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Pages in category "Military installations in West Virginia" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Camp Dawson was established on May 7, 1909, when the West Virginia Legislature authorized the purchase of 196.5 acres (0.795 km 2) of land on Dunkard Bottom along the Cheat River. The camp was named in honor of William M. O. Dawson , a native of Preston County, who had just left office as Governor of West Virginia in 1908.
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As of May 2016 the U.S. Air Force has been investigating whether industrial chemicals have seeped from the 167th Airlift Wing base into the groundwater. [2]In August 2014, the Air Force had found 10 areas where aqueous film forming foam may have entered the soil including "a former fire-training area, three hangars, two buildings, a fire-truck testing area, two storage areas and a wastewater ...
Newfoundland Base Command: Canada: 1945–1961: CFS St. John's: Schleissheim Army Airfield Germany: 1948–1973: Flugplatz Schleißheim: Tempelhof Central Airport Germany: 1923–1994: Tempelhofer Feld: Wildflecken Army Airfield Germany: Würzburg Army Airfield Germany: 1936–2008
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [3]
Sugar Grove is located in the National Radio Quiet Zone covering 13,000 square miles (34,000 km 2) in West Virginia and Virginia. The zone was established by Congress in 1958 to facilitate its mission and that of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory located 30 miles (48 km) away at Green Bank in Pocahontas County , West Virginia .
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 and abroad.