President Trump isn’t military. Do you suppose that the reason the military has many of their bases in garden spots like China Lake, CA, Fort Sill, OK, Fort Polk, LA and Fargo, ND is because the night life there is awesome?
Most of the staff will be civilian.
Now, do you think it is easier to recruit civilian high-tech talent at MIT, Stanford, or Cal-Tech to move to Fargo or to move to Austin?
Regarding “bases in garden spots.”
1. Ft. Sill was established by Gen Phil Sheridan in 1869-70 in the “Indian Territory” of Oklahoma, thus on the ‘frontier’ where a military presence was needed, Lawton grew up around it. (I spent time there as a field artilleryman.)
2. Ft. Polk, LA, was established in 1941 as part of the expansion of the US Army prior to WWII, and its remote area was for training purposes for divisional size forces.
3. The Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake, CA, was established in 1943, because the Navy needed a facility to test its aerial delivered weapons that was far from civilians. It would not have been too popular for the Navy to use downtown LA or Berkeley as their bombing ranges during WWII.
4. Bergstrom AFB use to be located in Austin, TX until it was closed in 1993. It was created in 1942 as Del Valle Army Air Field when land was leased from the city of Austin to build the facility.
Regarding “bases in garden spots.”
1. Ft. Sill was established by Gen Phil Sheridan in 1869-70 in the “Indian Territory” of Oklahoma, thus on the ‘frontier’ where a military presence was needed, Lawton grew up around it. (I spent time there as a field artilleryman.)
2. Ft. Polk, LA, was established in 1941 as part of the expansion of the US Army prior to WWII, and its remote area was for training purposes for divisional size forces.
3. The Naval Air Weapons Station at China Lake, CA, was established in 1943, because the Navy needed a facility to test its aerial delivered weapons that was far from civilians. It would not have been too popular for the Navy to use downtown LA or Berkeley as their bombing ranges during WWII.
4. Bergstrom AFB use to be located in Austin, TX until it was closed in 1993. It was created in 1942 as Del Valle Army Air Field when land was leased from the city of Austin to build the facility.