Military bases

Modern posts on old ground. 101 points on the WW9 Atlas, oldest first, each with its source.

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• Fort Wadsworth1663
• Carlisle Barracks1757Site of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, 1879–1918.
• Norfolk Naval Shipyard1767
• Presidio of San Francisco1776
• Fort Lesley J. McNair1791
• Boston Navy Yard1800
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard1800
• Brooklyn Navy Yard1801
• Philadelphia Naval Shipyard1801
• Naval Air Station Key West1823
• Fort Hamilton1825
• Fort Leavenworth1827
• Fort Bliss1849
• Fort Riley1853
• Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island1861
• Rock Island Arsenal1862
• Fort Sill1869Geronimo was held here until his death, 1909.
• Fort Huachuca1877Home of the Buffalo Soldiers' 10th Cavalry.
• Picatinny Arsenal1880
• Fort Myer1881
• Puget Sound Naval Shipyard1891
• Guantánamo Bay Naval Base1898US base in Cuba since 1898; detention camp since 2002.
• Fort Shafter1905
• Schofield Barracks1908
• Camp Perry1909
• Charleston Naval Shipyard1909
• Fort McCoy1909
• Naval Air Station Pensacola1914
• Aberdeen Proving Ground1917
• Fort Belvoir1917
• Fort George G. Meade1917NSA headquarters.
• Fort Lee1917
• Fort Ord1917
• Joint Base Lewis-McChord1917
• Marine Corps Base Quantico1917
• Fort Bragg1918
• Fort Knox1918
• Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling1918
• Marine Corps Base Hawaii1918
• Fort Detrick1931Former US biological weapons program.
• Camp David1935
• Eglin Air Force Base1935
• MacDill Air Force Base1939Tampa; US Central Command and Special Operations Command.
• Fort Benning area: Camp Toccoa1940
• Fort Irwin1940
• Fort Leonard Wood1940
• Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson1940
• Little Norway1940
• Patrick Space Force Base1940
• Camp X1941
• Fort Campbell1941
• Fort Chaffee1941
• Fort Wainwright1941
• Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune1941
• Camp Peary1942CIA training site ("The Farm").
• Dugway Proving Ground1942
• Fort Carson1942
• Fort Hood1942
• Fort Rucker1942
• Hanscom Air Force Base1942
• Homestead Air Reserve Base1942
• Naval Station Mayport1942
• Pantex Plant1942US nuclear weapons assembly.
• Sierra Army Depot1942
• Sandia Base1946
• Raven Rock Mountain Complex1951
• Camp Casey (South Korea)1952
• Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms1952
• Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 11953
• Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 21957
• Los Angeles Air Force Base1962
• Cheyenne Mountain Complex1966
• Station Nord1967
• Anápolis Airbase
• Camp Century
• Camp H. M. Smith
• Clear Space Force Station
• Fort AmadorUS Canal Zone.
• Fort ClaytonUS Canal Zone; School of the Americas was in Panama until 1984.
• Fort Gordon
• Fort Jackson (South Carolina)
• Fort Polk
• Fort Sam Houston
• Fort Tiuna
• Goodfellow Air Force Base
• Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst
• Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
• Naval Air Station Fallon
• Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
• Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek
• Naval Base Coronado
• Naval Base Point Loma
• Naval Base San Diego
• Naval Station Newport
• Otis Air National Guard Base
• Presidio of Monterey
• Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site (Kwajalein)
• Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
• Tonopah Test Range
• Utah Test and Training Range
• Wright-Patterson (Wilbur Wright Field)