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List of American military installations

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Map of US Military Bases within the continental United States
Foreign bases of the United States

This is a list of military installations owned or used by the Department of Defense both in the United States and around the world. This list details only current or recently closed facilities; some defunct facilities are found at Category:Former military installations of the United States.

A military installation is the basic administrative unit into which the U.S. Department of Defense groups its infrastructure, and is statutorily defined as any "base, camp, post, station, yard, center, or other activity under the jurisdiction ... [or] operational control of the Secretary of a military department or the Secretary of Defense."[1] An installation or group of installations may, in turn, serve as a base, which DOD defines as "a locality from which operations are projected or supported."[2]

The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024).[2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area.[3] Most foreign military installations are located in NATO countries, Middle East countries, South Korea, Australia, and Japan.

U.S. officials have been accused of collaborating with oppressive regimes and anti-democratic governments to secure their military bases, from Central America to the Middle East, Africa, and Asia.[4] The Democracy Index classifies many of the forty-five current non-democratic U.S. base hosts as fully "authoritarian governments".[4] Military bases in non-democratic states were often rationalized during the Cold War by the U.S. as a necessary if undesirable condition in defending against the communist threat posed by the Soviet Union. Few of these bases have been abandoned since the end of the Cold War.[5]

Several rounds of closures and mergers have occurred since the end of World War II, a procedure most recently known as Base Realignment and Closure. Anti-racist agitation in the early 2020s led to calls for changing bases to remove the names of Confederate figures who fought against the Union during the American Civil War.[6] The Naming Commission was created by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021,[7] and renaming began in December 2022.[8]

Domestic bases

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Domestic joint bases

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United States Army

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The following is a list of domestic U.S. Army installations, organized by the U.S. state or territory that hosts it. For consistency, major Army National Guard (ARNG) training facilities are included but armory locations are not.[9] In addition, the abbreviation "USAR" indicates when an installation is affiliated with the U.S. Army Reserve.

See the list of former United States Army installations for inactive domestic U.S. Army installations.

Alabama army bases

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American Samoa army bases

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Alaska army bases

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Arizona army bases

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Arkansas army bases

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California army bases

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Colorado army bases

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Connecticut army bases

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Delaware army bases

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District of Columbia army bases

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Florida army bases

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Georgia army bases

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Hawaii army bases

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Idaho army bases

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Illinois army bases

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Indiana army bases

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Iowa army bases

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Kansas army bases

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Kentucky army bases

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Louisiana army bases

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Maine army bases

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Maryland army bases

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Massachusetts army bases

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Michigan army bases

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Minnesota army bases

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Mississippi army bases

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Missouri army bases

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Montana army bases

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Nebraska army bases

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Nevada army bases

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New Hampshire army bases

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New Jersey army bases

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New Mexico army bases

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New York army bases

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North Carolina army bases

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North Dakota army bases

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Ohio army bases

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Oklahoma army bases

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Oregon army bases

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Pennsylvania army bases

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Puerto Rico army bases

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Rhode Island army bases

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South Carolina army bases

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South Dakota army bases

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Tennessee army bases

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Texas army bases

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Utah army bases

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Vermont army bases

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Virginia army bases

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Washington army bases

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West Virginia army bases

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Wisconsin army bases

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Wyoming army bases

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United States Marine Corps

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United States Navy

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California naval bases

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Connecticut naval bases

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Florida naval bases

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Georgia naval bases

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Guam naval bases

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Hawaii naval bases

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Illinois naval bases

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Indiana naval bases

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Louisiana naval bases

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Maine naval bases

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Maryland naval bases

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Mississippi naval bases

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Nevada naval bases

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New Jersey naval bases

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New York naval bases

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North Dakota naval bases

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Oregon naval bases

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Pennsylvania naval bases

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Puerto Rico naval bases

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Rhode Island naval bases

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South Carolina naval bases

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Tennessee naval bases

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Texas naval bases

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Virginia naval bases

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Washington naval bases

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Washington, D.C. naval bases

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United States Air Force

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Maps of the main bases of the USAF in the 2010s, before the transfer of several sites to the USSF.

Alabama air force bases

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Alaska air force bases

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Arizona air force bases

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Arkansas air force bases

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California air force bases

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Colorado air force bases

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Connecticut air force bases

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Delaware air force bases

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Florida air force bases

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Georgia air force bases

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Guam air force bases

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Hawaii air force bases

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Idaho air force bases

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Illinois air force bases

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Indiana air force bases

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Iowa

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Kansas air force bases

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Kentucky air force bases

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Louisiana air force bases

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Maryland air force bases

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Massachusetts air force bases

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Michigan air force bases

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Minnesota air force bases

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Mississippi air force bases

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Missouri air force bases

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Montana air force bases

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Nebraska air force bases

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Nevada air force bases

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New Hampshire air force bases

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New Jersey air force bases

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New Mexico air force bases

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New York air force bases

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North Carolina air force bases

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North Dakota air force bases

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Ohio air force bases

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Oklahoma air force bases

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Oregon air force bases

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Pennsylvania air force bases

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Puerto Rico air force bases

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Rhode Island air force bases

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South Carolina air force bases

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South Dakota air force bases

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Tennessee air force bases

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Texas air force bases

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Vermont air force bases

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Utah air force bases

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Virginia air force bases

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Washington air force bases

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Washington, D.C., air force bases

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West Virginia air force bases

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Wisconsin air force bases

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Wyoming air force bases

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United States Space Force

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Alaska space force bases

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California space force bases

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Colorado space force bases

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Florida space force bases

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Hawaii space force bases

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Massachusetts space force bases

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New Hampshire space force bases

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North Dakota space force bases

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United States Coast Guard

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Foreign bases and facilities

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Australia

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Bahamas

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Bahrain

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Belgium

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Bulgaria

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Cameroon

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Canada

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Cuba

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Djibouti

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Germany

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Greece

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Greenland (Denmark)

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Honduras

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Israel

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Italy

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Iraq

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Japan

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Jordan

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Kenya

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Kosovo

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Kuwait

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Marshall Islands

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Netherlands

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Poland

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Portugal

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Qatar

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Romania

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Saudi Arabia

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Singapore

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Somalia

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South Korea

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Spain

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Turkey

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United Arab Emirates

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United Kingdom

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British overseas territories

See also

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References

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  2. 1 2 Nicastro, Luke, and Tilghman, Andrew. U.S. Overseas Basing: Background and Issues for Congress. Congressional Research Service, July 10, 2024.
  3. ""History"". U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 Chirico 2014, p. 70.
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  8. Defense Secretary Austin orders renaming of military bases with Confederate ties
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  10. DIANE Publishing Company (1 October 1995). Defense Base Closure And Realignment Commission: Report To The President 1995. DIANE Publishing. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7881-2461-7.
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  16. EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc. (August 2008). Operational Range Assessment Program Phase I Qualitative Assessment Report: Deepwoods Training Site, Maine (PDF) (Report). U.S. Army Environmental Command; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District. Retrieved 7 March 2026.{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  30. "The Long Blue Line: GITMO Lighthouse standing the watch for 120 years, still Semper Paratu". www.mycg.uscg.mil. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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