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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.
The Arkansas Army National Guard also operates two major training facilities, Chaffee Maneuver Training Center (formerly Fort Chaffee), located near Fort Smith, Arkansas and Robinson Maneuver Training Center (formerly Camp Joseph T. Robinson) located in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
Fort Smith, AR: 1 Oct 1961: 20 August 1962 404th Ord Company: Fort Chaffee, AR: 1 Oct 1961: 4 August 1962 216th Medical Company: Fort Benning, GA: 5 October 1961: 8 August 1962 172nd Engineer Company: Fort Bragg, NC: 7 October 1961: 3 August 1962 219th Medical Company: Fort Chaffee, AR: 9 October 1961: 11 August 1962 148th Evacuation Hospital ...
The Arkansas National Guard operates over 70 National Guard Readiness Centers (traditionally referred to as Armories) in 55 Arkansas Counties. The state also maintains two Maneuver Training Centers, Chaffee Maneuver Training Center at Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Camp Robinson Maneuver Training Center at North Little Rock, Arkansas.
In 1961, some 1,500 soldiers from the 100th were activated and sent to Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, [7] in order to provide support during the Berlin Crisis. During their time on active duty, the 100th successfully trained some 32,000 soldiers after thoroughly rebuilding and fixing the old Army base.
The brigade was required to complete a mission rehearsal exercise during the 2003 annual training which was conducted at Fort Chaffee, Arkansas. Less than a month after the completion of this major training milestone, the brigade received its alert for deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom on 28 July 2003. [citation needed]
Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas (2 C, 18 P) A. ... Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center; N. National Guard Armory (Mena ...