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Air Force · Active

Barnes Air National Guard Base

Westfield; Barnes airport

104th Fighter Wing uses the military campus at Barnes airport in Westfield. Barnes and Westover are separate western Massachusetts military installations.

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Army · Active

Camp Edwards

Joint Base Cape Cod; Army training areas

Camp Edwards is the Army National Guard training component of Joint Base Cape Cod. A Camp Edwards training request does not authorize entry to every joint-base facility.

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Space Force · Active

Cape Cod Space Force Station

Sagamore; Upper Cape

Cape Cod Space Force Station is the Sagamore missile-warning and space-surveillance installation associated with the 6th Space Warning Squadron. The current Space Force name replaced Cape Cod Air Force Station in 2021.

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Coast Guard · Active

Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod

Joint Base Cape Cod; Upper Cape

Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod is the aviation command at Joint Base Cape Cod. Air-station reporting and base housing or support administration use different offices.

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Coast Guard · Active

Coast Guard Base Boston

Boston waterfront

Coast Guard Base Boston is the support installation at 427 Commercial Street on the Boston waterfront. Base Boston provides regional support; a Northeast District assignment does not identify one workplace for every member.

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Coast Guard · Active

Coast Guard Base Cape Cod

Joint Base Cape Cod; support campus

Coast Guard Base Cape Cod is the support command at Joint Base Cape Cod. Base housing, air-station reporting and Army or Air Guard training are different functions.

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Coast Guard · Active

Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England

Woods Hole; southeastern New England support

Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England coordinates regional operations from the Woods Hole area. The sector’s regional coverage does not mean every assigned cutter, station or office reports at Woods Hole.

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Army · Active

Devens Reserve Forces Training Area

Ayer, Shirley, Lancaster and Harvard area

Devens RFTA remains an active Army training installation. Find guidance for military access, main-post and South Post reporting, unit billeting and the former post’s reuse.

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Air Force · Active

Hanscom Air Force Base

Bedford, Lexington and Lincoln area

Hanscom Air Force Base is the Boston-area acquisition and support installation. Your organization determines the reporting office; a civilian airport arrival is not military in-processing.

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Army · Active

Natick Soldier Systems Center

Natick; MetroWest

Natick Soldier Systems Center is the Army research campus in MetroWest, west of Boston. A research appointment or job at Natick does not establish one universal reception or household-support entitlement.

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Air Force · Active

Otis Air National Guard Base

Joint Base Cape Cod; Otis campus

102nd Intelligence Wing uses the military campus at Otis at Joint Base Cape Cod. The Otis campus is separate from Camp Edwards, the Coast Guard commands and Cape Cod Space Force Station.

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Air Force · Active

Westover Air Reserve Base

Chicopee; Pioneer Valley

Westover Air Reserve Base is the Chicopee military installation in the Pioneer Valley. An initial Unit Training Assembly, full-time assignment and civilian first day are different reporting categories.

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