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Fort McPherson's nearest Army neighbor, and its sub-post, was Fort Gillem, previously established as the Atlanta Army Depot in 1941, is located in Forest Park, Georgia, approximately 11 miles to the southeast. Fort Gillem was a logistical support base, housing some Army, Department of Defense, and other government agencies.
On May 13, 2005, the Base Realignment and Closure commission recommended that Fort Gillem, along with Fort McPherson and the Navy Supply Corps School be closed. [5] An exit ceremony was held at Fort Gillem on June 3, 2011, and First Army troops stationed there were transferred to the Rock Island Arsenal in Rock Island, Illinois. [5]
Fort Yuma; Oakland Army Base; Mare Island Naval Shipyard; ... Fort Gillem; Fort McPherson; Fort Oglethorpe; Idaho Idaho Launch Complex; Illinois Camp Lincoln; Camp Ellis;
Morris Army Airfield (IATA: FOP, FAA LID: 65GA) was a military airport located at Fort Gillem, within the city of Forest Park in Clayton County, Georgia, southwest of the city of Atlanta, Georgia, just 3.8 miles (6.1 km) east of the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Fort Belvoir Community Hospital, reorganized and redesignated as the Alexander T. Augusta Military Medical Center on 19 May 2023 in honor of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Alexander T. Augusta, the first African-American Medical Corps officer to serve in the United States Army, during the U.S. Civil War.
Military bases and the neighborhoods surrounding them often seem like the ultimate refuge of middle- American values. Run with military efficiency and discipline, the well-trimmed yards, cleanly ...
The DoD realigned 307 military bases beginning with an announcement in October 1969. [12] ... Fort Gillem, Georgia; Fort McPherson, Georgia; Fort Monmouth, New Jersey;
The laws gained traction after what authorities suspected to be a Chinese spy balloon flew over the U.S. and entities connected to China purchased land near military bases in North Dakota and Texas.