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New Bedford Army Airfield [24] Otis Army Airfield [1] Armories. Hudson Armory [26] Lawrence Light Guard Armory [27] Springfield Armory [28] Water Shops Armory [29] Arsenals. Charlestown Arsenal [30] Watertown Arsenal [31] Bases. South Boston Army Base [32] Camps. Camp Adams [33] Camp Andrew [34] [35] Camp Banks [36] Camp Brigham [37] Camp ...
Garrison. Nahant, Massachusetts. East Point Military Reservation was a World War I and World War II coastal defense site located in Nahant, Massachusetts. In 1955–62 it was a Nike missile launch site. [1] In 1967 the site was converted into the Marine Science Center of Northeastern University.
Fort Devens is a United States Army Reserve military installation in the towns of Ayer and Shirley, in Middlesex County and Harvard in Worcester County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Due to extensive environmental contamination it was listed as a superfund site in 1989.
Current. commander. LtCol Eric R Kruse. 1st Battalion, 25th Marines (1/25) is a reserve infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps located throughout New England and upstate New York and consisting of approximately 850 Marines and Sailors. The battalion falls under the 25th Marine Regiment in the 4th Marine Division.
Camp Myles Standish. Camp Myles Standish was a U.S. Army camp located in Taunton, Massachusetts, during World War II. It was the main staging area for the Boston Port of Embarkation, [1] with about a million U.S. and Allied soldiers passing through the camp on their way overseas or returning for demobilization after the war.
In 1993, the Boston Minuteman Council #227 was formed from the merger of Minuteman Council #240 (Stoneham, 1959–1993) and the Greater Boston Council #227 (Boston, 1980–1993), formerly Boston Council #227 (1921-1980 when only the name changed). [1] In 1966, the Quincy Council (Quincy, Massachusetts) (1918–1966) merged with the Boston ...
October 15, 1970. Fort Independence is a granite bastion fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston, Massachusetts, located on Castle Island. Fort Independence is one of the oldest continuously fortified sites of English origin in the United States. [2][3] The first primitive fortification was called "The Castle", placed on the site in 1634.
The Massachusetts National Guard is the National Guard component for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded as the Massachusetts Bay Colonial Militia on December 13, 1636, it contains the oldest units in the United States Army. [1] What is today's Massachusetts National Guard evolved through many different forms.