Fort Liberty, North Carolina

One of the largest and most active military bases in the eastern USA, Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg) is an Army base in south-central North Carolina. The installation consists of 142,125 acres, much of which is used for ground/air training, with a large cantonment area adjacent to Pope Air Force Base, at the eastern end. Simmons Army Airfield is located at the extreme eastern end of the base. Fort Bragg is headquarters for the Special Operations Command (once called the Psychological Warfare Center), and the Special Warfare Center. It is home also to the 82nd Airborne (the short-notice, world-wide army unit that gained notoriety as one of the major forces in the Gulf War).