CoBases – US Military Bases

Category: Overseas

  • Camp Justice

    Banzai’s field, before not known as the Justice of the campaign, was baptized again to the way around Sep back in 2004 according to an initiative to modify the respective military names of the American bases into Iraq to having less ” only you present, “friendlier ” the name. The equipment formed by many experts claimed that the term banzai is an agreeable word much more than simply the justice!

    Moreover, the 1st original name was able to prove a somehow prophetic form & it even extraordinarily assigns: The field of Justice was the place of Saddam Hussein’s execution in 2006, and then in 2007 the Barzan Ibrahim linked to Tikriti, the Awad Hamed linked to Bandar & also the Taha Yassin with Ramadan, these were hung. The base serves to support the North American interests to Iraq during the Operation Liberty!

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    In the middle of September 2004, this continued as the part of an effort of the Army in everything to give to his facilities on friendly connotations of Baghdad, Field Banzai him turned out to be the Justice of call a Field, with his translation the Arab of Al’s Field – Adala. In May, 2005 the administrative tasks of the Field justice were transferred to the Iraqi forces.

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    The field of Justice is in the center of Baghdad, in the vicinity Kadhamiyah, near the sanctuary of the Magnet Kadhim. The Sanctuary was the scene of numerous explosions initially of March 2004. The soldiers of USA answered initially to the place to treat the Iraqis of the injured man, but this returned to fall when this confronts a rabble of the stoning of furious Shiites that he blamed to the forces of USA to provide an inadequate safety for the religious specific peregrination.

  • Royal Air Force (RAF) Fairford

    The Royal Air Force Fairford was built on 1944 with the primary mission of accommodating the British and the American troop gliders and carriers that will be used during their invasion of Normandy. After the World War II, the United States Air Force gained control of the base to have access to their strategic was operations. The first project of the USAF is the construction of the 10,000 foot runway which until today is the longest runway in the entire United Kingdom.

    Over the years, RAF Fairford was awarded the Concorde’s British Flight Test Center on 1969 until 1978 and on 1979; the USAF landed the squadron of KC-135 Stato-tankers which played a primary role in attacking Libya on 1986. The base gained more popularity when the airfield was used by the Space Shuttle as its abort site and because of the way the runway was built and the location; it became the site for the United States bomber fleet.

    Located near Cirencester, Glocestershire, Royal Air Force Fairford and is actively used by the USAF based in Europe is found 60 miles away from RAf Croughton and 54 miles apart from Bristol. Because of the ongoing base operations like the air refueling operations, the population of RAF FAirford was tripled in just two months because of the arrival of the people showing their support to the NATO’s Operation Allied Force.

    Currently, RAF Fairford is upgrading the runway and its fuel bunkers with a budget of US $90M. This renovation is the most funded military construction project of the NATO County ever since the cold war between United States and United Kingdom broke out. The US has plans of making the base the long range stealth bombers while the Pentagon is eyeing the base as the site for the bombers deployment.

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  • Royal Air Force (RAF) Alconbury

    The Royal Air Force of Alconbury is based in Cambridgeshire, England which is 60 miles from the northern part of London. Now an active unit of the Royal Air Force used to be under the command of the United States Air Force was a non-flying facility. The United States Air Force that is based in Cambrdgeshire has three RAF stations and one of which is the RAF Alconbury.  They are called the “Tri-Base Area” together with RAF Molesworth and RAF Upwood.

    The 8th Air Force which was established before the onset of World War 2 is still active and used by the USAF, after the war; it houses the reconnaissance, weather, bomber and fighter wings. The 423d Air Base Group serves as the host installation in RAF Alconbury which is compose of an air base, engineering services, security service and medical services while giving support to the base daily activities and manages the air base services, housing and other facilities. The 423 ABG orderly rooms and the command section are housed in Alconbury with the other support groups plus the facilities which offers recreation facilities for the military men and dependents of the Tri-Base Area.

    RAF Alconbury also housed the 501st Combat Support Wing whose role is to oversees that all the UK bases of the United States are fully equipped, sustained and trained perfectly to be at par in answering to the needs of NATo and United States war fighters flying deployment, global command, theater munitions movements and the communications for the deployed missions, supports for the joint training and theater intelligence operations.

    The 501st Combat Support Wing and the 8th Air Base Group provide support to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and Joint Analysis Center both of which are intelligence agency of the military which monitors in the Middle East, Europe and Africa.

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  • USCG Station Point Judith

    It is also known as Station Point Judith and it is a very beautiful location located on the sea shore of Rhode Island of United Sates. The base is used by US Coast Guard for search-and-rescue operations. The base has high importance as it is one of active stations of US Coast Guard having close access to open sea, which gives helicopters instant access to the sea. The station looks over around 70 miles of shore including a small island in the open sea having a smaller station of Point Judith. The station resides under the command of Senior Chief Petty Officer Eric Baruzzi.

    The station is of fair size but its instant access gives it advantage over other stations and it can offer rapid response when needed. The station has all its equipments stored in safe place and they can be taken in use instantly. It is built on the corner of the shore and it even has a light house having height of 51-feet, which also gives the feature of watch tower for open sea. It has small ships and boats in water ready for rapid response. The Station Point Judith also works with US Navy to deliver best performance during operations; it also has plenty of space for helicopter landing and preparation area.

    The site was also an important location during World War II and it played good role in making communication in the Atlantic Ocean. During World War II a German ship sank here and interestingly it was insight of the light house at the station. The light house was also widely used to observe German ships passing near Point Judith in the Atlantic Ocean. Point Judith also became the center of concentration by US Navy as Point Judith was stationed with navy personnel; it also served as the landing site of blimps used for bombing of German ships.

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  • Naval Station Newport

    The station is also known as Naval Station Newport and it is located near the town of Newport and Middletown in the state of Rhode Island. It is also the former station of destroyer squadrons of US Navy. Today it works along US Coast Guard to keep maintenance of inactive ships. The base is now also home to Naval Supply Corps Chain, Officer Candidate School, Naval War College and Naval Justice School. It was established in 1883 and it was significantly used during the Civil War. The base now operates under the command of Captain Joseph P. Voboril.

    The base is also home to dismantling operations of USS ships including aircraft carriers and destroyers such as USS Saratoga, USS Forrestal and others. It has also become the permanent station of decommissioned USS Saratoga built by US Naval Shipyard New York; it is a major aircraft carrier first built in 1952 and it offered 42 years of service. The ship also received numerous titles for its outstanding performance. Infact it is not decided to whether dismantle the ship or not, it is wished by many people to place the ship in a nearby museum of North Kingtown.

    The base received major upgrades in 2005 and the base was added with more training facilities and resources. It also works along other US forces including US Coast Guard, Naval Undersea Warfare with its headquarters Rhode Island Newport station. The Naval Undersea Warfare was established after US Naval Torpedo Station in 1869, which offered its services World War I and II. Later the base was added with more facilities Naval Station Newport was founded. The base is also a popular tourist attraction for its nearby naval museum in nearby town of North Kingtown where tourists get to see things from US Navy especially from Naval Station Newport.

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  • USCG – Coast Guard Station Castle Hill

    The Rhode Island Castle Hill is also sometimes known as Station Castle Hill and it is operated by the US Coast Guard. The primary purpose of the station includes overlooking the operations of US Coast Guard in Newport in Rhode Island. The station is also responsible to assist US Coast Guard in search-and-rescue operations. Beside an important Coast Guard station it is also home to popular tourist attractions and luxurious resorts. It also assists Coast Guard in environmental protection program. It also has ship docking facility and has some regular ships on the station, which includes USCGC Juniper and USS Bainbridge.

    The station has a small two floor building housing all the equipments and staff. It also has a light house usually known as Castle Hill Light built on the corner of the shore. The light house is also listed in National Register of Historic Places. The light house was built in 1980 and it is located on the Narragansett Bay on the north of Rhode Island. The light house offers marvelous sight of the sea and it is one of the most active locations of US Coast Guard as it is widely used to monitor boats and ships entering the premises of Rhodes Island.

    The site of the light house once belonged to Alexander Agassiz from University of Harvard; interestingly the site was sold the government of United States for $1 after the hurricane of 1938. What is more interesting is that their descendents now owns a resort near the location of the light house named as Castle Hill Inn and Resort, which is visible from the light house.

    The light house of Station Castle Hill is not open to public but it can be viewed from a distance and especially from Castle Hill Inn and Resort; it has a red light instead of white and it flashes every eight second that can been seen from other islands as well.

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  • Royal Air Force (RAF) Croughton

    The Royal Air Force Croughton is a communication base of the United States Air Force located in Northampton, England. This is the home for the 422nd Air Base Group whose primary mission is to offer services, unit support, force protection and communication in their worldwide operations. They provide their services to the US European Command, Department of State, NATo, Department of Defense and the United States Central Command.

    RAF Croughton was established on 1938 under the name Brackley Landing Group and was changed to RAF Brackley on 1940 and on 1941 it was named RAF Station Croughton.  It has a base area of 694 acres with three grass runways and it became a satellite station used for the night flying training mostly for the Commonwealth pilots.

    It was designated as an emergency airfield for the damaged and attacked bombers that were returning from their missions all over Europe but the training field was also attacked on several instances because it was not strongly defended which made the area an easy target for the enemy. Night training in the airfield in minimized because of the attention they give in the middle of the blacked out area.

    Originally the military base was used as storage site for the ammunition, after the World War II it was taken over by the US Air Force as a site for their communication purposes. Today, it is the considered as having one of the largest military switchboards and ranked third in all of the United States military communications based in Europe.  RAF Croughton handles around 30% of the United States military traffic in the entire Europe and currently, handles 25% communication traffic from Europe to the United States.

    The used to be separate unit of the 422nd ABG was merged with the 501st Combat Support Wing when the 501 CSW changed the 38 CSW in order to align the entire prime Geographically Separated Units based in England.

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  • Izmir Air Base

    Izmir Air Station is 200 miles from Istanbul and located on the western side of Turkey and houses the United States military forces simultaneously when the allied Land Forces Southeast Europe was activated and the arrival of the Sixth Allied Tac AF on October 1953. The presence of the United States Air Forces in Europe is responsible for all the NATO and United States units that are present in Izmir. This has been under the different control of the French, Greek, Americans, Canadian and Turkish military commanders that had served since they started the operation. The Izmir Air Station also supports the Cigli Air Base which is near the Turkish Air Force Base.

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    On 1970, the Turkish Air Force gained control of Cigli AB. This started the Izmir Air Base the full responsibility in their support for the USAF and US wherein Cigli was delegated as the standby base.  There are two minor and two major military units owned by the Americans that are assigned at the base.  The two major units are 425th Squadron Air Base, Transportation Battalion of 840th US Army and the United States Army Element. Squadron base gives its full support in terms of personnel in the Izmir as well as it provides support to the support facilities in the entire base.

    Izmir Air Base employs 1,300 personnel despite that it has no formal area that they can call their own base. The facilities that a base should have like the offices, schools, commissaries and other basic facilities are found within the city. It has also a Base Exchange and a chapel located in the city.  The military employees together with their families lived among the civilians who are living within the city boundary.

    On 2002, the school who educated the children of the US military servicemen for about fifty years closed down because the base was transported in a solitary tour.

  • Incirlik Air Base

    Incirlik Air Base which houses the United States Air Force, Turkish Air Force and the British Air Force is situated in Incirlik which is on the eastern side of Adana, Turkey and 35 miles away from the Mediterranean Sea. The base employs 5,000 airmen which includes Turkish and British Airmen. The 39th Air Base Wing is the main military unit that is based in the Incirlik Air Base whose primary mission is to train and support the C-17 airlift services to the units assigned in Afghanistan. The base has two runways with 3048 meter long runway and 2740 meter long runways respectively both of which are situated among the 57 toughed shelters for aircraft.

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    The United States Army Corps of Engineers started the construction of the air base on 1951 and on February 21, 1955, the air base was named Adana Air Base and was later renamed as the Incirlik Air Base on 1958. This was constructed to serve as the emergency place for the bombers that are in operation within the region and has played a major role in the first Gulf War, Lebanon Crisis, as a transit ground for the military troops that were stationed in Iraq and served in the humanitarian missions in Kuwait and Afghanistan.

    The air base served in the relief operations during the 2005 South Asia earthquake where they help in the airlifting of supplies such as the 10,000 tents from the UN headquarter in Turkey to Islamabad. The airbase also served as the comfort zone for the Americans who were evacuated from Lebanon to Turkey. It also served as the magazine storage for the 200 B61nuclear bombs owned by the Americans.

    Aside from the conventional amenities that a base should have, a college education is provided, veterinary clinic and a golf course is added to the base. Its accessibility and safety measures are the attractions that are frequented by tourists that show support to the US armed forces.

  • Camp Market

    Camp Market is a small installation group and part of the large installation group which is the Yongsan Installation. The base houses the Marketing office, the Air Force and Army Exchange services and the Defense Reutilization. The camp was established by the Japanese as the Imperial Japanese Army Garrison on 1904 to 1945. During that time it was mostly an agricultural land and near the Han River.  The base was a convenient location for the transport of the military supplies and services by using the boats that were travelling through the Yellow Sea entering the Han River.

    The Camp Market primary mission is to serve as the biggest industrial bakery capable of supplying all of the United States South Korean Army installations with their baked products such as pastries and bread.  The base is also utilized as a mass storage containing about 34 warehouses confined in 900,000 square feet area. The camp employs 600 personnel many of whom are Korean Nationals while other employees are from the Korean Service Corps and other contractors.

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    Camp Market which is situated between Incheon and Gimpo International Airport has its own shuttle bus running daily between the camp, Yongsan Garrison and the Gimpo Airport. The camp has its own amenities including the Ball Field, swimming pool picnic areas, gymnasium, several snack bars and community clubs.

    Yongsan Garrison is currently home to the 25,000 US military personnel, part of which is employed by Camp Market, DoD civilian contractors and their dependent families. There are also 1,000 Korean Aurgmentees as well as 3,000 Korean civilian employees. The other primary units stationed in Yongsan Garrison are 121 General Hospital, USFK headquarters, 18th Medical Command, 8th US Army headquarters, 175th Finance, Corps of Engineers Far East District, Armed Forces Network Korea, 501st Military Intelligence and the1st Signal Brigade. Yongsan Garrison ranked third in the top installations of the entire US Army Communities of Excellence.

  • Camp Humphreys

    Camp Humphreys is an army base of the United States Army which is situated near Anjung-Ri and nearby Pyeongtaek metropolis in South Korea. It is located 55 miles apart in the southern part of Seoul. The base was taken by the Americans after the World War II and was established by the Japanese during the Korean War. The base is home to the military intelligence units, 2nd Infantry Division, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade and other military groups.

    Camp Humphrey is getting to be the fastest growing base unit of United States Army in Korea. Known as “The Hub”, the base which houses the Desiderio Army Airfield is one of the busiest international airfields employing 60,000 air flights yearly. The United States Air Force and the United States Army provides transportation and support to the 9,500 military personnel and their 1000 families. Any plan of relocation of the US military facilities will make the population grows to 45,000 by the year 2016.

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    Camp Humphreys fitness center in South Korea

    Camp Humphreys lodging in South Korea

    The base is complete with all the major facilities such as commissary, movie theater, Post Exchange, several fitness centers, children’s water park, food court, indoor swimming pool with and Olympic sized outdoor swimming pool, slot machines used in gambling which is known as the Gateway, three shoppetes, bowling alley and several Pizza joints. It is also home to the Eight United States Army confinement facility which houses soldiers who is listed to for transfer in the United States military prison.

    At present, the base has no primary headquarter that is housed inside the base. Colonel Joseph Moore is the base commander of Camp Humphreys whose mission is to be part of the United States Army’s endeavor to ready their forces in future challenges of any upcoming war. Camp Humphreys has plans of expansions which includes the Yongsan Garrison and the 2nd Infantry Division.

  • Camp Hovey

    Camp Hovey is part of Army military base of United States which is located in South Korea .It stands in 4000 acres of land forty one miles away from the City of Seoul. The base was named in honor of Master Sergeant who was actually killed on action at the Pork Chop Hill in his valiant effort in saving his troops during Korean War. Honey Cut is the road connecting the Camp Hovey to its adjacent larger base Camp Casey. The base is part of Casey Enclave which consists of several installations.

    The base houses the Iron MPs, 102nd Military Intelligence Battalion, 1/15 Field Artillery, 4/7 Cavalry, Iron Brigade’s Brigade Troops Battalion, 210th  Fires Brigade and many others.   Task Force 2/72 which is a combined weaponry battalion of 2/72 Armor and 1/9 Infantry was also housed at Camp Hovey from the disbanded Dragon Force or Task Force 2/72. Moreover, 1/9 Infantry comprises other part of the combined 1/9 Infantry and 2/72 Armor before the deployment to Iraq in returning to the Fort Carson in Colorado.

    Soldiers at Camp Hovey in South Korea

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    Camp Hovey is complete with all the modern amenities a base camp needs such as fitness centers, libraries, recreational facilities such as movie theater, billiard hall, ping pong, The other facilities were shared by Camp Hovey with the other larger units but the smaller installations have their own facilities that are of service to the military personnel and their dependent families inside the base. The Unites States Armed Forces ensures that the living conditions of those living at Camp Hovey will be acceptable and will likewise be comparable with their way of living from their country of origin. The plan for relocation of all the United States military facilities in the northern part of Seoul will lead to an increase in population by 2016.

  • Camp Eagle

    Camp Eagle used to be called R-401and was officially named Camp Eagle on July 3, 1989. This was established as a joint effort of both the United States Government and Republic of Korea as their first major project.  Camp Eagle is basically the newest and the most modern army installation found in Republic of Korea with its two major installation unit, the Company G, 2nd Battalion 52nd Aviation Regiment and the 1st Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment. This army installation also houses the 520th Maintenance Company and Lockheed Martin for the civilian contractors while the 194th Maintenance Battalion supports the 1-6th Cavalry and OL-B Det 2, 607th Weather Squadron.

    On June 1996, Camp Eagle had undergone reorganization and was part of Area III whose unit’s responsibilities became under Camp Long which is seven miles ways from Camp Eagle. However, Camp Eagle has its own fire department, community club, small Post Exchange, barber shop, ATM, gym, softball field and KATUSA Snack Bar. Other services also include the Airfield Safety, Airfield Operations and the Chapel. The launching of the new Community Activity Center greatly improved the quality of living for the Camp Eagle military men and their dependent families.

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    Camp Castle Helicopter in South Korea

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    This was opened on July 18 by Col. John E. Dumoulin, the US Army Garrison Humphrey Commander who told the residents that the intention of the community center is to complete and improve the quality of their life. The community center will now be a place for entertainment and relaxation for the unit personnel. This includes a movie and television room, pool tables, ping pong, video game center, reading room, music room and other entertainment facilities. The ongoing projects with in the area are library, internet facility, coffee shop and will also offer other activities such as trips to nearby ski destinations. Because of these modern and complete facilities, Camp Eagle became the favorite among the residents.

  • Camp Castle

    Camp Castle stands in 48.6 acres of land located in Dongducheon 40 miles away from Seoul, South Korea. Camp Castle only few steps away from Camp Casey, the reason why many facilities are being shared by both installations.  The camp houses the United States Second Infantry Division, Second Engineer Battalion and the 70th Support Battalion which includes the HHC Company and the Maintenance/Distro Company Alpha Company. The Camp has its own NCo/Enlisted Club, dining facility, motor pool, racquet court, a gym, small laundry shop and its own barracks.

    A pedestrian bridge was built connecting the two camps while easing the traffic on the roadway. It houses also the Area I HazMart which is a hazardous material recycling and distribution area plus the big warehouse used in keeping the entire unit’s furniture. However, there were services that were not available in the installation but the 2nd Infantry Division has a hub system that provides all the necessary services that can not be found within the area. At present, Camp Castle enjoys all the comfort of an installation in all the United States based in South Korea.

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    Soldiers working at Camp Castle in South Korea

    Soldiers at Camp Castle in South Korea

    Camp Castle employs 630 personnel, 500 of which are United States military employees and the rests are contractors of the Department of Defense. Last June 2001. Camp Castle was included in the forty two camps that were given the pay out of $150 a month as Hardship Duty Pay. This is given to compensate the permanent personnel or to the temporary personnel that were assigned for thirty consecutive days in any of these forty two camps. The Hardship Duty Pay is provided as a financial recognition for the inadequacy of the living condition of the military employees that were assigned in the installation. On 2006, Camp Casey is the headquarters of Installation Management Command (IMCOM) US Army Garrison Casey Enclave.

     

  • Kunsan Air Base

    The Kunsan Air Base is located in the South Korean town of Gunsan. It is a United States Air Force installation located in South Korea as part of its efforts to support other nations in the area of military. This support is in the area of logistics and personnel. The name of the base comes from the differentiation between the name of the town and the camp. The town was both called Gunsan and Kunsan and so the army personnel decided to name the camp Kunsan and retain Gunsan for the town.

    Previously known as the warrior’s base, Kunsan was the base of powerful air strikes during the Korean War. The service personnel at the base train on how to conduct precise air strikes. Climate conditions in Kunsan are a little harsh with winter setting in early November and only leave by the end of February.  The land agreement between the United States and South Korea in 2002 retains the US as the main controller of the camp.

    The camp is made up of many sites that attract a lot of visitors. Places of historic events and religious temples dot along the roads leading to the installation and hence see many visitors often. Though it supports service personnel adequately, the camp has not made provision for their families and relatives. There is a port built for the camp and is able to take a lot of big vessels.

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    Areal view Kunsan Air Base

    Planes at Kunsan Air Base

    Kunsan Air Base

    The camp is dotted with restaurants, bars and shop which supply all the needs of the servicemen. The servicemen patrol the township all day to ensure the safety of the residents. The base is also often used as an ammunition store, where other camps and installations come for their supplies. Kunsan serves as the headquarters of the United States Military Assistant Advisory group. This group oversees the operations of the military and ensures the sound mindedness of the personnel.

  • K-16 Air Base

    K-16 Air Base is one of the United States Army installations in South Korea. Also sometimes called the Seoul Air Base, this facility is mainly used by the Airforce. K-16 Air Base occupies the premises of the Songman Airport and is operated by the Korean Air Force. The 52nd Aviation Regiment and the 1st Battalion of the United States Army are the main occupants of k 16. Other occupants include the 501st Corps support group and the 595th Maintenance company. In 2005 when the 2nd Aviation Regiment was relocated from Camp Stanley, K 16 was offered to them as their new operational base.

    This camp was a totally independent community on its own with shops, a post office and many others. A recreational center, comprising of a gymnasium, swimming pool and ball courts are available at   the camp for the recreation of the personnel. A construction of a 290,000 sq. ft. parking space for aircrafts began in 1999. The camp’s location makes it easily accessible by shuttles that run the camp and the city of Songman.

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    Leisure at K-16 Air Base

    Soldiers inside K-16 Air Base

    K-16 Air Base is mainly used as an airfield and aviation training facility. The facility is used for landing military and civilian aircrafts. The parking facility is used by airlines operating in the Songman Airport to park and service their airplanes. The upgrade of the water supply system at the camp provides clean water to surrounding communities. The camp also provides housing for military personnel and their families as well as civilian staff of the camp. Located on the camp is a hospital that offers health services to personnel and members of the general public. Also available are dental and recreational facilities, all of which are open to members of the general public. The camp also provides office and support facilities to all the departments housed there.