Work Trip #10 - Fort Bragg, November 3-4, 2006

Last weekend I went to Fort Bragg for an Environmental Educators of NC conference. I had never been to such a large military base. How interesting! It is its own town but it also has lots of undeveloped land. I arrived at sunset which was scary because there are few street lights and the road signs are brown making them very hard to see.

A little history:
Fort Bragg is the largest Army installation in the world, providing a home to almost 10 percent of the ArmyÂ’s active component forces. Approximately 43,000 military and 8,000 civilian personnel work at Fort Bragg.

Fort Bragg occupies 161,000 acres , stretching into six counties. Included within this area are Camp MacKall (an auxiliary training complex), 7 major drop zones, 4 impact areas, 82 ranges, 16 live fire maneuver areas, and 2 Army airfields. Fort Bragg is a major city, providing approximately 20 million square feet of office buildings, 11 shopping centers, 28 restaurants, 11 miles of railroad lines, a major medical center, 8 schools, 11 churches, 183 recreational facilities, and approximately 5,000 homes housing over 11,000 family members.

Woodlake Country Club near Vass. NC.

I went to Fort Bragg via Highway 1. You take a left at Vass to head towards the base. My mom needs to look at retiring around here. Tons of golf courses.


Fort Bragg. NC.

As I said it was its own town with at least 2 water towers of its own. There must be some requirement that military bases paint their water towers in this checkered pattern.








Fort Bragg. Airborne. NC.

Fort Bragg hosts America's only airborne corps and airborne division, the "Green Berets" of the Special Operations Command, and the Army's largest support command. 82nd Airborne Division soldiers and others make 100,000 parachute jumps each year at Fort Bragg. The water tower has "AA" on it. I couldn't find what that stands for.