,000 evacuees through the Chaffee Maneuver Training Center (Fort Chaffee) at Fort Smith Arkansas. Arkansas National Guard units were among the last to leave Louisiana, finally handing off its missions to the Louisiana National Guard in February 2006. [8]
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English: Col. Mark Anderson (Tail No. 188), 188th Fighter Wing commander, and Maj. Doug Davis (Tail No. 639), 188th Detachment 1 commander, conduct a training mission Dec. 30, 2013, over Razorback Range, located at Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center, Ark. The photos were captured from a 189th Airlift Wing C-130 Hercules.