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Fort Bragg (N.C.)

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Geographic headingFort Bragg (N.C.)
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Geographic subdivision usageNorth Carolina--Fort Bragg
Variant(s)United States. Army. Fort Bragg
United States. Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg Military Installation (N.C.)
Ft. Bragg (N.C.)
See alsoCamp Bragg (N.C.)
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Fort Liberty (N.C.)
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AffiliationUnited States. Army. Airborne Division, 82nd
United States Army Field Artillery Board
United States. Army. Officers' Reserve Corps
United States. Army. Airborne Command
United States. Army. Airborne Corps, XVIII
United States. Army Forces Command
United States. Army Reserve Command
Found inBandy, J.T. Distribution of water use at representative fixed army installations, 1983: rep. doc. p. (Ft. Bragg, NC)
Species-habitat relationships for the breeding birds of a longleaf pine ecosystem, 2001: abstr. (Fort Bragg Military Installation, an army base in North Carolina)
U.S. Army Fort Liberty website, accessed Dec. 26, 2023 About Fort Liberty History page (Camp Bragg created Sept. 4, 1918 as an artillery training center; construction of camp completed on Feb. 1, 1919; a tract of land on camp was designated for use as landing field and that landing field designated by War Department as Pope Field on April 1, 1919 [Pope Field later became Pope Air Force Base]; Field Artillery Board transferred from Fort Sill, Oklahoma to Camp Bragg on Feb. 1, 1922; Camp Bragg redesignated Fort Bragg on Sept. 30, 1922; various artillery units trained there or were stationed there during 1920s-1930s; during 1930s Fort Bragg was headquarters for District A, Civilian Conservation Corps and training site for National Reserve Officers Training Corps, Officers Reserve Corps and Citizens Military Training Corps; U.S. Army Airbone Command created at Fort Bragg in March 1942; 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division moved to Fort Bragg in March 1942 and trained there; after end of World War II, the 82nd Airborne Division was permanently assigned to Fort Bragg; XVIII Airborne Corps reactivated at Fort Bragg in 1951; The Psychological Warfare Center [predecessor of U.S. Army Special Operations Command] established at Fort Bragg in 1952; Army basic combat training conducted at Fort Bragg from 1966-1970; on July 1, 1973 Fort Bragg was assigned to newly-established United States Army Forces Command; 7th Special Forces Group was assigned to Fort Bragg in 1989 [that unit later reassigned to Eglin Air Force Base, Florida]; U.S. Army Reserve Command and U.S. Army Forces Command headquartered at Fort Bragg starting in 2011 following closure of Fort McPherson, Georgia; in 2011 Pope Air Force base reverted to being an Army airfield, renaming process under 2021 National Defense Authorization Act resulted in renaming Fort Bragg to Fort Liberty)
   <https://home.army.mil/liberty/about/fort-liberty-history>
Inside the Pentagon, Sept. 2, 1999: p. 9 (Ft. Bragg)
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