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- Throughout its 117-year history, the mission of U.S. Army Support Activity Fort Dix, New Jersey, has remained steadfast: to provide unparalleled training support. Initially established in 1917 as Camp Dix to organize, equip, train and deploy Army troops during WWI, its role has continuously evolved.
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Fort Dix, the common name for the Army Support Activity (ASA) located at Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, is a United States Army post. It is located 16.1 miles (25.9 km) south-southeast of Trenton, New Jersey. Fort Dix is under the jurisdiction of the Air Force Air Mobility Command.
Mar 8, 2024 · Throughout its 117-year history, the mission of U.S. Army Support Activity Fort Dix, New Jersey, has remained steadfast: to provide unparalleled training support. Initially established in 1917 as Camp Dix to organize, equip, train and deploy Army troops during WWI, its role has continuously evolved.
During World War I, Camp Dix was a training and staging center that soon grew to become the largest military reservation in the Northeast. On March 8, 1939, Fort Dix became a permanent Army post and from 1947 until 1988, Fort Dix was designated as a Basic Training Center.
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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 six armed forces branches.
The Dix installation originated in 1917 as Fort Dix, named in honor of Maj. Gen. John Adams Dix, a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Civil War, and a former United States Senator, Secretary of the Treasury and Governor of New York.
Mar 21, 2022 · The U. S. Army Support Activity, Fort Dix engages, integrates and delivers base support and sustainment of Army Mission assets on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Devens Reserve Forces...
Mar 27, 2019 · Dix has a history of mobilizing, training and demobilizing Soldiers from as early as World War I through April 2015 when Forts Bliss and Hood in Texas assumed full responsibility for that...
