Map of proposed 8 bases Biden may be giving to China, and some of their capabilities:
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The following are hi-lights of bases 1 through 8 for those who want to skim the text, looking for keywords or wondering why Biden/China have 'selected' these.
1. Fort Lee, Va.
2. FORT MCCOY
Providing quality facilities and support for the training and readiness of military personnel and units of all branches and components of America's Armed Forces... in EVERY season.TOTAL FORCE TRAINING CENTER
- A Decisive Action Training Environment to support Unified Land Operations – Combined Arms Maneuver for Infantry Brigade Combat Teams and Wide Area Security for Maneuver Enhanced and Sustainment Commands in a four season environment.
- Premier Total Force Training Center Army Installation for Army Early Response Force (AERF) Early Deploying Units to meet the Army’s Operational Demand Requirements.
- Live, Virtual, Constructive Integrated Training Environment – Mission Training Center Capabilities.
- Support Total Force and Total Army Training and Readiness for all branches and components of America’s Armed Forces. More than 150,000 joint, interagency, and multinational forces conducting integrated training annually.
3. Fort Bliss, Texas
407TH AFSBN
The Army Field Support Battalion-Bliss is a critical element in the transformation of Army logistics, providing a “single face to the field,” to the Army’s finest warfighters. Activated in 2005 and Headquartered at Fort Hood, Texas, the Mighty 407th AFSB and its subordinate units are responsible for enhancing the readiness of Active, Reserve and National Guard units in 13 states through unified and integrated application of AMC’s technical capabilities to forward-based and deploying units in both wartime and peacetime.
Army Field Support Battalion Bliss (AFSBn-Bliss) is headquartered at Fort Bliss, Texas, and aligned with the 1st Armored Division. AFSBn-Bliss has logistical support responsibility for West Texas and New Mexico.
COMMAND INFORMATIONWelcome to the Army Field Support Battalion-Bliss team. The Battalion is a subordinate command of the 407th Army Field Support Brigade, Fort Hood, Texas, Army Sustainment Command, Headquartered at Rock Island, Illinois, and the Army Materiel Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama. The AFSBn-Bliss is a diverse and unique battalion made up of Military, Department of Army Civilians and contractors.
Our mission statement is "The Mighty AFSBn-Bliss." AFSBn-Bliss continuously supports the integration of the Army Materiel Enterprise as the lead Materiel Integrator at the field level, by synchronizing Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology to enhance the combat readiness of Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range units, and to respond to contingency operations within the AFSBn-Bliss area of operations.
In accordance with the mission, we support the Network Integration Exercise. We synchronize ALT to support the 2/1 AD and the Brigade Modernization Command as they test and evaluate capability solutions addressed by formal Systems Under Test and Systems Under Evaluation, in order to provide Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel and Facilities assessments to support possible Army Acquisition decisions as well as possible recommendations adjusting the Integrated Network Baseline in preparation for Capability Set 14/15.
4. Joint Base McGuire-Dix–Lakehurst, N.J.
Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst (JB MDL) is a United States military facility located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. The base is the only tri-service base in the United States Department of Defense and includes units from all five armed forces branches.
The facility is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's McGuire Air Force Base, the United States Army's Fort Dix and the United States Navy's Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, which were merged on 1 October 2009.
It was established in accordance with congressional legislation implementing the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. The legislation ordered the consolidation of the three facilities which were adjoining, but separate military installations, into a single joint base, one of 12 formed in the United States as a result of the law.
The installation commander is Air Force Colonel Bridget V. Gigliotti.[2]
The 42,000-contiguous acres of JB MDL are home to more than 80 mission partners and 40 mission commanders providing a wide range of combat capability. The base spans more than 20 miles, from east to west.
The 87th Air Base Wing provides installation management support for 3,933 facilities with an approximate value of $9.3 billion in physical infrastructure. More than 44,000 airmen, soldiers, sailors, marines, Coast Guardsmen, civilians, and their family members live and work on and around JB MDL, which has an economic impact on the state of New Jersey.[3]
McGuire organizations[edit]
- 87th Air Base Wing (Host organization for JB MDL)
- 305th Air Mobility Wing (C-17 Airlift, KC-10 Air Refueling operations for McGuire AFB/Lakehurst)
- 621st Contingency Response Wing (Rapid Response unit)
- 514th Air Mobility Wing (C-17 Airlift, KC-10 Air Refueling) (Air Force Reserve)
- 108th Wing (KC-135 Air Refueling, C-32B) (Air National Guard)
- 57th Weapons Squadron (USAF Weapons School C-17 training unit, GSU from Nellis AFB, Nevada)
- 314th Recruiting Squadron
- CAP Det 1
- 373rd Training Squadron, Det
5. Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.
- History
- 1.1Alamogordo Army Air Field
- 1.2Holloman Air Development Center
- 1.3Tactical Fighter Wing
- 1.4Tactical Training Center
- 1.5366th Tactical Fighter Wing
- 1.649th Tactical Fighter Wing
- 1.7479th Tactical Training Wing
- 1.8Base names
- 1.9Major commands to which assigned
- 1.10Major units assigned
- 1.11Aircraft operated from Holloman
- 2Role and operations
- 3Based units
6. Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.
Marine Corps Base Quantico (commonly abbreviated MCB Quantico) is a United States Marine Corps installation located near Triangle, Virginia, covering nearly 55,148 acres (86.169 sq mi) of southern Prince William County, Virginia, northern Stafford County, and southeastern Fauquier County. Used primarily for training purposes, MCB Quantico is known as the "Crossroads of the Marine Corps".[2][5]
Quantico Station is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince William and Stafford counties in the U.S. state of Virginia, used by the Census Bureau to describe base housing. The population was 4,452 at the 2010 census.
The U.S. Marine Corps' Combat Development Command, which develops strategies for U.S. Marine combat and makes up most of the community of over 12,000 military and civilian personnel (including families), is based here. It has a budget of around $300 million and is the home of the Marine Corps Officer Candidates School.
The Marine Corps Research Center at Quantico pursues equipment research and development, especially telecommunications, for the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps Brig, a military prison, was also located at Quantico, until its closure on 31 December 2011 and its subsequent demolition.
The FBI Academy, the principal research and training facility of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the principal training facility for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are also located on the base.
7. Fort Pickett, Va.
Fort Pickett is a Virginia Army National Guard installation, located near the town of Blackstone, Virginia and home of the Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center.
Fort Pickett is also the home of an annual exercise with elements of 36 Canadian Brigade Group, located in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Exercise "Southbound Trooper" is a joint exercise between the Canadian Forces Primary Reserves and Virginia National Guard that helps forge solid NATO doctrine between the two militaries. Soldiers from 37 Canadian Brigade, located in New Brunswick and Newfoundland also hold an annual exercise "Maritime Raider", usually shortly after Southbound Trooper.
While the facilities at Pickett are geared to train military personnel and units, non-military organizations use them too. These include the United States Marshals Service, FBI, ATF, the Virginia Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, Virginia State Police and local law enforcement agencies.
The decision to inactivate the regular Army garrison at Fort Pickett and turn over operation of the post to the Virginia National Guard was finalized in 1995 and enacted in 1997. Since that time no regular Army personnel have been assigned to Pickett for the first time since January 1942.
The 183rd Regiment maintains the Virginia RTI at Fort Pickett.
Today Fort Pickett has 42,000 acres of Maneuver areas and provides many state of the art facilities such
8. Camp Atterbury, Ind.
Camp Atterbury, located in south-central Indiana, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Edinburgh, Indiana, serves as a military and civilian training post under the auspices of the Indiana National Guard.
Initially established in 1941 on 40,351.5348 acres (163.296868 km2) of land, Camp Atterbury opened in 1942 and continues to embody its motto, Preparamus (We Are Ready), as a site for preparing American military personnel and civilians for service.
Internment camp[edit]
From 30 April 1943, to 26 June 1946, a portion of Camp Atterbury was enclosed with a double barbed-wire fence and surrounded by guard towers for use as a prisoner-of-war camp. Administered under the terms of the Geneva Convention of 1929, the internment camp was one of 700 established in the United States. Over the three years and two months of its operation, the internment camp received an estimated 15,000 soldiers, most of them Italian and German.[47][48] During its operation there were seventeen prisoner deaths, but no escapes.[49]
2021 Afghan Evacuees[edit]
Upon the ending of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), Camp Atterbury will be used to process up to 5,000 Afghan refugees. The first 1,000 refugees arrived September 1, 2021.[84] According to Officials, "the refugees include American citizens, Afghan allies who helped in the military effort, and those deemed vulnerable Afghans by the U.S. government."[85]
Bakalar Air Force Base is a former U.S. Air Force base located 4.4 miles (7.1 km) northeast of Columbus, Indiana. During World War II, the base was known as Atterbury Air Field and Atterbury Army Air Base now known as Columbus Municipal Airport.Camp Atterbury is 80 miles from NSA CRANE:
Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division is the principal tenant command located at Naval Support Activity Crane. NSA Crane is a United States Navy installation located approximately 35 miles southwest of Bloomington, Indiana, and predominantly located in Martin County, but small parts also extend into Greene and Lawrence counties.
NSA CRANE:
