Military base
facility directly owned and operated by or for the military
A military base is a place where a country can keep its armed forces.[1][2] It could be an air base, an army base, or a navy base. It could be inside its home country, in a different, friendly country, or in a country being invaded or occupied.
Military bases change
- Dhekelia Cantonment, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia; The base has borders with Cyprus and North Cyprus.
In Europe
- Yavoriv military base, Ukraine
In North America
- Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
- Camp Pendleton,[3] California, United States
- Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
- Fort Riley
Related pages change
- Armory
- Arsenal
- Barracks
- Casern
- Combat outpost (COP)
- DoDAAC
- Facility
- Fire support base (FSB, FB)
- Forward Operating Base (FOB)
- Fortification
- Garrison
- Installation
- Joint base
- Magazine
- Main Operating Base (MOB)
- Marine Corps base
- Military airbase, airfield or field
- Military camp
- Naval air station
- Naval base
- Naval dockyard
- Outpost (OP)
- Presidio
- Proving ground
References change
- ↑ Wragg, David W. (1973). A Dictionary of Aviation (first ed.). Osprey. p. 55. ISBN 9780850451634.
- ↑ Thackrah, J. R. (April 3, 2018). "Military base definition". Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- ↑ https://www.oceansidechamber.com/oceanside-blog/history-of-camp-pendleton. Oceansidechamber.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28
