Fort Bragg

Fort Bragg (Military base)

Fort Bragg is one of the largest military installations in the world (over 251 square miles (650 km2), with around 54,000 military personnel. 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.

History

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.

Dead soldiers

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

Units

The major commands at the installation are the:

• United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM)
• United States Army Reserve Command (USARC)
• headquarters of the United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC)

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

Group	Start	Description
Joint Special Operations Command		Performs special operations worldwide, including inside the United States itself, its soldiers operating like the CIA, often alongside them in covert status.
US/Army/Special Forces	9 April 1987	Unconventional warfare US Army forces, used in peacetime as well as in times of war. Including Gladio-like secret domestic army.

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