Fort Dix, Military training facility in New Hanover Township, United States.
Fort Dix is a military training facility in New Hanover Township, New Jersey. The grounds cover several square miles and include exercise fields, administrative buildings, and housing for soldiers and their families.
The US Army founded this base in 1917 as a training camp for World War I. Later it merged with neighboring Air Force and Navy facilities to form a joint military base.
The name honors a Union general from the Civil War, connecting the base to older American conflicts. Today soldiers from different service branches work together here, and the grounds form part of a larger joint base that includes Air Force and Navy units.
Access is restricted to authorized personnel, and visitors need prior clearance. The location in New Jersey provides connections to larger cities and makes travel from outside easier.
Within the grounds sits a federal correctional institution that operates alongside military exercises. This combination of prison administration and army training is rare in the United States.
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