Fort Bragg, North Carolina
Fort Bragg is one of the largest bases of the US Army and is located west of Fayetteville (North Carolina) in Cumberland County and Hoke County . The base was after Braxton Bragg , a General of the Army of the Confederate States of America and veteran of the American-Mexican war named.
General
Founded on September 4, 1918 as Camp Bragg , Fort Bragg is today with around 43,000 soldiers (10% of the active Army personnel) and 8,000 civilian employees the largest Army base and the world's largest facility for airborne troops and one of the largest military complexes in the world. The most important replenishment centers and most important training facilities of the US Army as well as the soldiers' accommodations are located on the 650 km² site .
Known as the Home of The Airborne and Special Operations Forces , Fort Bragg is the headquarters of the Paratroopers of the US Army, XVIII. US Airborne Corps (XVIII. Airborne Corps) and the operational command for special units of the US Army, the US Army Special Operations Command .
In addition to the center for parachute jump training (up to 100,000 jumps per year), the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School , the training academy for special forces , is also located here . Fort Bragg has the most modern exercise and training area of the US Army.
At the same time, the base is also the center for the military fight against terrorism . This area used by the Delta Force is specially secured and only accessible to non-uniters with a special permit. The unit's training ground, called Range 19 , was modernized for $ 80 million in the early 1980s and is also used by the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team for joint exercises.
In the 1970s, the base hit the headlines for a triple homicide committed by Jeffrey MacDonald , Captain of the Green Berets .
On October 27, 1995, William Kreutzer Jr. killed an officer and injured 18 soldiers.
Stationed units
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XVIII. U.S. Airborne Corps
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82nd Airborne Division
- 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne)
- 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne)
- 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne)
- 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne)
- 82nd Army Aviation Brigade
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1. Logistics command
- 82nd Logistics Brigade
- 16th Military Police Brigade
- 18th Artillery Brigade
- 20th Engineer Brigade
- 44th Medical Brigade
- 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade
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US Army Special Operations Command
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Special Forces Command (Airborne) (Green Berets)
- 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne)
- John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
- Special Operations Support Command (Airborne)
- 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne)
- 95th Civil Affairs Brigade (Airborne)
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- 108th Air Defense Brigade
- 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne) (Delta Force)
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Attached military facilities
Air relocation and embarkation assembly points
People born in the base
- Hal Daub (* 1941), politician
- Chris Hanburger (born 1941), American football player
- Raymond Floyd (born 1942), professional golfer
- Michael Blake (1945–2015), writer and screenwriter
- William Joseph Burns (born 1956), diplomat and assistant secretary of state
- Walter Malmquist (* 1956), Nordic combined athlete and ski jumper
- Patricia Horoho (* 1960), officer and surgeon general of the United States Army
- Julianne Moore (* 1960), actress
- Bobby Lashley (born 1976), wrestler, wrestler and MMA fighter
- Dana DeArmond (* 1979), porn actress
- Cliff Hammonds (born 1985), basketball player
- Judith Scott (* before 1990), actress
Web links
- Official website of Fort Bragg (English)
- Fort Bragg in global security (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ […] The 1st Special Forces Detachment-Delta [SFOD-D] and Hostage Rescue Team [HRT] of FBI train together at the $ 80 million upgraded Range 19 in Ft. Bragg, NC. HRT also maintains an office at JSOC HQ at Pope AFB adjacent to Ft. Bragg. […] See at globalsecurity.org , accessed on August 18, 2008
Coordinates: 35 ° 8 ′ 21 ″ N , 78 ° 59 ′ 57 ″ W.