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'''Fort Bragg''' is one of the largest military installations in the world (over 251 square miles (650 km2)), with around 54,000 military personnel. It is named for native North Carolinian Confederate General [[Braxton Bragg]], who had previously served in the United States Army in the [[Mexican-American War]].
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'''Fort Bragg''' is one of the largest [[military installations]] in the world (over 251 square miles (650 km2), with around 54,000 military personnel. It is named for native North Carolinian Confederate General [[Braxton Bragg]], who had previously served in the United States Army in the [[Mexican-American War]].
  
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It is one of ten United States Army installations named for officers who led military units of the Confederacy in the American Civil War and also one of the U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers to be renamed by The Naming Commission.  
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It is one of ten United States Army installations named for officers who led military units of the Confederacy in the [[American Civil War]] and also one of the U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers to be renamed by The Naming Commission.  
  
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Fort Bragg maintains two airfields: Pope Field, where the United States Air Force stations global airlift and special operations assets as well as the Air Force Combat Control School, and Simmons Army Airfield, where Army aviation units support the needs of airborne and special operations forces on post.
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Fort Bragg maintains two airfields: [[Pope Field]], where the [[United States Air Force]] stations global airlift and special operations assets as well as the [[Air Force Combat Control School]], and [[Simmons Army Airfield]], where Army aviation units support the needs of airborne and [[special operations forces]] on post.
  
 
==Dead soldiers==
 
==Dead soldiers==

Revision as of 15:15, 31 March 2022

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Fort Bragg is one of the largest military installations in the world (over 251 square miles (650 km2), with around 54,000 military personnel. It is named for native North Carolinian Confederate General Braxton Bragg, who had previously served in the United States Army in the Mexican-American War.

It is one of ten United States Army installations named for officers who led military units of the Confederacy in the American Civil War and also one of the U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers to be renamed by The Naming Commission.

Fort Bragg maintains two airfields: Pope Field, where the United States Air Force stations global airlift and special operations assets as well as the Air Force Combat Control School, and Simmons Army Airfield, where Army aviation units support the needs of airborne and special operations forces on post.

Dead soldiers

More than 80 soldiers turned up dead in a 18 months period before June 2021,[1][2] some of them confirmed homicides with one soldier found decapitated.[3][4]

Units

The major commands at the installation are the United States Army Forces Command, the United States Army Reserve Command, and the headquarters of the United States Army Special Operations Command. Several airborne and special operations units of the United States Army are stationed at Fort Bragg, notably the 82nd Airborne Division, the 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), and the Delta Force. The latter is controlled by the Joint Special Operations Command, based at Pope Field within Fort Bragg.


 

Groups Headquartered Here

GroupStartDescription
Joint Special Operations CommandPerforms special operations worldwide, including inside the United States itself, its soldiers operating like the CIA, often alongside them in covert status.
US/Army/Special Forces9 April 1987Unconventional warfare US Army forces, used in peacetime as well as in times of war. Including Gladio-like secret domestic army.
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References

  1. ↑ https://www.sgtreport.com/2022/03/fort-bragg-lost-over-80-soldiers-from-sudden-and-unexplained-causes-and-stopped-reporting-on-the-deaths-after-june-2021/
  2. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/fort-bragg-murders-1153405/
  3. ↑ https://nypost.com/2020/12/06/missing-fort-bragg-soldier-reportedly-decapitated/
  4. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/ftbragg-army-beheading-charges-filed-1283450/
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