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~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Fort Hunter Liggett, California 
Fort Hunter Liggett, named after General Hunter Liggett in 1941, is a United States Army fort in southern Monterey County, California, about 250 miles north of Los Angeles and 150 miles south of San Francisco. The fort is primarily used as a training facility, where activities such as field maneuvers and live fire exercises are performed. 
The U.S. Army Garrison Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., provides world class training for combat support and combat service support units of the Army Reserve, and offers excellent training opportunities to all U.S. military components and those of allied nations. 
It is exceptionally well suited to large-scale joint exercises. Fort Hunter Liggett is funded by the U.S. Army Reserve, under the command and control of the U.S. Army Installation Management Command, based at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Fort Hunter Liggett is the largest installation in the Army Reserve, with more than 165,000 acres of unencroached mountains, valleys, rivers, plains, and forests, providing ideal maneuver areas to meet today's training requirements. Fort Hunter Liggett's ranges, training areas and facilities support year-round joint, multi-component, and interagency training. 
Available resources include Tactical Training Bases, MOUT sites, a five-mile Convoy Live Fire Course with 360-degree live-fire capability, weapons qualifications ranges, a live-fire shoot house, and an urban assault course. For units with airborne training needs, Fort Hunter Liggett hosts one of only four C-17 capable dirt assault strips in the U.S., dozens of parachute drop zones, a heliport with refueling capability, and restricted airspace up to 24,000 feet. 
Training technology includes the Dismounted Soldier Training System, H.E.A.T. Training, Engagement Skills Trainers, a 10-station IED Defeat Lanes trainer. Learn More About Fort Hunter Liggett HERE!!
FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.
Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun! We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity. We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon. We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way. God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always |
